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Dawson City<br />
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Complex Buildings<br />
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Anchorage 2<br />
Northway<br />
Junction<br />
Northway<br />
62º<br />
60º<br />
Population<br />
Yukon .................. 34,667<br />
Beaver Creek ............104<br />
Burwash Landing ......104<br />
Carcross ..................431<br />
Carmacks ................485<br />
Dawson City ........... 1,881<br />
Destruction Bay ...........47<br />
Faro ........................390<br />
Haines Junction .........809<br />
Marsh Lake ..............457<br />
Mayo ......................439<br />
Old Crow ................233<br />
Pelly Crossing ...........320<br />
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Boundary Canada Customs<br />
WHITE RIVER<br />
Canada Customs<br />
Beaver Creek<br />
Snag<br />
Wellesley L<br />
Donjek River<br />
Po rcu p i ne R i v er<br />
Kluane R<br />
O G I L V I E M O U N T A I N S<br />
Y U K O N R I V E R<br />
Klotassin River<br />
Tincup<br />
Lake<br />
Old Crow R<br />
N i s l i n g<br />
Kluane<br />
Lake<br />
S T. E L I A S M O U N TA I N S<br />
Whitestone River<br />
Stewart River<br />
D A W S O N R A N G E<br />
K L U A N E R A N G E S<br />
KLUANE<br />
Yakutat<br />
ALASKA<br />
Burwash<br />
Landing<br />
Destruction Bay<br />
NATIONAL<br />
PARK<br />
YUKON<br />
Old Crow<br />
IVVAVIK<br />
NATIONAL<br />
PARK<br />
VUNTUT<br />
NATIONAL<br />
PARK<br />
FISHING<br />
BRANCH<br />
GAME<br />
RESERVE<br />
R U B Y R A N G E<br />
1<br />
Silver City<br />
Plan to visit beautiful historic<br />
Skagway… only 110 miles<br />
south of Whitehorse on<br />
Klondike Highway 2.<br />
Big Creek<br />
Sekulmun<br />
Lake<br />
Alsek R<br />
Tatshenshini River<br />
Porcupine River<br />
B l a c k s t o n e R i v e r<br />
TOMBSTONE<br />
PARK<br />
Ogilvie River<br />
Klondike River<br />
Canyon Creek<br />
Kathleen<br />
Lake<br />
Dalton Post<br />
Herschel Island<br />
Territorial Park<br />
Driftwood River<br />
Dawson City<br />
2<br />
Stewart<br />
Crossing<br />
Aishihik<br />
Lake<br />
Dezadeash<br />
Lake<br />
Kusawa<br />
Lake<br />
3<br />
AISHIHIK RD<br />
Klukshu<br />
H a r t R i v e r<br />
McQuesten River<br />
MINERS RA NG E<br />
GLACIER BAY<br />
R I C H A R D S O N M O U N T A I N S<br />
Pelly<br />
Crossing<br />
78 77<br />
Fort Selkirk<br />
76<br />
Carmacks<br />
75<br />
Chilkat Pass<br />
Otter Falls<br />
Haines<br />
Junction<br />
Canada<br />
Customs<br />
BEAUFORT SEA<br />
5<br />
79<br />
80<br />
Eagle<br />
Plains<br />
Peel River<br />
Ethel<br />
L<br />
Diamain L<br />
Minto<br />
Tetl’ámän L<br />
Champagne<br />
11<br />
Wind River<br />
McARTHUR<br />
WILDLIFE<br />
SANCTUARY<br />
B e a v e r R i v e r<br />
Drury L<br />
Tatchun L<br />
Frenchman L<br />
Little Salmon<br />
Lake<br />
2<br />
Braeburn<br />
74<br />
Takhini R<br />
Klukwan<br />
Elsa<br />
Haines<br />
Port Chilkoot<br />
LYNN CANAL<br />
Ft. McPherson<br />
Yukon River<br />
Hootalinqua<br />
Takhini Hot Springs Rd<br />
✪<br />
Keno<br />
Lake<br />
Laberge<br />
Big Salmon<br />
B o n n e t P l u m e R i v e r<br />
Mayo<br />
Lake<br />
P e l l y R i v e r<br />
M’Clintock R<br />
Aklavik<br />
ARCTIC CIRCLE<br />
Mayo<br />
B O N N E T P L U M E<br />
MacMillan River<br />
4<br />
B i g S a l m o n R i v e r<br />
Livingstone<br />
Creek<br />
T e s l i n R i v e r<br />
Whitehorse<br />
Boswell R<br />
Atlin Lake<br />
R A N G E<br />
S n a k e R i v e r<br />
Nadaleen River<br />
Magundy River<br />
A r c t i c R e d R i v e r<br />
Quiet<br />
Lake<br />
S t e w a r t R i v e r<br />
Hess River<br />
A N V I L R A N G E<br />
6<br />
Teslin<br />
Lake<br />
Gladys<br />
Lake<br />
M a c k e n z i e R i v e r<br />
P E L L Y M O U N T A I N S<br />
Jakes Corner<br />
Inuvik<br />
PEEL<br />
RIVER<br />
GAME<br />
RESERVE<br />
Faro<br />
Marsh<br />
Lake 1<br />
Tagish<br />
Little<br />
8<br />
Atlin<br />
Bennett<br />
Lake<br />
Lake Carcross<br />
Tagish<br />
Windy Lake 7<br />
Arm<br />
2 Tutshi L<br />
Bennett<br />
Canada Customs<br />
Fraser B.C.<br />
White Pass<br />
Atlin<br />
Skagway<br />
Chilkoot Trail<br />
Tuktoyaktuk<br />
Tsiigehtchic<br />
Atlin<br />
Provincial<br />
Park<br />
Pingo Canadian<br />
Landmark Site<br />
Nalaslìn River<br />
McConnell River<br />
Teslin<br />
McNeil R<br />
Johnsons Crossing<br />
Ross River<br />
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Wolf<br />
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Morris L<br />
Morley River<br />
Swift River<br />
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M O U N T A I N S<br />
Pelly Lakes<br />
Fortin L<br />
McEvoy L<br />
Liard River<br />
Macmillan<br />
Pass<br />
Tillei<br />
Lake<br />
Tuchitua<br />
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On behalf of the Klondike Visitors<br />
Association and the <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
of Dawson City we WELCOME<br />
you to the heart of the Klondike.<br />
An incredible <strong>com</strong>munity that<br />
has preserved its past, Dawson<br />
City invites you to turn back the<br />
pages of time and experience<br />
our rich living history. Meander<br />
the wooden boardwalks and<br />
visit national historic treasures.<br />
Join interpretative programs<br />
and amazing special events.<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
Tour the Klondike Gold Fields<br />
and try your luck panning for<br />
gold. YES! We still have operating<br />
gold mines. Participate in<br />
unforgettable First Nations tours<br />
and Wilderness Adventures.<br />
Enjoy the nightlife in one of the<br />
most entertaining <strong>com</strong>munities<br />
of the North, home to Diamond<br />
Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall -<br />
Canada’s first legalized gambling<br />
hall. Without a doubt, you’ll<br />
need a week to see it all!<br />
Photo: YG<br />
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y Road:<br />
From British Columbia travel the Alaska<br />
Highway (#1) north-west, from Dawson<br />
Creek (Mile 0). Just north of Whitehorse<br />
take the Klondike Highway (#2) to<br />
Dawson City. Or travel the Stewart<br />
Cassiar Highway (#37) linked to<br />
Prince George and to Prince Rupert.<br />
Prince Rupert is a port of call for the<br />
Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System<br />
and the B.C. Ferry System.<br />
From Skagway, Alaska travel north on the<br />
Klondike Highway (#2) to Whitehorse.<br />
Before departing check customs hours at<br />
Fraser, B.C. For US Customs call (907)<br />
983-2325. Travel the Alaska Highway<br />
(#1) for a short stint before reconnecting<br />
with the Klondike Highway (#2) just north<br />
of Whitehorse. Smooth sailing to Dawson<br />
from here. (Skagway is a regular port<br />
of call for the Alaska Marine Highway<br />
System and many cruise ships).<br />
From Tok, Alaska travel north-east on the<br />
Taylor (#5) - Top of the World Hwy (#9).<br />
Check Little Gold Border Crossing hours<br />
at the Main Street Info Center in Tok,<br />
open May thru Sept. Turn off the<br />
Alaska Hwy (#1) at the Tetlin Junction.<br />
The Junction to the border is packed<br />
gravel surface with chip sealed sections.<br />
The Alaska/Yukon border to Dawson<br />
City is a hard surface (chip sealed).<br />
by Air:<br />
From Vancouver, B.C. travel with Air North,<br />
Yukon’s Airline, 1-800-661-0407 to Whitehorse,<br />
Yukon or fly with Air Canada, 1-888-247-2262.<br />
Flights are available daily and direct flights take<br />
just over 2 hours. Continue on to Dawson City*<br />
with Air North. Flights are approximately 1 hour.<br />
From Calgary or Edmonton, AB travel with Air<br />
North, 1-800-661-0407 to Whitehorse, Yukon.<br />
From Fairbanks, AK fly with Air North (seasonal),<br />
1-800-661-0407.<br />
From Anchorage, AK fly to Fairbanks with Alaska<br />
Airlines, 1-800-252-7522 and make connections<br />
with Air North, 1-800-661-0407 to Dawson City*.<br />
From Frankfurt, Germany fly Condor Air,<br />
+49 (0) 180 5 707202, 1-800-364-1667<br />
(North America only), to Whitehorse and<br />
connect with Air North, to Dawson City*.<br />
*Call 1-800-661-0407 to confirm flight dates.<br />
by Inside Passage:<br />
Cruise ships ply the Inside Passage<br />
and bus connections for land travel can<br />
be included - contact your travel agent.<br />
Alaska Marine Highway:<br />
US Toll free: 1-800-642-0066<br />
Cdn Toll Free: 1-800-665-6414<br />
B.C. Ferries: (250) 386-3431<br />
U.S.A.<br />
CANADA<br />
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LOS ANGELES<br />
CALGARY<br />
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Mileage from Dawson City Guide to Highways<br />
Top of the World Hwy 9<br />
Nahanni Range Rd 10<br />
Yukon Highway Numbers<br />
Alaska Hwy 1<br />
Silver Trail 11<br />
Cassiar Rd 37<br />
Klondike Hwy 2<br />
Haines Rd 3<br />
Campbell Hwy 4<br />
Dempster Hwy 5<br />
Alaska Highway Numbers<br />
Glenn Hwy 1<br />
Canol Rd 6<br />
Atlin Rd 7<br />
Alaska Hwy 2<br />
Taylor Hwy 5<br />
Tagish Rd 8<br />
THE USE OF SEATBELTS IS MANDATORY IN THE<br />
YUKON. DRIVE WITH HEADLIGHTS ON AT ALL TIMES.<br />
KM MILES<br />
Inuvik, NWT 766 476<br />
Keno, YT 285 178<br />
Mayo, YT 234 145<br />
Pelly Crossing, YT 254 158<br />
Prince George, BC 2343 1456<br />
Ross River, YT 568 353<br />
Skagway, AK 715 444<br />
Stewart Crossing, YT 181 112<br />
Teslin, YT 711 442<br />
Tok, AK* 300 180<br />
Vancouver, BC 3118 1937<br />
Watson Lake, YT 971 603<br />
Whitehorse, YT 535 332<br />
* Via Top of the World Highway<br />
KM MILES<br />
Anchorage, AK* 828 497<br />
Beaver Creek, YT* 415 258<br />
Burwash Landing, YT* 587 365<br />
Carcross, YT 609 378<br />
Carmacks, YT 357 222<br />
Dawson Creek, BC 1934 1201<br />
Delta Junction, AK* 474 294<br />
Destruction Bay, YT* 606 377<br />
Fairbanks, AK* 631 379<br />
Faro, YT 533 331<br />
Fort Nelson, BC 1481 920<br />
Fort St. John, BC 1858 1155<br />
Haines, AK 927 576<br />
Haines Junction, YT 671 417<br />
Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush,<br />
this narrow gauge railroad is an International<br />
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.<br />
Photo: Melissa Black<br />
Experience the breathtaking panorama of<br />
mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls,<br />
tunnels, trestles and historic sites from the<br />
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Since 1898<br />
wpyr.<strong>com</strong> 1-800-343-7373 - Phone: (907) 983-2217<br />
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Contents<br />
MAP- AttrACtIon AnD ServICe GuIDe<br />
2012<br />
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Text for front cover and pages 1, 2, 32-33,<br />
36-41, 43-47 & 62 provided by the KVA.<br />
Cover Overview photo by Wayne Towriss.<br />
Walking Tour photo by YG.<br />
Maps<br />
Yukon Map A detailed map of the Yukon. Mileages<br />
to major destinations within & outside the Yukon .....3<br />
Goldfields Map A detailed overview<br />
map of the Dawson Goldfields ........................... 34<br />
Downtown Dawson A map of downtown Dawson<br />
with heritage sites, business locations and more ... 35<br />
Dempster Highway A map of the Dempster Highway<br />
with a description of services along the way .....66, 67<br />
Attractions & Services<br />
Adventures - Outdoors .........................................6<br />
Airlines & Charter Companies ..............................6<br />
Antiques & Collectibles ........................................6<br />
Art Galleries .......................................................6<br />
Attractions ......................................................6, 8<br />
Auto & RV Service .........................................8, 52<br />
Bakeries .............................................................8<br />
Banks ................................................................8<br />
Beauty & Health Care ........................................10<br />
Bed & Breakfasts ...............................................10<br />
Boat Charters ...................................................12<br />
Bus Lines ..........................................................12<br />
Business Services ..............................................12<br />
Cabin Rentals ...................................................12<br />
Campgrounds ...................................................12<br />
Canoe Rentals ..................................................12<br />
Car Washing ..............................................12, 52<br />
Churches..........................................................12<br />
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Coffee Bars ........................................................ 12<br />
Computer Sales & Service .................................... 12<br />
Cultural Centres .................................................. 12<br />
Delivery Services - See Trucking Companies<br />
Dempster Highway Information .........................64-68<br />
Dog Sled Racing ................................................. 52<br />
Drug Stores ........................................................ 14<br />
Fire Prevention .................................................... 14<br />
Gift Shops .............................................. 14, 16, 52<br />
Gold Buying & Selling ......................................... 16<br />
Gold Panning ..................................................... 16<br />
Golf Courses ...................................................... 16<br />
Government of Canada ....................................... 16<br />
Grocery & Convenience ................................ 16, 52<br />
Hostels ............................................................... 16<br />
Hotels & Motels ................................ 16, 18, 20, 52<br />
Ice Cream Parlors................................................ 20<br />
Internet Access .................................................... 20<br />
Jewellers ............................................................ 21<br />
Laundromats ....................................................... 21<br />
Libraries ............................................................. 21<br />
Liquor Stores....................................................... 21<br />
Lodges ............................................................... 52<br />
Massage Therapists & Treatments .......................... 22<br />
Museums............................................................ 22<br />
Newspapers ....................................................... 22<br />
Oils, Fuels & Heating ........................................... 22<br />
Optometrists ....................................................... 22<br />
Outdoor Supplies ................................................ 22<br />
Photofinishing ..................................................... 22<br />
Propane ............................................................. 22<br />
RV Parks ...................................................... 22, 52<br />
Radio Stations .................................................... 24<br />
Restaurants & Take-Out .................................. 24, 52<br />
Retail Services .................................................... 24<br />
Safety Consultants ............................................... 24<br />
Service Stations ............................................ 24, 52<br />
Sightseeing Tours .......................................... 24, 26<br />
Towing ............................................................... 26<br />
Travel Agencies .................................................. 26<br />
Trucking Companies ............................................ 26<br />
Video Rentals...................................................... 26<br />
Visitor Information ......................................... 26, 52<br />
Attractions & Services between<br />
Dawson City & Whitehorse ...............................48-57<br />
Information<br />
Popular Routes to Dawson City ............................... 2<br />
Mileage Chart ...................................................... 3<br />
Dawson City Trivia .............................................. 28<br />
Parks Canada Information .............................. 30, 31<br />
Diamond Tooth Gerties .................................. 32, 33<br />
Calendar of Events ........................................ 36, 37<br />
Find Art Where You Least Expect It ........................ 38<br />
Writer’s Block - Dawson’s Literary History on 8th Ave 39<br />
Dawson City - Yesterday & Today .............. 40, 41, 46<br />
Placer Gold Production ........................................ 42<br />
Gold!…and the Rush for it .................................... 43<br />
More to See and Do! ..................................... 44, 45<br />
Dawson City- Top 10 Attractions ........................... 47<br />
Faro, Carmacks, Silver Trail & North Klondike Hwy 48-57<br />
Practical Information ........................................58-59<br />
Top of the World Highway & Chicken, Alaska ....62-63<br />
Dempster Hwy, Inuvik & Beaufort Delta ..............64-68
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<strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong> GENERAL STORE<br />
Dawson City’s Complete Grocery Store<br />
Over 8000 sq. ft.<br />
Fresh & Local Grown Produce<br />
Fresh Meat<br />
Weekly Specials - Prices same as Whitehorse!<br />
In-Store Bakery<br />
FRONT STREET<br />
ACROSS FROM THE<br />
STERNWHEELER<br />
E-mail: dcgs@northwestel.net<br />
Fresh Sandwiches & Snacks<br />
Fresh Dairy Products<br />
Film & Batteries<br />
Camp Orders<br />
Open Year-Round • Extended Summer Hours<br />
PHONE (867) 993-5475 • FAX (867) 993-5813<br />
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ADVENTURES - OUTDOORS<br />
RUby RANgE ADVENTURE LTD.<br />
Guided Canoe Trips & River Expeditions<br />
Yukon Fishing Safaris, Van Round Trips<br />
www.rubyrange.<strong>com</strong> • info@rubyrange.<strong>com</strong><br />
Phone/Fax ......................1-867-667-2209<br />
See our ad on page 10<br />
TREK OVER THE TOP<br />
Yukon’s Premier Snowmobile event<br />
happens February/March each year.<br />
www.trekoverthetop.<strong>com</strong>. .(867) 993-5575<br />
AiRLiNES & CHARTER COmPANiES<br />
AiR NORTH 71<br />
Ticketing at Gold City Tours ......993-5110<br />
See our ad on page 8<br />
ALKAN AiR 70<br />
Phone ..............................(867) 668-2107<br />
See our ad on page 13<br />
TRANS NORTH HELiCOPTERS 61<br />
Charters & Sightseeing<br />
Phone ..............................(867) 993-5494<br />
ANTiqUES & COLLECTibLES<br />
Dawson Trading Post<br />
Antiques & Collectibles<br />
Camping • Fishing • Hunting<br />
• Gold • Mammoth Ivory<br />
Fax: 993-6315<br />
Located on Front St. • 993-5316<br />
ART gALLERiES<br />
CONfLUENCE gALLERy, THE 44<br />
Dawson City Art Society Members<br />
Gallery in KIAC School of Visual Arts.<br />
Corner of 3rd & Queen St .........993-6390<br />
DANCiNg mOOSE, THE 21<br />
Features Yukon made Arts and Crafts<br />
Souvenirs • Clothing • Silver Jewellery<br />
Front St .....................................993-5549<br />
See our ad on page 14<br />
fORTymiLE gOLD WORKSHOP/STUDiO 42<br />
Goldsmith, Mammoth Ivory, Beads,<br />
Local Art, Raw Gold & Mining Claims<br />
3rd Ave & York St ......................993-5690<br />
See our ad on page 21<br />
ODD gALLERy 32<br />
Corner of 2nd & Princess St .....993-5005<br />
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16<br />
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Studio of<br />
Fabric Arts<br />
and Crafts<br />
Original Fabric Compositions<br />
Open Daily • May 23 - Sept 2<br />
2 Minutes on (Lot 21)<br />
Pierre Berton Crescent<br />
(867) 993-5277<br />
See our logo on the goldfields map<br />
ATTRACTiONS<br />
CAmERA ObSCURA 7<br />
Experience the workings of this simplest,<br />
yet amazing, form of camera. Free display.<br />
Front St .....................................993-5005<br />
CLAim #6 67<br />
Pan for gold on one of the Klondike’s<br />
richest and most famous creeks.<br />
Free panning .............................993-5575<br />
See our location on the goldfields map<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy fiREfigHTERS mUSEUm 25<br />
Exhibits from the 1890s to modern day.<br />
Front St (across from the ferry landing) 993-7407<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy mUSEUm 52<br />
Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm ..993-5291<br />
See our ad on page 15<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy’S KLONDiKE SPiRiT 2<br />
5th Ave & Queen St (Triple J Hotel) ..993-5323<br />
See our ad on page 23<br />
DiAmOND TOOTH gERTiES 46<br />
gAmbLiNg HALL<br />
Open 7 p.m. - 2 a.m., daily.<br />
For information..........................993-5575<br />
See our ad on pages 32-33<br />
gOLDbOTTOm miNE TOURS 69<br />
Experience an operating placer mine and pan<br />
for gold. Tour an authentic placer mining operation<br />
on Goldbottom Creek. Cabins available.<br />
14 Km (9 mi.) on Hunker Creek Road. Ticket<br />
office on Front St beside The Trading Post.<br />
www.goldbottom.<strong>com</strong> .........Ph: 993-5023<br />
JACK LONDON mUSEUm 58<br />
Learn about the author and his Klondike<br />
experiences. Open mid May to mid Sept.<br />
Admission fee ...........................993-5575<br />
See our information on page 39<br />
PiERRE bERTON HOUSE, THE 57<br />
Currently home to national writer-in-residence<br />
program. Located on 8th Ave, across from<br />
Robert Service Cabin .................993-5575<br />
See our information on page 39<br />
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stay@downtownhotel.ca<br />
Sourdough Saloon - Home<br />
of the SourToe Cocktail<br />
www.sourtoecocktailclub.<strong>com</strong><br />
Motorcycle<br />
Cleaning<br />
Station<br />
Available<br />
❧ Air-conditioned Dining & Meeting<br />
❧ Modern Comfortable Rooms ❧ Jacuzzi<br />
❧ Plug-ins ❧ Telephones ❧ Grace’s Gift Shop<br />
❧ Cable TV ❧ Complimentary Airport Transfers<br />
❧ Locally Owned & Operated by Yukoners<br />
JACK LONDON GRILL • SOURDOUGH SALOON • BANQUET AND MEETING FACILITIES • INTERNET SALOON<br />
THE STERNDECK - DINE IN COVERED OUTDOOR COMFORT • HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET<br />
Ph: (867) 993-5346 Fax: (867) 993-5076<br />
www.downtownhotel.ca<br />
RESERVATIONS ONLY Toll Free: 1-800-661-0514<br />
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NORTHERN SUPERIOR<br />
COMPLETE COMPLETE RV, MOTORCOACH MOTORCOACH & AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR REPAIR<br />
• Licensed Licensed Mechanics Mechanics • Welding Welding<br />
• Suspension Suspension Repair Repair • Tire Repairs Repairs<br />
• Service Service • Vehicle Vehicle Storage Storage • Towing Towing<br />
• Tire Sales Sales & Repair Repair<br />
BRIDGESTONE<br />
FIRESTONE<br />
Located at the Klondike River Bridge, 1 mile south of Dawson • Ph: (867) 993-5710 • Fax: 993-5089<br />
DOMINION EXPRESS<br />
• Open 7 days a week<br />
• 7:00 am - 10:00 pm<br />
• Reduced winter hours<br />
5th Ave & Princess St<br />
(867) 993-5720<br />
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Photo: Harry Kern, YRQ<br />
14th Annual Yukon River Quest<br />
“The Race to the Midnight Sun”<br />
460 miles / 740 kilometres<br />
Whitehorse to Dawson City<br />
June 27 - July 1, 2012<br />
Watch paddlers from<br />
around the world<br />
<strong>com</strong>pete round the<br />
clock on the north’s<br />
greatest river.<br />
yukoN’s<br />
AirliNE.<br />
Air North offers <strong>com</strong>fortable<br />
and affordable service.<br />
scheduled service<br />
Jet service from Vancouver,<br />
Calgary or Edmonton to<br />
Whitehorse, with connections<br />
to our northern routes.<br />
fare price guarantee<br />
“If you are able to find a better<br />
price, we’ll do our very best to<br />
match.”<br />
- Joe Sparling, President<br />
flyairnorth.<strong>com</strong><br />
Call your local travel agent,<br />
or Air North at<br />
1.800.661.0407<br />
Registration open<br />
November 1 - May 1.<br />
Open to single and tandem<br />
canoes and kayaks, and<br />
voyageur canoes.<br />
www.yukonriverquest.<strong>com</strong><br />
ATTRACTiONS cont’d<br />
SLOW RUSH DOg mUSHiNg 6<br />
KENNELS - TOURS & ADVENTURES<br />
Daily summer tours, rides & adventures.<br />
Open year-round.<br />
Front St ............................(867) 335-2036<br />
TREK OVER THE TOP<br />
Yukon’s Premier Snowmobile Event!<br />
www.trekoverthetop.<strong>com</strong>. .(867) 993-5575<br />
yUKON HERiTAgE ATTRACTiONS<br />
Call ...................................(867) 667-4704<br />
See our ad on page 29<br />
AUTO & RV SERViCE<br />
Dawson City Gas & Tires<br />
Gas • Diesel • Propane • Repairs 62<br />
Oil Changes • Auto & RV Repair • Tires<br />
Box 750 • Dawson City • 993-5142<br />
ENDURANCE AUTOmOTiVE & SmALL 72<br />
ENgiNE REPAiRS & mAiNTENANCE<br />
All makes & models. Licensed technicians.<br />
Courtesy shuttle by appointment.<br />
Open Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm.<br />
Lot 20-1 Henderson’s Corner Subdivision.<br />
Turn in at Km 691.5 Klondike Hwy 993-5360<br />
NORTHERN SUPERiOR mECHANiCAL & TOWiNg 64<br />
Complete RV, Motorcoach & Automotive<br />
Repair. Licensed Mechanic. Tire Sales &<br />
Repair. Towing.<br />
1 mile south of Dawson ............993-5710<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
bAKERiES<br />
CHEECHAKOS bAKE SHOP 13<br />
Custom baking from scratch. Breads, pies,<br />
cakes, sandwiches, breakfast & lunch.<br />
7 days a week ...........................993-5303<br />
See our ad on page 25<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gENERAL STORE 23<br />
In-Store Bakery • Fresh Produce • Ice<br />
Fresh Meat • Snacks • Dairy Products<br />
Front St .....................................993-5475<br />
See our ad on page 5<br />
bANKS<br />
CibC 35<br />
Open Monday - Friday<br />
24 hour bank machine ..............993-5447<br />
YuKonBooKS.<strong>com</strong><br />
Your Online Source For Books, Maps,<br />
Travel & River Guides Covering The Yukon,<br />
Alaska & Canada’s North
Simply The BeST...<br />
Fifth & Harper Street<br />
T: 867-993-5542 F: 867-993-5623<br />
Central Reservations:<br />
Comfortable Rooms & Suites<br />
•<br />
Competitive Prices<br />
•<br />
Northern Hospitality<br />
•<br />
Centrally Located<br />
•<br />
Turn-of-the-Century<br />
Keno lounge<br />
•<br />
Belinda’s Full Service<br />
Dining Room<br />
•<br />
Outdoor Deck/Courtyard<br />
•<br />
Northern Wonders<br />
Gift Shop<br />
•<br />
Guest Laundry<br />
Open May through<br />
September for<br />
summer guests<br />
1-800-544-0970 westmarkhotels.<strong>com</strong><br />
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“<strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong>”<br />
BED & BREAKFAST<br />
Senior & AAA<br />
members discount<br />
with reservations<br />
10<br />
25<br />
ANNIVERSARY<br />
YEARS IN OPERATION<br />
Ph: (867) 993-5649 • Fax: (867) 993-5648<br />
Box 954, 451 Craig St,<br />
Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0<br />
Web site: www.dawsonbb.<strong>com</strong><br />
E-mail: DawsonBB@dawsoncity.net<br />
1-800-697-6539<br />
(Toll Free in norTh AMericA)<br />
bEAUTy & HEALTH CARE<br />
HAiR CAbARET 37<br />
Complete hair care, esthetics, tanning,<br />
massage, color, perms & hair products.<br />
Open 7 days a week .................993-5222<br />
HAiR WE ARE 34<br />
Open 6 days a week.<br />
Hair care, color, perms & hair products.<br />
2nd Ave .....................................993-2307<br />
bED & bREAKfASTS<br />
5TH AVENUE bED & bREAKfAST 53<br />
Full Hot Breakfast • Air-Conditioned • Wi-Fi<br />
Next to the Museum..................993-5941<br />
Toll Free in North America 1-866-631-5237<br />
See our ad on this page<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy bED & bREAKfAST 56<br />
5th Toll Avenue Free ..........................1-800-697-6539<br />
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451 Craig St ..............................993-5649<br />
See our ad on this page<br />
FIFTH AVE<br />
700<br />
5th Avenue<br />
Bed & Breakfast<br />
Full Hot Breakfast<br />
Air-Conditioned • Internet<br />
Wi-fi • Private Baths<br />
Next to the Museum<br />
Ph (867) 993-5941<br />
www.5thavebandb.<strong>com</strong><br />
Toll Free 1-866-631-5237
M A X I M I L I A N ' S<br />
G O L D R U S H<br />
E M P O R I U M<br />
Klondike Books • Postcards • Souvenirs<br />
Magazines • Newspapers<br />
DVDs & CDs<br />
Open 7 Days a Week<br />
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.<br />
Extended<br />
Summer Hours<br />
maxs@northwestel.net<br />
FRONT AND QUEEN STREETS, <strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong> | 993-5486<br />
gallery tours • special performances • exhibitions • films<br />
gift shop with first nation and local art and gifts<br />
special events and program in the winter season<br />
open June to september • admission $6<br />
1131 front street, Dawson city, yukon • (867) 993-6768<br />
www.trondek.ca • www.trondekheritage.<strong>com</strong><br />
T-shirts,<br />
buy 3 & get<br />
the 4th one<br />
FREE!<br />
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bOAT CHARTERS<br />
FISHWHEEL CHARTERS 1<br />
First Nation History<br />
Boat Tours • Winter Excursions<br />
E-mail: fishwheel007@northwestel.net<br />
Tickets available @ Gold Rush Campground<br />
Box 891, Dawson City Y0B 1G0..993-5247<br />
bUS LiNES<br />
ALASKA DiRECT bUS LiNE<br />
Year-round service. Anchorage,<br />
Fairbanks, Whitehorse and all points<br />
between. For information/reservations<br />
call .......... 1-800-770-6652/867-668-4833<br />
Alaska/Yukon Trails<br />
transportation & tours connecting<br />
Whitehorse<br />
Dawson City<br />
Fairbanks<br />
Denali Park<br />
Talkeetna<br />
Anchorage<br />
www.Alaskashuttle.<strong>com</strong><br />
1 800 770-7275<br />
yUKON ALASKA TOURiST TOURS<br />
Whitehorse ......................(867) 668-5944<br />
Toll Free ..........................1-866-626-7383<br />
bUSiNESS SERViCES<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy CHAmbER Of COmmERCE b<br />
Representing local businesses since 1898.<br />
Dawson City International Gold Show.<br />
Business Service Centre.<br />
www.dawsoncitychamberof<strong>com</strong>merce.ca<br />
Box 1006, Dawson City Y0B 1G0..993-5274<br />
CAbiN RENTALS<br />
gOLDbOTTOm miNE TOURS 69<br />
Log cabins, fully equipped. Bring food & ice.<br />
Shower house. Daily & weekly packages available.<br />
14 Km (9 miles) on Hunker Creek Road.<br />
Ticket office on Front St beside The Trading Post.<br />
www.goldbottom.<strong>com</strong> .........Ph: 993-5023<br />
CAmPgROUNDS<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy RiVER HOSTEL/TENTiNg 60<br />
Walk-in tenting on wooden platforms.<br />
Treed areas. Views of river & town. Lockers.<br />
Daily, seasonal, group tenting rates. Free<br />
use of hostel facilities. Bike & canoe rentals.<br />
Box 32, Dawson City, YT ...........Y0B 1G0<br />
www.yukonhostels.<strong>com</strong> ..1-867-993-6823<br />
See our location on the goldfields map<br />
CANOE RENTALS<br />
CASTLEROCK CANOE 18<br />
Canoe trips. Daily rentals. Day trips on the<br />
Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Ask about other<br />
longer river trips. Shuttle service. 7 days a week.<br />
At the Trading Post on Front St.<br />
crocusbluff@yahoo.ca ..............993-5316<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> TRADiNg POST 16<br />
Canoe the McQuesten and/or Stewart<br />
Rivers and return to Dawson.<br />
By Reservation. Transportation Included.<br />
Front St .....................................993-5316<br />
See our ad under Antiques & Collectibles<br />
CAR WASHiNg<br />
bONANZA gOLD RV PARK & mOTEL 63<br />
RV/Car Wash, Laundromat, Showers<br />
1 mile from city centre ..............993-6789<br />
See our ad on page 26<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gAS & TiRES 62<br />
1 mile south of town ..................993-5142<br />
See our ad under Auto & RV Service<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Hwy ...............993-6892<br />
See our ad on page 53<br />
CHURCHES<br />
ST. mARy’S CATHOLiC CHURCH 48<br />
Saturday: Summer 5 pm, Winter 7 pm<br />
Sunday: 10:30 am<br />
Mass: Tues 7 pm, Wed-Sat 9:30 am<br />
Beautifully restored, photo exhibit.<br />
Box 277, Y0B 1G0<br />
Corner of 5th Ave & King St ......993-5361<br />
ST. PAUL’S ANgLiCAN (EPiSCOPAL) CHURCH 8<br />
Worship in the historically restored<br />
1902 Church. Sundays 10:30 am.<br />
Corner of Front & Church St .....993-5381<br />
COffEE bARS<br />
RiVERWEST biSTRO 19<br />
RESTAURANT & COffEE bAR<br />
Dawson’s only full service coffee bar.<br />
Full breakfast & daytime menu.<br />
Front St .....................................993-6339<br />
COmPUTER SALES & SERViCE<br />
mEADiA SOLUTiONS<br />
Apple Specialist<br />
www.meadia.net • info@meadia.net<br />
Phone ..............................(867) 993-3831<br />
CULTURAL CENTRES<br />
DÄNOJÀ ZHO CULTURAL CENTRE 3<br />
Gallery Tours • Special Performances<br />
Exhibitions • Films • Gift Shop<br />
Front & York St ..........................993-6768<br />
See our ad on page 11
We are Northern Hospitality!<br />
Open Year-Round • Luxurious Suites • Kitchenettes<br />
Laundry • In-Room Coffee • Complimentary Wireless<br />
Phones • Voice Mail • All Major Credit Cards Accepted<br />
Winter Plug-Ins • Complimentary Airport Transfers<br />
Sluice Box Lounge<br />
Air-conditioned for<br />
your <strong>com</strong>fort.<br />
Outdoor patio.<br />
Daily cocktail specials<br />
and great snacks.<br />
Old Crow Inuvik<br />
ALASKA<br />
Dawson<br />
City<br />
YUKON<br />
Faro<br />
N.W.T.<br />
Ross River<br />
Whitehorse<br />
Watson<br />
Lake<br />
B.C.<br />
Serving The Serving The Yukon<br />
Serving The Yukon Yukon<br />
RESERVATIONS: 1-800-764-ELDO (3536)<br />
902 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 338,<br />
Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0<br />
Phone: (867) 993-5451 • Fax: (867) 993-5256<br />
www.eldoradohotel.ca • eldorado@yknet.ca<br />
Bonanza Dining Room<br />
Offering northern<br />
specialties.<br />
Pleasant surroundings,<br />
excellent service.<br />
Yukon hotel<br />
Located at Front & Church street this <strong>com</strong>pletely modernized heritage<br />
building was built in 1897. Each unit has a full bathroom, convenience<br />
kitchen and one double or queen bed. Check in at the Eldorado Hotel.<br />
Phone (867) 668-2107<br />
www.alkanair.<strong>com</strong><br />
Charters<br />
105 Lodestar Lane<br />
Whitehorse Airport<br />
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6E6<br />
alkanair@yknet.ca<br />
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FriendLy!www.dancingmoose.ca<br />
dancingmoose@dancingmoose.ca<br />
An eclectic<br />
collection of Yukon<br />
Made Arts and Crafts<br />
Fine Silver Jewellery<br />
Souvenir Clothing<br />
Good Old Dawson<br />
Hospitality<br />
And our special treat: A Luxurious Deep Tissue Massage Chair<br />
INUVIALUIT<br />
Settlement Region Database<br />
14<br />
Kid &<br />
Grandma<br />
Locally owned and operating<br />
year-round on Front St<br />
Open daily 10am to 6pm<br />
Phone<br />
(above freezing)<br />
867 993 5549<br />
(below freezing)<br />
867 993 6644<br />
DO YOUR RESEARCH<br />
Visit the ISR Database for descriptions of publications<br />
and research projects pertaining to the<br />
INUVIALUIT SETTLEMENT REGION.<br />
The ISR or Inuvialuit Settlement Region is<br />
located along the Arctic Coast in Canada's<br />
Yukon and Northwest Territories<br />
www.aina.ucalgary.ca/isr<br />
DRUg STORES<br />
A RAy Of SUNSHiNE VARiETy STORE LTD. 30<br />
Non-prescription drugs. Health & beauty<br />
products. Souvenirs & gift items.<br />
Corner of 2nd & Princess St .....993-6683<br />
fiRE PREVENTiON<br />
yUKON fiRE mANAgEmENT<br />
Toll free wildfire reporting line:<br />
1-888-798-FIRE (3473)<br />
Wildfire Information .........1-800-826-4750<br />
See our ad on page 25<br />
gifT SHOPS<br />
DANCiNg mOOSE, THE 21<br />
Features Yukon made Arts and Crafts<br />
Souvenirs • Clothing • Silver Jewellery<br />
Front St .....................................993-5549<br />
See our ad on this page<br />
DÄNOJÀ ZHO CULTURAL CENTRE 3<br />
The Yukon’s largest selection<br />
of handmade beaded slippers.<br />
Front & York St ..........................993-6768<br />
See our ad on page 11<br />
fORTymiLE gOLD WORKSHOP/STUDiO 42<br />
Goldsmith, Mammoth Ivory, Beads,<br />
Local Art, Raw Gold & Mining Claims<br />
3rd Ave & York St ......................993-5690<br />
See our ad on page 21<br />
gOLD RUSH CAmPgROUND RV PARK 47<br />
5th Ave & York St .....................993-5247<br />
See our ad on page 17<br />
gOLD TRAiL JEWELLERS 24<br />
White gold/silver & yellow gold <strong>com</strong>binations.<br />
Watch it being made in front of your eyes!<br />
Across from the Paddlewheeler Keno on<br />
Front St .....................................993-5225<br />
See our ad under Jewellers<br />
gRACE’S gifT SHOP 36<br />
Northern Gifts • Jewellery • Sweats & T-shirts<br />
Located in the Downtown Hotel 993-5346<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
KLONDiKE NUggET & iVORy SHOP LTD. 22<br />
Gold Nuggets • Mammoth Ivory • Jewellery<br />
Goldsmiths on premises • Front & Queen St<br />
Box 250, Dawson City Y0B 1G0 ...993-5432<br />
See our ad inside the front cover<br />
mAXimiLiAN’S gOLD RUSH EmPORiUm 20<br />
Klondike books, music, souvenirs, DVDs,<br />
T-shirts, newspapers, magazines, CDs.<br />
Front & Queen St ......................993-5486<br />
See our ad on page 11<br />
NORTHERN WONDERS 51<br />
Local Arts & Crafts • Competitive Prices<br />
Books • Souvenirs • Jewellery<br />
5th Ave & Harper St .........(867) 993-5542<br />
GIFT SHOPS CONT’d PG 16
2nd Ave. & Queen St.<br />
Dawson City<br />
867-993-5530<br />
The<br />
RAVEN’SNOOK<br />
“Dawson’s Mini Department Store”<br />
T-Shirts • Gifts<br />
Specialty Souvenirs<br />
Ladies’, Men’s & Children’s Clothing<br />
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gifT SHOPS cont’d<br />
RAVEN’S NOOK, THE 28<br />
Gifts, jewellery, gold, souvenirs, unique<br />
T-shirts. Visa/MC .......................993-5530<br />
See our ad on page 15<br />
ROCK, THE 15<br />
White Gold • Yellow Gold • Nuggets<br />
Home Made, Watch Us • Open Late<br />
7 Days/Week on Front St ..........993-2555<br />
gOLD bUyiNg & SELLiNg<br />
fORTymiLE gOLD WORKSHOP/STUDiO 42<br />
Goldsmith, Mammoth Ivory, Beads,<br />
Local Art, Raw Gold & Mining Claims<br />
3rd Ave & York St ......................993-5690<br />
See our ad on page 21<br />
gOLD PANNiNg<br />
CLAim #6 67<br />
Pan for gold on one of the Klondike’s<br />
richest and most famous creeks.<br />
Free panning .............................993-5575<br />
See our location on the goldfields map<br />
CLAim 33 gOLD PANNiNg & mUSEUm 66<br />
Gold panning, souvenirs, gold guaranteed!<br />
Open 7 days a week: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.<br />
Mid May - mid Sept.<br />
7 miles on Bonanza Creek .......993-6626<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy RV PARK 62<br />
& CAmPgROUND<br />
Gold Panning • Laundromat • Showers<br />
Car Wash • Hook-ups ...............993-5142<br />
See our ad on page 22<br />
gOLDbOTTOm miNE TOURS 69<br />
Experience an operating placer mine and pan<br />
for gold. Tour an authentic placer mining operation<br />
on Goldbottom Creek. Cabins available.<br />
14 Km (9 mi.) on Hunker Creek Road. Ticket<br />
office on Front St beside The Trading Post.<br />
www.goldbottom.<strong>com</strong> .........Ph: 993-5023<br />
gOLf COURSES<br />
TOP Of THE WORLD gOLf COURSE 59<br />
9 holes. 24 hours-a-day golf.<br />
5 miles from downtown .............993-5888<br />
gOVERNmENT Of CANADA<br />
HON. RyAN LEEf, mP/DéPUTé<br />
Toll Free: .........................1-855-466-6565<br />
Phone: 993-5440 .............. Fax: 993-5472<br />
E-mail: .....................ryan.leef@parl.gc.ca<br />
Internet addresses of the businesses in this<br />
guide can be found at www.yukoninfo.<strong>com</strong><br />
The number on the listings correspond to<br />
the business locations found on the maps.<br />
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gROCERy & CONVENiENCE<br />
bONANZA mARKET 33<br />
Fresh Meat • Dairy • Groceries • Fresh Produce<br />
Euro/Canadian Deli • Cube Ice • Block Ice<br />
As featured in the Lonely Planet.<br />
E-mail: bonanzamarket@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
2nd Ave & Princess St ..............993-6567<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gAS & TiRES 62<br />
Open daily, groceries, snacks, ice.<br />
1 mile south of town ..................993-5142<br />
See our ad under Auto & RV Service<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gENERAL STORE 23<br />
Local Produce • In-Store Bakery • Ice<br />
Fresh Meat • Snacks • Weekly Specials<br />
Front St .....................................993-5475<br />
See our ad on page 5<br />
DOmiNiON EXPRESS 50<br />
Ice • Film • Cigarettes • Ice Cream<br />
Open 7 days a week, 7:00 am - 10:00 pm<br />
Reduced winter hours.<br />
5th Ave & Princess St ...............993-5720<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
Jimmy’S PLACE 14<br />
All Kinds of Stuff!<br />
Front St .....................................993-5037<br />
HOSTELS<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy RiVER HOSTEL & CAbiNS 60<br />
Open mid May - end of September.<br />
Cabins for 2 to 6 people. Family rooms.<br />
Common room with wood stove. Cooking<br />
facilities. Sauna. Free hot water bath house.<br />
Box 32, Dawson City, YT ...........Y0B 1G0<br />
www.yukonhostels.<strong>com</strong> ..1-867-993-6823<br />
See our location on the goldfields map<br />
HOTELS & mOTELS<br />
AURORA iNN 54<br />
Box 1748, Dawson City Y0B 1G0 ..993-6860<br />
See our ad on page 19<br />
bOmbAy PEggy’S 31<br />
Come spoil yourself at the Yukon’s only<br />
restored brothel. Centrally located in the<br />
historic downtown core. All rooms are smoke<br />
free. Pub opens at 3pm daily. Open Mar-Nov.<br />
2nd Ave & Princess St ..............993-6969<br />
See our ad on page 18<br />
HOTELS & MOTELS CONT’d PG 18<br />
YuKonBooKS.<strong>com</strong><br />
Your Online Source For Books, Maps,<br />
Travel & River Guides Covering The Yukon,<br />
Alaska & Canada’s North
Fresh Meat • Dairy • Groceries • Fresh Produce • Euro/Cdn Deli<br />
Where<br />
the locals<br />
shop!<br />
Cube Ice • Block Ice<br />
As Featured in the Lonely Planet<br />
“Open 7 DAyS A Week”<br />
LOCALLY OWNED & OpERATED BY pAuL & SALLY DERRY<br />
2nd Avenue & Princess Street<br />
“The<br />
Best Little<br />
Grocery<br />
Store In The<br />
Klondike”<br />
Ph: (867) 993-6567 • E-mail: bonanzamarket@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Fax: 993-5973 • Bag 5020, Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0<br />
Free Free<br />
Wi-Fi<br />
Wi-Fi<br />
FULL FACILITIES.<br />
EASY WALKING TO MOST ATTRACTIONS.<br />
5TH AVE & YORK ST., <strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong><br />
e-mail: goldrushcampground@shaw.ca<br />
www.goldrushcampground.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong>’S DOWNTOWN RV PARK!<br />
PH: (867) 993-5247<br />
Toll Free (in (in Canada):<br />
Downtown Downtown<br />
1-866-330-5006<br />
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VICTORIAN INN & PUB<br />
LOCATED ON<br />
THE CORNER OF<br />
SECOND AVENUE &<br />
PRINCESS STREET<br />
TEL:<br />
(867) 993-6969<br />
BOMBAYPEGGYS@GMAIL.COM<br />
WWW. BOMBAYPEGGYS. COM<br />
Whitehouse Cabins<br />
OverlOOking<br />
the YukOn river<br />
Comfortable, clean<br />
guest rooms situated<br />
in heritage buildings.<br />
Kitchenettes,<br />
private baths, TVs,<br />
internet, porches,<br />
picnic tables & BBQs.<br />
Restored 1897 Gold<br />
Rush Cabin ~ Treat<br />
yourself to our well<br />
appointed suite!<br />
est. 1953<br />
(867) 993-5576 • cabins@northwestel.net<br />
www.whitehousecabins.<strong>com</strong><br />
HOTELS & mOTELS cont’d<br />
Dawson City, yukon<br />
Bonanza Gold<br />
MoTEl<br />
Jacuzzi, Wi-Fi/<br />
Deluxe, internet<br />
Kitchenettes, Stay PackageS<br />
Standard, Non-smoking Rooms,<br />
Cable TV, Air Conditioners/Fans<br />
www.bonanzagold.ca<br />
toll Free 1-888-993-6789<br />
See our ad on page 26<br />
T <strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong><br />
H<br />
E<br />
BUNKHOUSE<br />
• Reasonable Rates<br />
• Overlooking the Yukon River<br />
• Suites & Economy Rooms<br />
Bag 4040<br />
Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0 Canada<br />
Phone (867) 993-6164 • Fax (867) 993-6051<br />
E-mail: info@dawsoncitybunkhouse.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.dawsoncitybunkhouse.<strong>com</strong><br />
DOWNTOWN HOTEL 36<br />
VIP suites, 59 modern <strong>com</strong>fortable<br />
rooms, jacuzzi, <strong>com</strong>plimentary airport<br />
transfers, plug-ins .....................993-5346<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
ELDORADO HOTEL, THE 45<br />
Luxurious Suites. Sluice Box Lounge. Bonanza<br />
Dining Room. Operated year-round by Yukoners.<br />
Toll-Free in Western Canada &<br />
Alaska ................ 1-800-764-ELDO(3536)<br />
Fax...(867) 993-5256/Ph ..(867) 993-5451<br />
See our ad on page 13<br />
KLONDiKE KATE’S CAbiNS & RESTAURANT 43<br />
15 modern eco-friendly cabins.<br />
Private bath, cable TV, phone,<br />
internet, handicap, pet friendly.<br />
3rd Ave & King St .....................993-6527<br />
See our ad inside the front cover<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
10 rooms & trailer cabins, restaurant.<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Hwy ...............993-6892<br />
See our ad on page 53<br />
HOTELS & MOTELS CONT’d PG 20<br />
Internet addresses of the businesses in this<br />
guide can be found at www.yukoninfo.<strong>com</strong><br />
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D A W S O N C I T Y<br />
• Hotel Rooms<br />
• Executive Suite • Cable TV<br />
• Cabins with Kitchenettes/Full Baths<br />
• Air-Conditioned Lounge & Restaurant<br />
• Licensed Outdoor Patio • Coin Laundry<br />
• Airport Shuttle Service for Registered Guests<br />
Toll-Free 1-800-764-3555 • E-mail: triplej@yknet.ca • www.triplejhotel.<strong>com</strong><br />
5th AVE & QUEEN, BOX 359, <strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong>, YOB 1GO • PH: (867) 993-5323 • FAX: (867) 993-5030<br />
5th Ave & Harper St<br />
Aurora Inn - Box 1748<br />
Dawson City, Yukon<br />
Y0B 1G0<br />
Off-season rates<br />
,<br />
FREE<br />
Wi-Fi<br />
Come stay in our clean<br />
and <strong>com</strong>fortable rooms<br />
with an international<br />
flair and dine in our<br />
restaurant, La Table<br />
on Fifth, featuring<br />
fine global cuisine.<br />
Nous parlons Français.<br />
Wir sprechen Deutsch.<br />
Reservations:<br />
Tel: 867-993-6860<br />
Fax: 867-993-5689<br />
aurorainn@aurorainn.ca<br />
www.aurorainn.ca<br />
La Table on 5th<br />
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PEABODY’S<br />
Photo Parlour<br />
Film Processing<br />
Digital Kiosk<br />
Gold Rush Portraits<br />
Passport Photos<br />
Digital Cameras<br />
Gifts<br />
(867) 993-5209 Dawson City<br />
peabody@northwestel.net<br />
Is that a big<br />
mining scar on the<br />
hill above Dawson?<br />
The scar in the hillside above Dawson, called<br />
Moosehide Slide is actually the result of an ancient<br />
landslide, not mining activity. The slide has historically<br />
been used as a navigational tool for river<br />
travellers. On a side note, no person can stake<br />
a new placer mining claim within the city limits.<br />
Rumour has it though, that gold fever led a local<br />
man to sink a shaft below his restaurant! In another<br />
story, a mining <strong>com</strong>pany wanted to pay to relocate<br />
the Dawson town site so they could mine it!<br />
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HOTELS & mOTELS cont’d<br />
Midnight Sun Hotel<br />
Great Rooms, Great Rates!<br />
Dining • Dancing • Entertainment<br />
Third Avenue & Queen Street , Dawson City<br />
Box 840, Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0<br />
Summer (867) 993-5495 | Winter (604) 291-2652<br />
midnightsunhotel@hotmail.<strong>com</strong> | www.midnightsunhotel.<strong>com</strong><br />
TRiPLE J HOTEL 55<br />
47 modern rooms, licensed restaurant,<br />
lounge, ample on-premise parking, wi-fi.<br />
Reservations .............................993-5323<br />
See our ad on page 19<br />
WESTmARK iNN <strong>DAWSON</strong> 51<br />
Comfortable rooms & suites. Restaurant,<br />
lounge, guest laundry & gift shop.<br />
5th Ave & Harper St ..................993-5542<br />
See our ad on page 9<br />
WHiTEHOUSE CAbiNS 26<br />
Located at the north end of town within<br />
walking distance to town centre.<br />
www.whitehousecabins.<strong>com</strong> ....993-5576<br />
See our ad on page 18<br />
yUKON HOTEL 45<br />
Front & Church St ............(867) 993-5451<br />
See our ad on page 13<br />
iCE CREAm PARLORS<br />
12<br />
Ice Cream &<br />
Frozen Yogurt<br />
Homemade Cones<br />
Open Until 10 PM<br />
Over 25 Flavors<br />
Front St.<br />
iNTERNET ACCESS<br />
iNTERNET SALOON 36<br />
High speed cable internet.<br />
11:30 am - 12:00 am<br />
Downtown Hotel........................993-5346<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
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JEWELLERS<br />
fORTymiLE gOLD WORKSHOP/STUDiO 42<br />
Goldsmith, Mammoth Ivory, Beads,<br />
Local Art, Raw Gold & Mining Claims<br />
3rd Ave & York St ......................993-5690<br />
See our ad on this page<br />
White Gold/Silver<br />
& Yellow Gold<br />
Combinations.<br />
Watch it being made<br />
in front of your eyes!<br />
Across from the PAddlewheeler<br />
Keno on Front St • 993-5225<br />
OVER 1 0 YEARS!<br />
OVER 1 0 YEARS!<br />
ESTABLISHED 1904<br />
OPEN YEAR-ROUND<br />
Gold Nuggets, Pendants, Jewellery,<br />
Mammoth Ivory & Carvings<br />
Goldsmiths On Premises<br />
nuggetshop@dawson.net<br />
Front & Queen St • Ph: (867) 993-5432<br />
See our ad inside the front cover<br />
ROCK, THE 15<br />
White Gold • Yellow Gold • Nuggets<br />
Home Made, Watch Us • Open Late<br />
7 Days/Week on Front St ..........993-2555<br />
LAUNDROmATS<br />
bONANZA gOLD RV PARK & mOTEL 63<br />
1 mile from city centre ..............993-6789<br />
See our ad on page 26<br />
gOLD RUSH CAmPgROUND RV PARK 47<br />
5th Ave & York St .....................993-5247<br />
See our ad on page 17<br />
LibRARiES<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy COmmUNiTy LibRARy 49<br />
Free public Internet and <strong>com</strong>puter access<br />
available. Located in Robert Service<br />
School .......................................993-5571<br />
LiqUOR STORES<br />
yUKON LiqUOR CORPORATiON 39<br />
3rd Ave & Princess St ...............993-5348<br />
See our ads on pages 27 & 29<br />
The number on the listings correspond to<br />
the business locations found on the maps.<br />
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21
mASSAgE THERAPiSTS & TREATmENTS<br />
mCCLiNTOCK, SANDy, RmT 38<br />
Relaxation/Stress Management • Deep Tissue<br />
Therapy • Headache & Backache Relief<br />
Open 7 Days A Week • Located at Hair Cabaret<br />
Phone for appointment .............993-5222<br />
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mUSEUmS<br />
CLAim 33 gOLD PANNiNg & mUSEUm 66<br />
Gold panning, souvenirs, gold guaranteed!<br />
Antiques on display. Open 7 days a week:<br />
10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Mid May - mid Sept.<br />
7 miles on Bonanza Creek .......993-6626<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy mUSEUm 52<br />
Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm ..993-5291<br />
See our ad on page 15<br />
SLOW RUSH DOg mUSHiNg 6<br />
KENNELS - TOURS & ADVENTURES<br />
Canada’s only & the world’s largest<br />
dog mushing & sled museum. Over 400<br />
pieces. www.slowrushkennels.<strong>com</strong><br />
Front St ............................(867) 335-2036<br />
yUKON HERiTAgE ATTRACTiONS<br />
Call ...................................(867) 667-4704<br />
See our ad on page 29<br />
NEWSPAPERS<br />
KLONDiKE SUN, THE 5<br />
Published twice monthly ...........993-6318<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong> RV PARK<br />
& CAmPgROuND<br />
The Right<br />
Place to<br />
Stop<br />
Free<br />
Wi-Fi!<br />
Full Hookups • Pull Throughs<br />
15 & 30 Amp Service • Laundromat<br />
Hi-Speed Internet • Wi-Fi • TV<br />
Showers • Gas/Diesel/Propane<br />
Store • Car/RV Wash • Tire Sales<br />
Tire Repairs • Oil Changes<br />
Phone/Fax: 1-867-993-5142<br />
info@dawsoncityrvpark.<strong>com</strong><br />
www.dawsoncityrvpark.<strong>com</strong><br />
OiLS, fUELS & HEATiNg<br />
QUALITY FUELS<br />
& LUBRICANTS<br />
fuel &<br />
Lubricants<br />
• 24 Hour Cardlock<br />
• Efficient delivery<br />
systems with state<br />
of the art equipment<br />
• Accurate online satellite<br />
tank level monitoring.<br />
• A well equipped management<br />
team ensures your<br />
project runs smoothly.<br />
Toll Free: 1-800-926-3835<br />
31 Washboard Way • (867) 993-5091<br />
NORTH 60º PETRO<br />
Whitehorse Office ............(867) 633-8820<br />
See our ad on page 70<br />
OPTOmETRiSTS<br />
NORTHERN LigHTS OPTOmETRy gROUP<br />
Whitehorse ......................(867) 668-2020<br />
OUTDOOR SUPPLiES<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> TRADiNg POST 16<br />
Antiques • Camping • Hunting<br />
Fishing • RAw Gold & ivoRy<br />
Front St .....................................993-5316<br />
See our ad under Antiques & Collectibles<br />
PHOTOfiNiSHiNg<br />
PEAbODy’S PHOTO PARLOUR 29<br />
Film Processing • Digital Kiosk • Gifts<br />
Gold Rush Portraits • Passport Photos<br />
2nd Ave & Princess St .....(867) 993-5209<br />
See our ad on page 20<br />
PROPANE<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gAS & TiRES 62<br />
Auto propane, bulk propane, self-serve<br />
gas, car wash, tires, sales & repair.<br />
1 mile south of town ..................993-5142<br />
See our ad under Auto & RV Service<br />
RV PARKS<br />
bONANZA gOLD RV PARK & mOTEL 63<br />
1 mile from city centre ..............993-6789<br />
See our ad on page 26<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy RV PARK 62<br />
& CAmPgROUND<br />
Gold Panning • Laundromat • Showers<br />
Car Wash • Hook-ups ...............993-5142<br />
See our ad on this page<br />
gOLD RUSH CAmPgROUND RV PARK 47<br />
Full facilities • Easy walking<br />
distance to most attractions.<br />
5th Ave & York St ......................993-5247<br />
See our ad on page 17<br />
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Sourdough Joe’s Restaurant<br />
Dawson’s Best Fish & Fries • Yukon Salmon • Alaskan Halibut<br />
Seafood Chowder • Homemade Burgers & Fries • Fettuccine<br />
Famous Philly Subs • Seafood • Lasagna • Licensed Premises<br />
Located on Front St at corner of Princess • 867-993-6590 • Open 11:00 AM Daily<br />
Dawson City’s<br />
KlondiKe Spirit<br />
Sit back and relax as you watch the paddlewheels turn.<br />
View cultural and historic sites from an ideal vantage<br />
point.<br />
Spacious observation deck and main deck seating<br />
for barrier free viewing.<br />
Friendly local staff and crew who know Dawson City.<br />
Cruise the<br />
Yukon River in nostalgic<br />
paddlewheeler style<br />
Tickets available at the Triple J Hotel • 5th Ave & Queen St • (867) 993-5323<br />
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RADiO STATiONS<br />
CfyT RADiO STATiON<br />
106.9 FM • Dawson Local Programming<br />
RESTAURANTS & TAKE-OUT<br />
bELiNDA’S DiNiNg 51<br />
Famous for our outdoor deck/courtyard<br />
& air-conditioned dining room.<br />
5th Ave & Harper St ..................993-5542<br />
See our ad on page 9<br />
bONANZA DiNiNg ROOm 45<br />
Open 6:30 am - 10:00 pm daily.<br />
Air-conditioned. Daily specials. Located<br />
in the Eldorado Hotel ................993-5451<br />
See our ad on page 13<br />
CHEECHAKOS bAKE SHOP 13<br />
Custom baking from scratch. Breads, pies,<br />
cakes, sandwiches, breakfast & lunch.<br />
7 days a week ...........................993-5303<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
JACK LONDON gRiLL 36<br />
Located in the Downtown Hotel.<br />
2nd Ave & Queen St .................993-5346<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
KLONDiKE KATE’S CAbiNS & RESTAURANT 43<br />
Licensed restaurant. Espresso coffee.<br />
Best Patio in the Yukon!<br />
Canadian & ethnic foods. Open daily.<br />
3rd Ave & King St .....................993-6527<br />
See our ad inside the front cover<br />
LA TAbLE on 5TH in the Aurora Inn 54<br />
Fine Global Cuisine • Air-Conditioned<br />
Open Daily May-September .....993-6860<br />
See our ad on page 19<br />
miDNigHT SUN HOTEL 41<br />
Chinese & Western Cuisine<br />
Open 6:00 am to 1:00 am<br />
Third Ave & Queen St ...............993-5495<br />
See our ad under Hotels & Motels<br />
RiVERWEST biSTRO 19<br />
RESTAURANT & COffEE bAR<br />
Dawson’s only full service coffee bar.<br />
Full breakfast & daytime menu.<br />
Front St .....................................993-6339<br />
SOURDOUgH JOE’S RESTAURANT 10<br />
Dawson’s Best Fish & Fries<br />
Famous Philly Subs • Licensed Premises<br />
Front & Princess St ...................993-6590<br />
See our ad on page 23<br />
STERNDECK, THE 36<br />
Dine in covered outdoor <strong>com</strong>fort!<br />
2nd Ave & Queen St .................993-5346<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
TJ’S DiNiNg ROOm & LOUNgE 55<br />
Open 7 days a week (Triple J Hotel) 993-5323<br />
See our ad on page 19<br />
RETAiL SERViCES<br />
AURORA OffiCE 27<br />
Office services & supplies, arts, crafts,<br />
books, school supplies, open year-round.<br />
2nd Ave (between King & Queen) ......993-6447<br />
mAXimiLiAN’S gOLD RUSH EmPORiUm 20<br />
Klondike Books • Postcards • Souvenirs<br />
Front & Queen St ......................993-5486<br />
See our ad on page 11<br />
RAVEN’S NOOK, THE 28<br />
Ladies’, Men’s & Children’s Wear &<br />
Footwear. Visa/MC ....................993-5530<br />
See our ad on page 15<br />
WiLD & WOOLy 40<br />
Raw Klondike gold. Selected international<br />
dress, casual fashions & shoes, and more!<br />
Wir sprechen deutsch.<br />
3rd Ave & Princess St ...............993-5170<br />
SAfETy CONSULTANTS<br />
NORTHERN SAfETy NETWORK yUKON<br />
E-mail .................. info@yukonsafety.<strong>com</strong><br />
Internet ................. www.yukonsafety.<strong>com</strong><br />
Located in Whitehorse .....(867) 633-6673<br />
SERViCE STATiONS<br />
AfD PETROLEUm 65<br />
Quality Fuels & Lubricants<br />
31 Washboard Way ...................993-5091<br />
See our ad under Oils, Fuels & Heating<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy gAS & TiRES 62<br />
1 mile south of town ..................993-5142<br />
See our ad under Auto & RV Service<br />
DOmiNiON EXPRESS 50<br />
Open 7 days a week, 7:00 am - 10:00 pm<br />
Reduced winter hours.<br />
5th Ave & Princess St ...............993-5720<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
Full-Service<br />
25 miles south of Dawson City ..993-6892<br />
See our ad on page 53<br />
SigHTSEEiNg TOURS<br />
ARCTiC ADVENTURE TOURS<br />
Let us fly you from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk<br />
or Herschel Island. We also offer Dempster<br />
Highway tours and much more.<br />
Call us @1-800-685-9417 or 867-777-3535.<br />
See our ads on the Yukon Map and page 65<br />
<strong>DAWSON</strong> CiTy’S KLONDiKE SPiRiT 2<br />
Cruise the Yukon River in nostalgic<br />
paddlewheeler style. Tickets available at<br />
5th Ave & Queen St (Triple J Hotel) ..993-5323<br />
See our ad on page 23<br />
TRANS NORTH HELiCOPTERS 61<br />
Charters & Sightseeing<br />
Phone ..............................(867) 993-5494<br />
SIGHTSEEING TOuRS CONT’d PG 26
BAKE<br />
SHOP<br />
Build a Safe Campfire - Not a Wildfire!<br />
Remember these campfire safety tips:<br />
• Keep your fire small.<br />
• NEVER leave a campfire unattended.<br />
• Have water nearby to keep your fire under control.<br />
On FrOnt Street<br />
baked Goods Made From scratch!<br />
breakfast & Lunch sandwiches<br />
serving “Midnight sun” Coffee!<br />
993-5303 • 7 Days/Week • May-septeMber<br />
For current wildfire information visit<br />
www.<strong>com</strong>munity.gov.yk.ca/firemanagement/index.html<br />
Report Wildfires 1-888-798 FIRE (3473)<br />
• Soak it! Stir it! Soak it again!<br />
• ALWAYS make sure your campfire<br />
is OUT and COLD to the touch!<br />
Community Services<br />
Wildland Fire Management<br />
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Dawson City, yukon<br />
a GREat PlaCE to stay!<br />
Bonanza<br />
Gold<br />
26<br />
Motel & RV Park<br />
MoTEl<br />
Deluxe Ac<strong>com</strong>modations<br />
Jacuzzi, Kitchenettes and Standard<br />
Rooms • Air Conditioners/Fans<br />
cabLe<br />
tV<br />
Pet Friendly<br />
& RV PaRK<br />
Dawson’s Full Service Sites!<br />
Full Hookups • 15/30/50 Amps<br />
Spacious Sites • Cable TV<br />
Wi-Fi/internet<br />
Laundromat<br />
rV/<br />
car<br />
WaSh<br />
Stay PackageS<br />
toll Free 1-888-993-6789<br />
www.bonanzagold.ca<br />
SigHTSEEiNg TOURS cont’d<br />
UP NORTH TOURS<br />
We offer scheduled and custom tours of<br />
the Beaufort Delta year-round. For all your<br />
travel and tourism needs give us a call.<br />
Inuvik, NT ........................(867) 777-2028<br />
See our ads on the Yukon map and page 67<br />
yUKON HERiTAgE ATTRACTiONS<br />
Call ...................................(867) 667-4704<br />
See our ad on page 29<br />
yUKON qUEEN ii - HOLLAND AmERiCA TOURS 11<br />
1 way or round trip sightseeing tours to<br />
Eagle, Alaska ............................993-5599<br />
TOWiNg<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
24 Hours • Light, Heavy, Recovery<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Hwy ...............993-6892<br />
See our ad on page 53<br />
NORTHERN SUPERiOR mECHANiCAL & TOWiNg 64<br />
Full automotive & RV towing & recovery.<br />
24 Hr Service ............................993-5710<br />
See our ad on page 7<br />
TRAVEL AgENCiES<br />
TPi KLONDiKE TRAVEL<br />
Corporate travel management & vacation deals.<br />
klondiketravel@tpi.ca ......1-877-668-5655<br />
www.klondiketravel.ca...............668-5655<br />
TRUCKiNg COmPANiES<br />
A-1 DELiVERy<br />
Yukon’s Premier Delivery Service<br />
Phone ..............................(867) 668-8140<br />
Fax ...................................(867) 668-2393<br />
ViDEO RENTALS<br />
Jimmy’S PLACE 14<br />
DVDs & CDs • Ice • Gifts • Goodies<br />
Front St .....................................993-5037<br />
ViSiTOR iNfORmATiON<br />
iNUViALUiT SETTLEmENT REgiON<br />
DATAbASE<br />
DO YOUR RESEARCH<br />
www.aina.ucalgary.ca/isr<br />
See our ad on page 14<br />
WESTERN ARCTiC iNfORmATiON CENTRE 4<br />
Complete information on the Dempster<br />
Hwy & Northwest Territories. DEMPSTER<br />
HWY INFO TOLL FREE ..1-800-661-0750<br />
See our information on pages 64-68<br />
yUKON ViSiTOR iNfORmATiON CENTRE b<br />
Open daily early-May to late-September.<br />
Front & King St .........................993-5566<br />
See our ad on page 69<br />
Internet addresses of the businesses in this<br />
guide can be found at www.yukoninfo.<strong>com</strong>
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DAWSon CItY trIvIA<br />
Did you know gold is 19<br />
times heavier than water?<br />
88% of all gold mined in<br />
the Yukon <strong>com</strong>es from the<br />
Dawson area.<br />
A gold nugget was<br />
unearthed in the Klondike<br />
that weighed over 72 oz.<br />
It was nearly 6" long.<br />
In 1898, the nugget was<br />
valued at $1,158.<br />
Today, it would be worth<br />
well over $160,000.<br />
The Klondike got its name<br />
from the Indian word<br />
“Thron Diuck” meaning<br />
“Hammer Water”. Early<br />
settlers had difficulty with<br />
the pronunciation and thus<br />
it became KLON-DIKE.<br />
200 lbs. bacon, 800 lbs.<br />
flour, 200 lbs. corn meal,<br />
150 lbs. beans, 75 lbs.<br />
sugar, 150 lbs. dried<br />
fruits, 50 lbs. rice,<br />
75 lbs. coffee and<br />
1 case of condensed<br />
milk were on the list of<br />
mandatory goods brought<br />
over the Chilkoot Pass.<br />
In 1904 the Klondike was<br />
the largest gold producer<br />
in Canada and the fourth<br />
largest in the world.<br />
The steamer ‘Seattle’<br />
returned from Dawson<br />
City in November<br />
1897 with $800,000<br />
in drafts and securities<br />
and 35 lbs. of gold.<br />
The Yukon River is<br />
2200 miles long (3520<br />
km), the 3rd longest in<br />
North America.<br />
More than 250<br />
sternwheelers plied Yukon<br />
waters from 1896 to the<br />
mid 1950s. At one time,<br />
there were up to 70 of the<br />
majestic riverboats on the<br />
Yukon River alone.<br />
The engines that turned<br />
the massive paddle wheels<br />
on Yukon's riverboats<br />
burned a cord of wood<br />
per hour. The 500 mile<br />
journey from Whitehorse to<br />
Dawson City took only 40<br />
hours while it took as much<br />
as 4 days the other way.<br />
tHe DAWSon CItY nuGGetS Set<br />
tWo StAnleY CuP reCorDS<br />
In 1905, the Dawson City<br />
Nuggets participated in the<br />
Stanley Cup. Such was the<br />
enthusiasm of the Yukon team,<br />
that the players themselves<br />
bankrolled part of the<br />
4,400-mile trip out of their own<br />
pockets, hoping to regain<br />
the $3,000 cost from gate<br />
receipts. The trip has be<strong>com</strong>e a<br />
fantastic legend in Cup history.<br />
A Yukon prospector by the<br />
name of Colonel Joe Boyle<br />
arranged the trip for the<br />
ambitious Klondikers. The<br />
team traveled 46 miles by<br />
dogsled the first day and 41<br />
miles the next. Temperatures<br />
were in the neighborhood of<br />
20 below zero, and some<br />
players suffered blistered feet<br />
on the third day of traveling.<br />
The team missed a boat<br />
connection on the west coast,<br />
and had to wait five days<br />
for another, which took them<br />
from Seattle to Vancouver.<br />
Then, it was a marathon train<br />
ride, Vancouver to Ottawa.<br />
Somehow, the Dawson City<br />
team arrived, after 23 days of<br />
travel, just one day before the<br />
series with the Ottawa Silver<br />
Seven was to begin.<br />
The Dawson City team was<br />
simply no match, losing the<br />
opening game, 9-2, and the<br />
second and deciding match, a<br />
record loss of 22-3. Ottawa’s<br />
one-eyed Frank McGee scored<br />
a record total of 14 goals<br />
in the latter game, including<br />
eight tallies in just eight<br />
minutes and 20 seconds.
Tagé Cho Hudän Interpretive Centre showcases<br />
the past and present culture of the Northern<br />
Tutchone with many fascinating exhibits and<br />
guided tours based on our oral tradition.<br />
The Dawson City Museum is housed in the<br />
beautiful Old Territorial Administration Building<br />
National Historic Site, one of the premier heritage<br />
attractions in the Klondike. The exhibits provide<br />
an in-depth look at Dawson’s social and mining<br />
history, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nations, the<br />
Gold Rush and the development of the Klondike.<br />
Big Jonathan House the Selkirk First Nation cultural centre<br />
in Pelly Crossing has a range of exhibits, interpretive<br />
programming and locally made crafts for sale.<br />
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre (Long Time Ago House)<br />
celebrates and shares the traditional and contemporary<br />
experiences of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in.<br />
The John Tizya Centre is located in Old Crow, the only Yukon<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity north of the Arctic Circle. The facility has a new<br />
exhibition area, with displays of the Vuntut Gwitchin’s culture,<br />
the Porcupine Caribou herd, the landscape and oral history.<br />
For more information on Yukon Heritage Attractions, please call (867) 667-4704<br />
or visit www.yukonmuseums.ca or www.heritageyukon.ca<br />
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Attractions<br />
Provided by Parks Canada<br />
A B.Y.N. CO. TICKET OFFICE<br />
Once the British Yukon Navigation Co. Ticket<br />
office. Now houses NWT Visitor’s Centre.<br />
B VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE<br />
Attendants in period costume will give you up-to-date<br />
information on Parks Canada, local activities, events<br />
and attractions. Audio visual presentations offered<br />
daily. Open mid May to mid September.<br />
C PALACE GRAND THEATRE<br />
Reconstruction of the original theatre built<br />
by Arizona Charlie Meadows in 1899.<br />
D OLD POST OFFICE<br />
Built in 1901. First class mail drop and stamp sales.<br />
E MADAME TREMBLAY’S STORE<br />
Built in 1899 and restored to its 1913<br />
appearance. (Window display)<br />
F <strong>DAWSON</strong> DAILY NEWS<br />
Newspapers from 1898-1953. (Window display)<br />
G K.T.M. CO. BUILDING<br />
Originally a freight line depot and later a grocery store,<br />
in 1912 it was used by the Klondike Thawing Machine<br />
Co. as a warehouse. (Window display)<br />
H BILLY BIGG’S BLACKSMITH SHOP<br />
Built in 1899. Operated as a hotel, then in<br />
1907 modified to house a blacksmith shop.<br />
Operated until 1950s. (Window display)<br />
I HARRINGTON’S STORE<br />
Constructed in 1900. Exterior restoration.<br />
J RUBY’S PLACE<br />
Typical Gold Rush house of notorious reputation.<br />
Also offered laundry services. Operated until the<br />
1960s. (Window display)<br />
K BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA<br />
Built in 1899, it contained an assay office<br />
where much of the Klondike gold was valued.<br />
It was the Bank of Montreal until 1968.<br />
Included in town core walking tour.<br />
L LOWE’S MORTUARY<br />
Originally built as a furniture store, it became a<br />
mortuary from 1916 to 1953. (Window display)<br />
M OAK HALL<br />
This general merchandise store was built in 1900.<br />
(Window display)<br />
N SS KENO<br />
Built in 1922 by the British Yukon Navigation<br />
Co., this sternwheeler was the last to ply the<br />
Yukon River. Outdoor exhibit.<br />
O COMMISSIONER’S RESIDENCE<br />
From 1900 to 1916, this was the official<br />
residence of the Commissioner of the Yukon.<br />
Restoration was <strong>com</strong>pleted in 1996.<br />
P RED FEATHER SALOON<br />
Peek in the window of the working man’s club! The Red<br />
Feather was one of the last saloons in Dawson City.<br />
Q COURTHOUSE BUILDING<br />
Built in 1901, today it serves as an office building.<br />
R BLACK’S RESIDENCE<br />
Once the home of Commissioner George Black<br />
and his wife Martha Louise Black.<br />
S C.O.’s QUARTERS<br />
Originally the residence of the Commanding Officer<br />
of the NorthWest Mounted Police, Fort Herchemer. Houses<br />
Parks Canada Offices.<br />
T ST. ANDREW’S MANSE<br />
Once the residence of the minister of the neighbouring<br />
Presbyterian Church.<br />
U ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH<br />
Built in 1902, the Presbyterian Church was the largest in<br />
Dawson City, seating 600.<br />
V N.C. CO. WAREHOUSE<br />
One of four warehouses built in 1897 by the<br />
Alaska Commercial Co., which later became the<br />
Northern Commercial Co.<br />
W DR. BROWN’S RESIDENCE<br />
Built in 1901, once the home of Dr. John Brown, dentist.<br />
X MACAULAY’S RESIDENCE<br />
Build in 1901, it was home to Judge Henry<br />
C. Macaulay, Dawson City’s first mayor.<br />
Y ROBERT SERVICE CABIN<br />
Home of the renowned poet Robert W. Service.<br />
Open daily June to mid September.<br />
DREDGE #4 (See Goldfields Map)<br />
Explore this massive machine, the largest wooden<br />
hulled, bucket line dredge in North America.<br />
Located at km 12.3 (mi 7.8) Bonanza Rd.<br />
Exhibits & information. Open June - mid Sept.<br />
Admission Fees Apply. Check at VIC ( i B) for up-to-date information regarding event<br />
times, locations and fees. All locations on this page are keyed to the Downtown Map.<br />
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Visit Canada's oldest Casino<br />
www.dawso ncity.ca<br />
Nightly<br />
eNtertaiNmeNt<br />
may to sept<br />
ADMISSION CHARGED<br />
MUST BE 19 OR OLDER<br />
Dawson City’s world famous gambling hall was named after Diamond Tooth Gertie, a bona fide dancehall queen. During the Gold Rush of 1898, and amidst<br />
numerous Klondike kings and queens, to distinguish herself, Gertrude Lovejoy wedged a sparking diamond between her two front teeth!<br />
open daily: may to sept<br />
open select dates year round<br />
33<br />
32 32 33
34<br />
Goldfields Map<br />
Legend to Goldfields map<br />
paved or chipseal highway<br />
maintained gravel highway or road<br />
unmaintained gravel road<br />
hiking trails<br />
ELEVATION<br />
4127 FT.<br />
ALASKA BORDER<br />
(107 Km/67 miles)<br />
i<br />
government campgrounds<br />
historic mining attractions<br />
visitor information<br />
U K YY OO U K NN EE RR<br />
VV RR II PADDLEWHEEL<br />
GRAVEYARD<br />
YUKON GOVERNMENT<br />
CAMPGROUND<br />
TOP OF THE<br />
WORLD HIGHWAY<br />
BusiNess LocatioN Directory<br />
AFD Petroleum .....................................................65<br />
Air North ............................................................71<br />
Alkan Air ............................................................70<br />
Bonanza Gold Motel ............................................63<br />
Bonanza Gold RV Park & Motel .............................63<br />
Claim #6 ............................................................67<br />
Claim 33 Gold Panning & Museum ........................66<br />
Dawson City Gas & Tires ......................................62<br />
Dawson City RV Park & Campground .....................62<br />
Dawson City River Hostel & Cabins/Tenting ............60<br />
Endurance Automotive ..........................................72<br />
Goldbottom Mine Tours .........................................69<br />
Klondike River Lodge ............................................73<br />
Northern Superior Mechanical & Towing ................64<br />
Sign of the Raven .................................................68<br />
Top of the World Golf Course ................................59<br />
Trans North Helicopters ........................................61<br />
61<br />
MIDNIGHT<br />
DOME ELEVATION<br />
ROAD 2911 FT.<br />
DOG ISLAND<br />
MOOSEHIDE ISLAND<br />
60<br />
i<br />
61<br />
SUNNYDALE<br />
TOP OF OF 59 Gas<br />
THE WORLD<br />
GOLF COURSE<br />
64<br />
62<br />
63<br />
PIERRE PIERRE<br />
CR CR<br />
BERTON BERTON<br />
OO BB AA<br />
NN ZZ AA NN BONANZA<br />
CREEK CREEK ROAD<br />
68<br />
CALLISON<br />
INDUSTRIAL<br />
AREA<br />
65<br />
PHASE PHASE II<br />
CC RR EE KK<br />
EE See<br />
inset inset<br />
Claim 33 66<br />
DREDGE #4<br />
DRAGUE-NUMÉRO-QUATRE<br />
(Entrance Price/Prix d'entrée)<br />
(12.3 km/7.8 mi from Klondike Hwy.<br />
12,3km/7,8 milles du Klondike Hwy.)<br />
DOME ROAD<br />
64<br />
63<br />
Bonanza<br />
62<br />
Gas<br />
Gold<br />
Motel & RV Park<br />
BONANZA CREEK ROAD<br />
QUALITY FUELS<br />
& LUBRICANTS<br />
Inset<br />
CALLISON WAY<br />
WASHBOARD<br />
WAY<br />
CAMERON CR<br />
K L O NN DD II KK EE<br />
BEAR BEAR CREEK CREEK<br />
RR<br />
RR II VV EE CAMPGROUND<br />
CLAIM #6 #6<br />
KK EE NN RR<br />
U H<br />
HENDERSON CORNER<br />
73<br />
72 KLONDIKE<br />
KLONDIKE<br />
KLONDIKE RIVER KLONDIKE HIGHWAY<br />
CAMPSITE<br />
RIVER RIVER<br />
HUNKER<br />
CREEK<br />
ROAD<br />
RIDGE ROAD<br />
RECREATIONAL TRAIL<br />
(32 km/19.9 miles)<br />
UPPER BONANZA<br />
RESERVE<br />
(21.3 km/12.8 miles)<br />
67<br />
CLAIM #6 #6<br />
Get Paydirt Here<br />
TO <strong>DAWSON</strong><br />
KLONDIKE HWY<br />
MOLISON DR<br />
GRAND<br />
FORKS FORKS<br />
LEGGO LN<br />
71<br />
70<br />
CALLISON WAY<br />
ROCK CREEK<br />
SUBDIVISION<br />
ELEVATION<br />
1121 FT.<br />
CAMPGROUND<br />
DISCOVERY CLAIM<br />
(14.8 km/9.3 miles<br />
from Klondike Hwy.)<br />
Wash At Creek<br />
ELDORADO<br />
ELDORADO CREEK<br />
CREEK<br />
RR CC EE EE KK<br />
69<br />
14 km (8.75 mi.)<br />
to here from the<br />
Klondike Hwy<br />
Loop<br />
60 miles/96 km<br />
UPPER BONANZA<br />
CREEK ROAD<br />
BetweeN whitehorse & DawsoN city (see the yukoN map oN page 3)<br />
74......................Braeburn Lodge 78.................. Gramma’s Kitchen<br />
75.......Hotel Carmacks & Tatchun 79................Moose Creek Lodge<br />
Centre General Store & RV Park<br />
76......... Coal Mine Campground<br />
Dempster HigHway<br />
80.................. Eagle Plains Hotel<br />
77...................... Selkirk Grocery<br />
& Service Station<br />
KING SOLOMON<br />
DOME<br />
EL. 4048 FT.<br />
QUARTZ CREEK ROAD<br />
DEMPSTER<br />
HIGHWAY<br />
To the Arctic<br />
Circle and<br />
Inuvik, N.W.T.<br />
LL OO KK NN HH TT DD RR NN OO I<br />
RR<br />
KK EE RR EE II VV TO WHITEHORSE<br />
(535 km/332 miles)<br />
HUNKER<br />
SUMMIT<br />
DOMINION<br />
CREEK<br />
ROAD<br />
YUKONBOOKS.<strong>com</strong><br />
Your Online Source For Books, Maps,<br />
Travel & River Guides Covering The Yukon,<br />
Alaska & Canada’s North<br />
Numeric BusiNess LocatioN Directory<br />
1................................ Fishwheel Charters<br />
2................. Dawson City’s Klondike Spirit<br />
3....................Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre<br />
4......................Western Arctic Info Centre<br />
5................................. Klondike Sun, The<br />
6................ Slow Rush Tours & Adventures<br />
7.................................. Camera Obscura<br />
8..................... St. Paul’s Anglican Church<br />
9.....................................Bunkhouse, The<br />
10.................. Sourdough Joe’s Restaurant<br />
11 Yukon Queen II - Holland America Tours<br />
12....................Klondyke Cream & Candy<br />
13....................... Cheechakos Bake Shop<br />
14......................................Jimmy’s Place<br />
15........................................... Rock, The<br />
16........................... Dawson Trading Post<br />
17..... Goldbottom Mine Tours Ticket Office<br />
18............................... Castlerock Canoe<br />
19..Riverwest Bistro Restaurant & Coffee Bar<br />
20........ Maximilian’s Gold Rush Emporium<br />
21........................... Dancing Moose, The<br />
22........Klondike Nugget & Ivory Shop Ltd.<br />
23.................. Dawson City General Store<br />
24............................. Gold Trail Jewellers<br />
25..........Dawson City Firefighters Museum<br />
26.............................Whitehouse Cabins<br />
27..................................... Aurora Office<br />
28.............................. Raven’s Nook, The<br />
29...................... Peabody’s Photo Parlour<br />
30...... A Ray of Sunshine Variety Store Ltd.<br />
31................................. Bombay Peggy’s<br />
32............................ Odd Gallery (KIAC)<br />
33................................. Bonanza Market<br />
34.......................................Hair We Are<br />
35................................................. CIBC<br />
36................................. Downtown Hotel<br />
37...................................... Hair Cabaret<br />
38...................... McClintock, Sandy, RMT<br />
SULPHUR<br />
CREEK<br />
ROAD<br />
UU SS LL PP RR UU H<br />
Combined Loops<br />
102 miles/164 km<br />
EE EE KK<br />
RR CC 39.....................Yukon Liquor Corporation<br />
40.................................... Wild & Wooly<br />
41............................. Midnight Sun Hotel<br />
42..........Fortymile Gold Workshop/Studio<br />
43..... Klondike Kate’s Cabins & Restaurant<br />
44.......................Confluence Gallery, The<br />
45.............................Eldorado Hotel, The<br />
46........................ Diamond Tooth Gerties<br />
47...........Gold Rush Campground RV Park<br />
48...................St. Mary’s Catholic Church<br />
49........... Dawson City Community Library<br />
50................................Dominion Express<br />
51.............................. Northern Wonders<br />
51......................... Westmark Inn Dawson<br />
52..........................Dawson City Museum<br />
53................. 5th Avenue Bed & Breakfast<br />
54..........................................Aurora Inn<br />
55.......................................Triple J Hotel<br />
56............... Dawson City Bed & Breakfast<br />
57......................Pierre Berton House, The<br />
58...........................Jack London Museum<br />
59............... Top of the World Golf Course<br />
60.......Dawson City River Hostel & Cabins<br />
61....................... Trans North Helicopters<br />
62..................... Dawson City Gas & Tires<br />
62....Dawson City RV Park & Campground<br />
63........................... Bonanza Gold Motel<br />
63............Bonanza Gold RV Park & Motel<br />
64..Northern Superior Mechanical & Towing<br />
65.................................... AFD Petroleum<br />
66.......Claim 33 Gold Panning & Museum<br />
67........................................... Claim #6<br />
68................................Sign of the Raven<br />
69........................Goldbottom Mine Tours<br />
70........................................... Alkan Air<br />
71........................................... Air North<br />
72......................... Endurance Automotive<br />
73........................... Klondike River Lodge<br />
GRANVILLE<br />
(old townsite)<br />
OO MM II DD NN II OO NN<br />
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Business Location Directory<br />
A Ray of Sunshine<br />
Variety Store Ltd. ............... 30<br />
Aurora Inn.......................... 54<br />
Aurora Office ..................... 27<br />
Bombay Peggy’s ................. 31<br />
Bonanza Market ................. 33<br />
Bunkhouse, The ..................... 9<br />
CIBC ................................. 35<br />
Camera Obscura .................. 7<br />
Castlerock Canoe ............... 18<br />
Cheechakos Bake Shop ....... 13<br />
Confluence Gallery, The ....... 44<br />
Conventions Dawson ..............B<br />
Dancing Moose, The ........... 21<br />
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre .... 3<br />
Dawson City Bed & Breakfast .. 56<br />
Dawson City Chamber<br />
of Commerce .......................B<br />
Dawson City<br />
Community Library ............ 49<br />
Dawson City<br />
Firefighters Museum........... 25<br />
Dawson City General Store .. 23<br />
Dawson City Museum .......... 52<br />
Dawson City’s Klondike Spirit .. 2<br />
Dawson Trading Post ........... 16<br />
Diamond Tooth Gerties ........ 46<br />
Dominion Express ............... 50<br />
Downtown Hotel ................. 36<br />
Eldorado Hotel, The ............ 45<br />
5th Avenue Bed & Breakfast .. 53<br />
Fishwheel Charters ................ 1<br />
Fortymile Gold<br />
Workshop/Studio.............. 42<br />
Gold Rush Campground<br />
RV Park ............................ 47<br />
Gold Trail Jewellers ............. 24<br />
Goldbottom Mine Tours<br />
Ticket Office ..................... 17<br />
Hair Cabaret ...................... 37<br />
Hair We Are ...................... 34<br />
Jack London Museum ........... 58<br />
Jimmy’s Place...................... 14<br />
Klondike Kate’s<br />
Cabins & Restaurant .......... 43<br />
Klondike Nugget<br />
& Ivory Shop Ltd. .............. 22<br />
Klondike Sun, The ................. 5<br />
Klondyke Cream & Candy ... 12<br />
Maximilian’s Gold Rush<br />
Emporium......................... 20<br />
McClintock, Sandy, RMT ...... 38<br />
Midnight Sun Hotel ............. 41<br />
Northern Wonders .............. 51<br />
Odd Gallery (KIAC) ............ 32<br />
Peabody’s Photo Parlour ...... 29<br />
Pierre Berton House, The ...... 57<br />
Raven’s Nook, The .............. 28<br />
Riverwest Bistro<br />
Restaurant & Coffee Bar ..... 19<br />
Rock, The ........................... 15<br />
St. Mary’s Catholic Church ... 48<br />
St. Paul’s Anglican Church ..... 8<br />
Slow Rush Tours & Adventures .. 6<br />
Sourdough Joe’s Restaurant ... 10<br />
Triple J Hotel ....................... 55<br />
Western Arctic Info Centre ..... 4<br />
Westmark Inn Dawson ......... 51<br />
Whitehouse Cabins ............. 26<br />
Wild & Wooly .................... 40<br />
Yukon Liquor Corporation ..... 39<br />
Yukon Queen II - Holland<br />
America Tours ................... 11<br />
Yukon Visitor<br />
Information Centre ...............B<br />
YUKON RIVER<br />
JUDGE<br />
Dawson City<br />
GEORGE<br />
EDWARD<br />
ALBERT<br />
DUKE<br />
SEVENTH AVE<br />
SIXTH AVE<br />
FIFTH AVE<br />
FOURTH AVE<br />
YORK<br />
KING<br />
Diamond<br />
Tooth Gerties 46<br />
QUEEN<br />
PRINCESS<br />
EIGHTH AVE<br />
43 E<br />
Post<br />
Office<br />
F 44 G 45 H<br />
Community<br />
Garden<br />
THIRD AVE<br />
42 D<br />
41<br />
37 38<br />
40 I P Liquor<br />
39 Store<br />
C<br />
L 36<br />
Bank<br />
35 34 33 J 32 31<br />
City<br />
Hall 25<br />
SECOND AVE<br />
i<br />
B<br />
FRONT STREET<br />
3 4<br />
A<br />
N.W.T.<br />
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27<br />
24<br />
M<br />
28 K 29 30 9<br />
18 17<br />
15<br />
201916<br />
23 2221<br />
Tribute to<br />
14 13 12 11 10<br />
the Miner<br />
Monument<br />
N These numbers<br />
7 are across the road<br />
26 i<br />
47<br />
Ferry To: Government Campground,<br />
Dawson City River Hostel,<br />
Top of the World Highway & Alaska<br />
V<br />
48<br />
1<br />
2<br />
Dock<br />
2<br />
55<br />
Cemetery<br />
49<br />
Library<br />
X<br />
W<br />
50<br />
51<br />
FIRST AVE<br />
HARPER<br />
54<br />
Guns &<br />
Ammo<br />
Building<br />
Writer’s<br />
Block<br />
on eighth<br />
See page<br />
39 for more<br />
information.<br />
MISSION<br />
Cemeteries<br />
HANSON<br />
Nursing<br />
Station<br />
Parking Parking<br />
FIRTH<br />
Minto<br />
Park<br />
Victory<br />
Gardens<br />
Museum<br />
53 52<br />
CHURCH<br />
U T<br />
8<br />
57<br />
Robert Service<br />
Y Cabin<br />
YUKON<br />
HOTEL<br />
O<br />
FRONT STREET<br />
DIKE WALKWAY<br />
58 Jack London Museum<br />
S<br />
Retail Areas<br />
Downtown<br />
GRANT<br />
R<br />
R.C.M.P.<br />
Pool<br />
Q<br />
TURNER<br />
MIDNIGHT<br />
DOME ROAD<br />
Ball<br />
Diamond<br />
Soccer<br />
Field<br />
Crocus Bluff<br />
Look-out &<br />
Trails<br />
DUGAS<br />
YUKONBOOKS.<strong>com</strong><br />
Your Online Source For Books, Maps,<br />
Travel & River Guides Covering The Yukon,<br />
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CRAIG<br />
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KLONDIKE HIGHWAY<br />
Viewing Deck<br />
56<br />
Gas<br />
Trans Canada<br />
Trail Flash<br />
Confluence<br />
Viewing Deck<br />
To:<br />
Airport, Goldfields,<br />
Dempster Highway,<br />
Whitehorse<br />
KLONDIKE<br />
RIVER<br />
Parks Canada/Parcs Canada<br />
A B.Y.N. Co. Ticket Office/Guichet de la B.Y.N. Co.<br />
B Visitor Reception Centre/Centre d’accueil des visiteurs<br />
C Palace Grand Theatre/Théâtre Palace Grand<br />
D Old Post Office/Acien bureau de poste<br />
E Madame Tremblay’s Store/Magasin de Madame Tremblay<br />
F Dawson Daily News/Le Quotidien de Dawson<br />
G K.T.M. Co. Building/Immeuble K.T.M.<br />
H Billy Bigg’s Blacksmith Shop/Forge Billy Biggs<br />
I Harrington’s Store/Magasin Harrington<br />
J Ruby’s Place<br />
K Bank of British North America<br />
L Lowe’s Mortuary/Salon mortuaire Lowe<br />
M Oak Hall/Magasin Oak Hall<br />
N SS Keno/Vapeur Keno<br />
O Commissioner’s Residence/Résidence du Commissaire<br />
P Red Feather Saloon/Saloon ‘Red Feather’<br />
Q Courthouse Building/Cour<br />
R Black’s Residence/Résidence Black<br />
S C.O.’s Quarters/Quartiers des-officiers<br />
T St. Andrew’s Manse/Presbytère de l’église St Andrew<br />
U St. Andrew’s Church/Église St Andrew<br />
V N.C. Co. Warehouse/Entrepôt N.C. Co.<br />
W Dr. Brown’s Residence/Résidence du Dr Brown<br />
X Macaulay’s Residence/Résidence Macaulay<br />
Y Robert Service Cabin/Cabane Robert Service<br />
35
Jan<br />
Feb<br />
maR<br />
apR<br />
may<br />
Jun<br />
Jan 27-29<br />
Dawson City HoCkey assoCiation<br />
aDult ReC. touRnament<br />
Contact: Dave Ezzard, (867) 993-4425<br />
Feb 3-5<br />
DC CuRling Club 113tH annual int'l bonspiel<br />
Contact: Connie Reimer / Akio Saito, (867) 993-5398,<br />
asaito@northwestel.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
Feb 7-11<br />
yukon Quest Dawson City layoveR<br />
Contact: Marie-Sylvestre Belanger, (867) 668-4711,<br />
questadmin@polar<strong>com</strong>.<strong>com</strong>, www.yukonquest.<strong>com</strong>,<br />
yukonquest@mosquitonet.<strong>com</strong><br />
Feb 10 - 12<br />
olD timeRs HoCkey touRnament<br />
Contact: Rod Dewell, (867) 993-5499, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
maR 1-4<br />
tRek oveR tHe top (1)<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.trekoverthetop.<strong>com</strong><br />
maR 8-11<br />
tRek oveR tHe top (2)<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575, kva@dawson.net,<br />
www.trekoverthetop.<strong>com</strong><br />
maR 15-18<br />
tHaw Di gRas<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
maR 16<br />
DCmF lip synC<br />
Contact: DCMF, (867) 993-5584,<br />
info@dcmf.<strong>com</strong>, www.dcmf.<strong>com</strong><br />
maR 22-24<br />
peRCy De wolFe memoRial mail RaCe<br />
Contact: Anna Claxton, (867) 993-3470,<br />
percydewolfe@gmail.<strong>com</strong>, www.thepercy.<strong>com</strong><br />
maR 29-31<br />
Dawson City sleD Dawgs<br />
DiamonD DempsteR Daze<br />
Contact: Tim Grenon, timothygrenon@msn.<strong>com</strong><br />
June 9<br />
CommissioneR’s tea<br />
Contact: Parks Canada, (867) 993-7200<br />
June 9<br />
CommissioneR’s klonDike ball<br />
Contact: Commissioner of Yukon, (867) 667-5121,<br />
Cathy.Cheeseman@gov.yk.ca, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
June 15-16<br />
CHiCkenstoCk<br />
Contact: Mike Busby, (907) 235-6396,<br />
chickenRVpark@gmail.<strong>com</strong>, www.chickengold.<strong>com</strong><br />
June 15-17<br />
top oF tHe woRlD HigHlanD games<br />
Contact: Sally Derry, (867) 993-5036,<br />
topoftheworldhighlandgames@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
June 17<br />
miDnigHt sun golF touRnament<br />
Contact: Top of the World Golf Course,<br />
(867) 993-5888 (seasonal), www.topoftheworldgolf.<strong>com</strong><br />
June 21<br />
aboRiginal Day CelebRations<br />
Contact: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, (867) 993 6768,<br />
cultural.centre@gov.trondek.<strong>com</strong>, www.trondek.ca<br />
June 21<br />
inteRpRetation pRogRams staRt<br />
at visitoRs CentRe tombsone<br />
Contact: Cathie Findlay-Brook,<br />
(867) 993-5648, yukonparks@gov.yk.ca<br />
June 21-22<br />
Dust to Dawson motoRCyCle RiDe (not a Rally)<br />
Contact: Dick Van Nostrand, (867) 993-5346,<br />
stay@downtownhotel.ca<br />
June 24<br />
st Jean baptiste Day CelebRations<br />
Contact: Rec Dept, (867) 993-2350,<br />
lana.welchman@cityofdawson.ca<br />
Jun 27-July 1<br />
yukon RiveR Quest<br />
Contact: Stephen Mooney & Valerie Ross,<br />
(867) 333-5628, www.yukonriverquest.<strong>com</strong><br />
July 21<br />
inteRnational Dome RaCe<br />
Contact: Rec Dept, (867) 993-2350,<br />
lana.welchman@cityofdawson.ca<br />
July 26-29<br />
mooseHiDe gatHeRing<br />
Contact: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, (867) 993 6768,<br />
cultural.centre@gov.trondek.<strong>com</strong>, www.trondek.ca<br />
aug 3-5<br />
Couples, laDies anD guys & Dolls<br />
pokeR touRnament<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
aug 4<br />
tRi-CHallenge tRiatHlon & silent auCtion<br />
Contact: Shelter Coordinator, (867) 993-5086,<br />
Women's Shelter, shelterevents@northwestel.net<br />
aug 16-19<br />
DisCoveRy Days CelebRations<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
aug 16<br />
autHoRs on eigHtH - liteRaRy walking<br />
touR anD wRiting Competition<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
aug 16-19<br />
yukon RiveRsiDe aRts Festival<br />
Contact: KIAC, (867) 993-5005,<br />
kiac@kiac.ca, www.kiac.ca<br />
aug 17-19<br />
DisCoveRy Days Fastball touRnament<br />
Contact: Charlie Taylor, (867) 993-6294<br />
aug 18<br />
DisCoveRy Days golF touRnament<br />
Contact: Top of the World Golf Course, (867) 993-5888<br />
aug 19<br />
klonDike valley muD bog<br />
Contact: Louise Blanchard, (867) 993-5627<br />
cDawson City events 2012d<br />
apR 5-8<br />
Dawson City inteRnational sHoRt Film Festival<br />
Contact: Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC),<br />
(867) 993-5005, filmfest@kiac.ca, www.dawsonfilmfest.<strong>com</strong><br />
may 18-19<br />
26tH Dawson City golD sHow<br />
Contact: The Dawson City Chamber of Commerce, (867)<br />
993-5274, www.dawsongoldshow.ca,<br />
office@dawsoncitychamberof<strong>com</strong>merce.ca<br />
may 19-sept 1<br />
sewing ouR tRaDitions<br />
Dolls oF CanaDa’s noRtH<br />
Contact: Glenda Bolt, (867) 993 6768,<br />
cultural.centre@gov.trondek.<strong>com</strong>, www.trondek.ca<br />
may 21<br />
tombstone teRRitoRial paRk opens<br />
Contact: Yukon Parks, (867) 786-8989,<br />
tombstonecentre@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
June 8-10<br />
weekenD on tHe wing<br />
Contact: Yukon Parks, (867) 667-8299,<br />
friendsofdempster@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Visit Canada's<br />
Oldest CasinO<br />
diamOnd<br />
Jun<br />
Jul<br />
June 29 - July 1<br />
botany Days -tombstone paRk<br />
Contact: Cathie Findlay-Brook,<br />
(867) 993-5648, yukonparks@gov.yk.ca<br />
July 1<br />
CanaDa Day CelebRations<br />
Contact: Rec Dept, (867) 993-2350,<br />
lana.welchman@cityofdawson.ca<br />
July 1<br />
yukon golD panning CHampionsHips<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
July 14<br />
paRks Day<br />
Contact: Parks Canada, (867) 993-7200<br />
July 19<br />
DCmF kiCkoFF ConCeRt (at palaCe gRanD)<br />
Contact: Dawson City Music Festival, (867) 993-5584,<br />
info@dcmf.<strong>com</strong>, www.dcmf.<strong>com</strong><br />
July 20-22<br />
Dawson City musiC Festival<br />
Contact: Dawson City Music Festival,<br />
(867) 993-5584, info@dcmf.<strong>com</strong>, www.dcmf.<strong>com</strong><br />
tOOth Gerties www.DawsonCity.Ca<br />
aug<br />
sept<br />
nov<br />
DeC<br />
aug 31-sept 2<br />
liCHen-Fungi weekenD<br />
Contact: Yukon Parks/Friends of Dempster Country,<br />
(867) 667-8299, friendsofdempster@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
aug 31-sept 2<br />
labouR Day mixeD slo-pitCH touRnament<br />
Contact: Dawn Kisoun, (867) 993-6237,<br />
dawn_kisoun@hotmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
sept 1<br />
gReat klonDike inteRnational<br />
outHouse RaCe<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
sept 7-10<br />
wHite Ram pokeR touRnament<br />
Contact: KVA, (867) 993-5575,<br />
kva@dawson.net, www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
nov 10<br />
Dawson DayCaRe CHRistmas bazaaR<br />
Contact: Dawson City Daycare, (867) 993-5167,<br />
dawsonchildcare@northwestel.net<br />
DeC 1<br />
tH last minute CHRistmas bazaaR<br />
Contact: TH, (867) 993-7100, www.trondek.ca
38<br />
find art where you least expect it<br />
in Dawson City<br />
Take a walk down our dusty streets. peek inside any<br />
building. You are sure to find art around every corner.<br />
ART WORK BY SHIRLEY PENNELL<br />
TH COLLECTION<br />
ART WORK BY LESLIE CHAPMAN<br />
Highlights:<br />
odd gallery at the Klondike institute of art and culture (kiac)<br />
Confluence gallery at yukon sova<br />
Jewellery shops<br />
Gift shop at danoja zho cultural centre<br />
Dawson city international short film festival<br />
yukon riverside arts festival<br />
special international exhibition: sewing our traditions: dolls of canada’s north<br />
camera obscura<br />
and more...<br />
ART BY DOLORES ANDERSON<br />
ART BY HALIN DE REPENTIGNY<br />
ART WORK BY TESS GRIEBEL<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca
40<br />
In the 195Os, tourists<br />
who arrived in Dawson<br />
City on steamships were<br />
greeted by small groups<br />
of locals dressed in<br />
189Os costumes. The<br />
Klondike Tourist Bureau,<br />
as it came to be known,<br />
wanted to give people<br />
a sense that they were<br />
entering a special place.<br />
The appearances were<br />
such a hit with the visitors<br />
that the group expanded<br />
its activities to include escorted<br />
tours of the town<br />
and the Klondike Gold<br />
Fields. Dances were held<br />
at the Palace Grand<br />
Theatre, or the Nugget<br />
Hall, as it was called.<br />
Gambling tables were<br />
set up and special play<br />
money was “minted” to<br />
keep visitors entertained.<br />
The organization<br />
continued to grow,<br />
as did the number<br />
of visitors to the<br />
area. In the 1960s<br />
it became officially<br />
called the Klondike<br />
Visitors Association,<br />
and undertook a<br />
number of projects<br />
to promote Dawson<br />
City as a great place<br />
to spend a vacation.<br />
The casino nights were<br />
moved into the Arctic<br />
Brotherhood Hall, now<br />
known as Diamond<br />
Tooth Gerties. The<br />
casino was the first<br />
in Canada, and continues<br />
to be a major<br />
attraction in Dawson,<br />
a place where visitors<br />
and locals alike<br />
gather to try their luck,<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
enjoy a drink, and watch<br />
Gertie and the Gold Rush<br />
Girls perform nightly.<br />
The KVA maintains<br />
attractions and hosts<br />
special events, such as<br />
the Jack London Centre,<br />
the Berton House, the<br />
Yukon Gold Panning<br />
Championships, the<br />
Great International<br />
Outhouse Race and a<br />
free gold panning claim<br />
on Bonanza Creek.<br />
Through its activities,<br />
the KVA injects over two<br />
million dollars a year into<br />
the <strong>com</strong>munity, and works<br />
in partnership with many<br />
organizations to promote<br />
and preserve the history<br />
of the Klondike, making<br />
a visit to Dawson City an<br />
unforgettable experience.
Like huge stone caterpillars,<br />
the telltale dredge<br />
tailings of the goldfields<br />
testify to the corporate enterprise<br />
that spawned the<br />
mammoth dredges of the<br />
Guggenheim’s Yukon Gold<br />
Mining Co., and others.<br />
These behemoths roamed<br />
the creeks of the Klondike<br />
until the early 1960s.<br />
Dredge #4 on Bonanza<br />
Creek, the largest wooden<br />
hull dredge in North<br />
America, typifies<br />
this legacy.<br />
Summertime<br />
tours are available.<br />
In this<br />
centennial of<br />
transportation,<br />
the search goes<br />
on with new<br />
technologies as<br />
a modern day<br />
Dawson continues to seek<br />
the treasure that triggered<br />
one of the world’s great<br />
gold rushes.<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
Mining in all its forms<br />
remains the #1 industry<br />
in the Yukon Territory.<br />
41
42<br />
Yukon - Fine Oz.<br />
YeAr oZ. $000 YeAr oZ. $000 YeAr oZ. $000<br />
1885/86 4840 100<br />
87 3390 70<br />
88 1940 40<br />
89 8470 175<br />
90 8470 175<br />
91 1940 40<br />
92 4230 87<br />
93 8520 176<br />
94 6050 125<br />
95 12100 250<br />
96 14500 300<br />
97 120940 2500<br />
98 483750 10000<br />
99 774000 16000<br />
1900 1077550 22275<br />
01 870750 18000<br />
02 701440 14500<br />
03 592590 12249<br />
04 507940 10499<br />
05 381000 7875<br />
06 280120 5790<br />
07 152380 3150<br />
08 174150 3600<br />
09 191570 3960<br />
10 221090 4570<br />
11 221940 4587<br />
12 268010 5540<br />
13 282320 5836<br />
14 247750 5121<br />
15 229800 4750<br />
16 212010 4382<br />
17 175130 3620<br />
18 101740 2103<br />
19 90470 1870<br />
20 72750 1504<br />
21 65920 1363<br />
22 56600 1170<br />
23 59890 1238<br />
24 24830 720<br />
25 47820 988<br />
26 25340 524<br />
27 30780 636<br />
1928 33380 690<br />
29 35680 738<br />
30 35320 730<br />
31 44310 916<br />
32 40780 843<br />
33 39170 810<br />
34 38700 1355<br />
35 35710 1250<br />
36 50190 1757<br />
37 46680 1634<br />
38 71300 2496<br />
39 85570 2995<br />
40 79900 2797<br />
41 70960 2484<br />
42 83430 2920<br />
43 42980 1504<br />
44 21540 754<br />
45 31810 1113<br />
46 45290 1585<br />
47 47750 1671<br />
48 60610 2121<br />
49 81970 2869<br />
50 93340 3267<br />
51 77500 2713<br />
52 78520 2748<br />
53 66080 2313<br />
54 82210 2877<br />
55 72200 2527<br />
56 70870 2480<br />
57 70900 2482<br />
58 67750 2371<br />
59 66960 2344<br />
60 62220 2178<br />
61 66880 2341<br />
62 55880 1956<br />
63 55210 1932<br />
64 57840 2024<br />
65 45030 1576<br />
66 43470 1521<br />
67 9470 331<br />
68 7570 265<br />
69 8510 298<br />
totAl ounCeS: 13,579,413<br />
CDn: $1,503,345,000 (based on the value of each year’s production)<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
1970 6760 237<br />
71 4390 180<br />
72 4230 254<br />
73 6810 661<br />
74 9710 1583<br />
75 15500 2449<br />
76 17050 2165<br />
77 20550 3226<br />
78 20620 4536<br />
79 28060 10074<br />
80 58420 41887<br />
81 79670 43978<br />
82 59230 27483<br />
83 75400 39887<br />
84 75770 35385<br />
85 79170 34360<br />
86 82880 43822<br />
87 106240 64296<br />
88 129990 68578<br />
89 132457 57673<br />
90 106126 46490<br />
91 89577 36202<br />
92 80848 33808<br />
93 87160 42258<br />
94 91583 48368<br />
95 101869 52690<br />
96 87582 45982<br />
97 93106 42224<br />
98 72230 31445<br />
99 70962 28042<br />
2000 61146 24802<br />
01 56650 22978<br />
02 53077 25800<br />
03 61781 31419<br />
04 61406 32648<br />
05 56258 30290<br />
06 46635 31967<br />
07 51144 38129<br />
08 42167 39021<br />
09 43582 48230<br />
*10 45882 57352<br />
*11 51858 93344<br />
*estimates
Three Yukon sourdoughs<br />
are generally credited<br />
with “The Discovery”<br />
in 1896 that launched<br />
the great Klondike Gold<br />
Rush! It all happened one<br />
sunny afternoon in August<br />
while George Carmack,<br />
Dawson Charlie and<br />
Skookum Jim were<br />
walking along<br />
Rabbit Creek, later<br />
renamed Bonanza<br />
Creek. Another<br />
version of the discovery<br />
has Mrs.<br />
Carmack making<br />
the find while doing<br />
George’s washing.<br />
Miners of those<br />
days endured much<br />
to “moile under the<br />
midnight sun”. Tools<br />
and equipment were<br />
rudimentary, much of<br />
it fashioned from local<br />
timber. There were no<br />
goods from “the outside”<br />
so miners packed their<br />
own.<br />
Once out in the goldfields,<br />
the choice was to<br />
work on open cut or the<br />
more popular method -<br />
go underground… in the<br />
winter!<br />
Sinking a shaft through<br />
the overburden to the<br />
pay gravels, the miners<br />
would dig, or drift,<br />
along the paystreaks,<br />
but first they had to<br />
thaw the permafrost, a<br />
laborious task ac<strong>com</strong>plished<br />
with wood fires.<br />
Miner working an<br />
1890s handmade sluice<br />
box during the Great<br />
Klondike Gold Rush!<br />
Once the pay gravels<br />
were lifted out of the<br />
shafts with hand operated<br />
hoists, they would<br />
be stockpiled until<br />
spring when melting<br />
snows would provide<br />
water for sluicing.<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
As better equipment<br />
arrived with improved<br />
transport into the territory,<br />
mining methods changed.<br />
In 1902 the use of steam<br />
thawing largely replaced<br />
thawing directly with wood<br />
fires. Steam was piped<br />
from surface boilers to<br />
steam points which<br />
were driven with<br />
wooden mallets into<br />
the working face.<br />
The depletion of<br />
high grade reserves<br />
roughly coincided<br />
with <strong>com</strong>pletion of<br />
the White Pass Railway<br />
from Skagway<br />
to Whitehorse and<br />
subsequent introduction<br />
of heavy<br />
machinery into the<br />
mining districts.<br />
Little underground<br />
mining occurred after<br />
1904 and the independent<br />
miner virtually disappeared<br />
from the major creeks in<br />
1905 with the arrival of<br />
the first bucket-line dredge.<br />
Dredging the stream valley<br />
floors and “hydraulicking”<br />
the bench deposits would<br />
be the principal means of<br />
mining and the mainstay<br />
of the Yukon economy<br />
for many years to <strong>com</strong>e.<br />
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More to see&do<br />
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than any other<br />
northern town!<br />
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This gold claim, No. 6<br />
above Discovery on historic<br />
Bonanza Creek, is<br />
maintained by the Klondike<br />
Visitors Association<br />
for visitors to experience<br />
the thrill of discovering<br />
gold using original hand<br />
mining tools such as<br />
pick-axe, hand shovel<br />
and gold pan.<br />
This claim was first<br />
staked by F. Ladouceur<br />
in October, 1896, not<br />
long after George<br />
Carmack made his famous<br />
discovery about a<br />
half mile downstream.<br />
Since then it has been<br />
worked by a variety<br />
of miners and mining<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies, including<br />
Dredge No. 8 of the<br />
Yukon Consolidated<br />
Gold Company.<br />
The KVA now owns the<br />
claim and visitors are<br />
wel<strong>com</strong>e to pan for<br />
free and keep any gold<br />
that they find. Panning<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
is restricted to hand tools<br />
only. Bring your own gold<br />
pan or rent from several<br />
locations in Dawson City.<br />
The free claim is located<br />
approximately 9 miles/<br />
14 km up Bonanza Creek<br />
Road. Turn off the Klondike<br />
Highway and follow<br />
Bonanza Creek Road past<br />
Dredge No. 4 and the<br />
historic Discovery Claim.<br />
Watch for the signs on the<br />
left hand side of the road.<br />
GOOD LUCK!
1 Diamond tooth Gerties<br />
Gambling Hall<br />
Step into the past at Canada’s oldest<br />
Casino and the Yukon’s most visited<br />
attraction. Try your luck at games of<br />
chance while you enjoy a gold rush<br />
can-can show.<br />
2 tombstone<br />
territorial Park<br />
Journey to a land where jagged mountain<br />
peaks tear through majestic sub-arctic<br />
tundra. This vast wilderness offers<br />
backpackers and roadside explorers<br />
alike dramatic and serene vistas.<br />
3 Midnight<br />
Dome<br />
Celebrate the midnight sun with<br />
a drive to the top of the Dome for the<br />
most spectacular view of the Klondike.<br />
4 Sourtoe<br />
Cocktail<br />
Members are inducted into the club<br />
nightly at the Sourdough Saloon. The<br />
process involves a mummified human toe!<br />
It’s as much fun to watch as it is to join.<br />
5 Authors<br />
Not to Miss in Dawson City, Yukon<br />
on eighth<br />
See the early haunts of<br />
world famous writers Jack London,<br />
Robert Service, and Pierre Berton.<br />
6 Dänojà Zho<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
Explore the past, present, and future of<br />
the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, the First Nations<br />
who have called this area home for<br />
thousands of years.<br />
7 Klondike Spirit<br />
Cruise the Yukon River in nostalgic<br />
paddlewheeler style with local guides.<br />
8 Dawson City Museum<br />
Learn what it took to be a<br />
Sourdough and research the archives<br />
to see if there is one in your family<br />
tree! Don’t miss the adjacent steam<br />
lo<strong>com</strong>otives.<br />
9 Parks Canada<br />
national Historic Sites<br />
Take the walking tour and stroll around<br />
historic downtown Dawson with a<br />
costumed guide or tour Dredge #4 in<br />
the gold fields, North America’s largest<br />
wooden-hulled, bucket-lined gold dredge.<br />
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www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
Free Gold Panning<br />
at Claim #6<br />
Pan for gold on the creek that started the<br />
world’s biggest gold rush.<br />
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Town of Faro<br />
Yukon’s Best Kept Secret<br />
The Secret is out….<br />
Faro, located in the centre of the Yukon, with one of the highest concentrations<br />
of wildlife in North America is the place to visit. Events such as the Crane &<br />
Sheep Festival held May 11-13, 2012, where the cranes ride the thermals and<br />
the Fannin’s sheep caper, the Faro Open Golf Tournament in early July, on a<br />
unique and spectacular course that winds throughout the <strong>com</strong>munity, and our<br />
renowned Fireside Chats and Wild Meat Barbecues, where the local lore keeps<br />
people <strong>com</strong>ing back year after year, are our specialty. The friendly Faro wave is<br />
experienced by all visitors…..we’d love to wel<strong>com</strong>e you in Faro.<br />
Town of Faro<br />
P.O. Box 580<br />
P: (867) 994-2728 F: (867) 994-3154<br />
cao-faro@faroyukon.ca<br />
www.faroyukon.ca
The trip from Whitehorse to Dawson City is a very<br />
pleasant scenic drive. There are numerous lakes,<br />
attractions and services to be enjoyed, from the<br />
picturesque campgrounds at historic Lake Laberge<br />
and pristine Fox Lake, to World Famous Cinnamon<br />
Buns at Braeburn. You may also stop to photograph<br />
the remains of Montague House, an early-day<br />
roadhouse on the stagecoach route.<br />
Carmacks offers full visitor facilities. Be sure to stop<br />
at Five Finger Rapids viewing area, 23 kilometres<br />
north of town.<br />
The Selkirk First Nation <strong>com</strong>munity of Pelly Crossing<br />
is the halfway point between Whitehorse and<br />
Dawson City.<br />
A right turn at Stewart Crossing leads you along the<br />
Silver Trail to the <strong>com</strong>munities of Mayo and Keno,<br />
home of the Keno Mining Museum.<br />
A left turn at Stewart Crossing will take you to<br />
Dawson City. Forty kilometres south of Dawson<br />
City is the start of the Dempster Highway. Travel the<br />
Dempster to the Arctic Circle and Inuvik, NT.<br />
After your stay in Dawson City, you can continue your<br />
travels via the Top of the World Highway to Alaska.<br />
BRAEBURN LODGE ODGE<br />
World<br />
Famous<br />
Home<br />
cooked<br />
meals<br />
HOTEL CARMACKS<br />
PHONE (867) 863-5221<br />
FAX (867) 863-5605<br />
e-mail: info@hotelcarmacks.<strong>com</strong><br />
TATCHUN CENTRE<br />
info@hotelcarmacks.<strong>com</strong><br />
Ph: (867) 863-6171 • Fax: (867) 863-5388<br />
Groceries •In-Store Bakery •Hardware<br />
Gifts •Video Rentals •Souvenirs •Film<br />
Gasoline •Diesel<br />
Ph: (867) 863-5221 RV PARK<br />
Water • Sewer • Power • Phone/Internet<br />
30 & 50 Amp • Some Pull-throughs<br />
WWW.HOTELCARMACKS.COM<br />
World Famous<br />
Cinnamon Buns<br />
Home Baking Daily • Souvenirs<br />
Gas • Diesel • Fishing<br />
Open Year-Round<br />
On the Trans-Canada<br />
Trail System<br />
Official Checkpoint<br />
on the Yukon Quest<br />
Cinnamon Bun Airstrip<br />
Mile 55, Klondike Hwy Y0B 1C0<br />
Ph: 867-456-BUNS or 2M-3987 Fox Channel<br />
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THE COAL MINE CAMPGROUND<br />
Canoe<br />
Rentals<br />
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Carmacks, Yukon<br />
Tour Buses Wel<strong>com</strong>e!<br />
Burgers • Fries • ice creaM<br />
• 2 1 /2 Hour Canoe Rentals from Eagle Rock<br />
• 5 Hrs through Five Finger Rapids (includes pick up)<br />
RV Sites, Back-in Only, 32’ Maximum • Dump Station<br />
Secure Parking & Camping • Fresh Potable Water<br />
30 Amp Power • ATM • Wireless Internet<br />
River Front Cabin and Camping • Showers and Laundry<br />
caBiN reNTals<br />
1 Mile North of Town • (867) 863-6363 • www.coalminecampground.<strong>com</strong><br />
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This <strong>com</strong>munity is situated at the confluence of the Nordenskiold and Yukon Rivers, approximately<br />
180 km north of Whitehorse and 360 km south of Dawson City on the North Klondike<br />
Highway. The Campbell Highway also intersects the <strong>com</strong>munity and carries on to Faro, Ross<br />
River and Watson Lake, providing a gateway to the Canol Road and some of the Yukon’s most<br />
spectacular scenery.<br />
The <strong>com</strong>munity is <strong>com</strong>prised of the Village of Carmacks and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First<br />
Nation and was named after George Washington Carmack who found coal near Tantalus Butte<br />
(locally called Coal Mine Hill) in 1893. Carmack built a trading post and traded with locals near<br />
the present site of Carmacks and also started a coal mine on the south bank of the<br />
Yukon River. George Carmack soon went on to discover gold in the Dawson region<br />
with Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie a few years later, starting the Klondike Gold<br />
Rush. Be sure to follow the boardwalk to the Roadhouse and Hazel Brown’s cabin.<br />
Check out our The Village of Carmacks<br />
new website: Box 113, Carmacks, Yukon<br />
www.carmacks.ca Y0B 1C0<br />
(867) 863-6271/Fax: 863-6606<br />
SERVICES IN CARMACKS<br />
EMERGENCY<br />
RCMP................................................863-5555<br />
Fire Department ..............................863-2222<br />
Health Centre/Ambulance ..............863-4444<br />
To Report a Forest Fire.........1-888-798-3473<br />
Forest Fire Conditions..........1-800-826-4750<br />
ACCOMMODATIONS & CAMPGROUNDS<br />
Coal Mine Campground ..................863-6363<br />
Hotel Carmacks RV Park ..................863-5221<br />
Mukluk Manor B&B ..........................863-5232<br />
Visitor Information Centre .........863-6330<br />
SERVICES<br />
Tatchun Centre ................................863-6171<br />
Village of Carmacks .........................863-6271<br />
Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation..863-5576<br />
Post Office .......................................863-5700<br />
Toronto Dominion Bank ..................863-5015<br />
Public Library ...................................863-5901<br />
Swimming Pool................................863-6512<br />
First Nation Interpretive Centre .....863-5830<br />
Sunrise Service Centre<br />
Motel & RV Park.............................863-5291<br />
Trans North Helicopters ..................863-5551<br />
Highways - Shop..............................863-5321<br />
Remains of the Montague House, an early-day roadhouse on the stagecoach route.<br />
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AUTO & RV SERViCE<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
Gas, Diesel, Tires, Towing, Car Wash,<br />
Full-Service Shop, RV Park<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Hwy ...............993-6892<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
CAR WASHiNg<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
High Pressure Truck, RV & Car Wash<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Hwy ...............993-6892<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
DOg SLED RACiNg<br />
bRAEbURN LODgE 74<br />
Official Checkpoint on the Yukon Quest<br />
On The Trans-Canada Trail System<br />
Dog race-15 miles • Skidoo Races Feb & Mar ’12<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
gifT SHOPS<br />
COAL miNE CAmPgROUND 76<br />
1 mile north of Carmacks .........863-6363<br />
See our ad on page 50<br />
gROCERy & CONVENiENCE<br />
HOTEL CARmACKS 75<br />
& TATCHUN gENERAL STORE<br />
Located on the bank of the Yukon River.<br />
Box 160, Carmacks YOB 1CO......863-6171<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
SELKiRK gROCERy 77<br />
Pelly Crossing ...........................537-3031<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
HOTELS & mOTELS<br />
EAgLE PLAiNS HOTEL & SERViCE STATiON 80<br />
Licensed dining, gift shop, minor repairs,<br />
tow truck, laundromat, camping, showers.<br />
Km 371 Dempster Hwy .............993-2453<br />
See our ad on page 65<br />
HOTEL CARmACKS 75<br />
& TATCHUN gENERAL STORE<br />
Located on the bank of the Yukon River.<br />
Box 160, Carmacks YOB 1CO......863-5221<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
SELKiRK gROCERy 77<br />
Open year-round.<br />
Pelly Crossing ...........................537-3031<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
LODgES<br />
bRAEbURN LODgE 74<br />
Open year-round. World Famous Cinnamon<br />
Buns. Official Checkpoint on the Yukon Quest.<br />
Ph .. 456-BUNS or 2M-3987 Fox Channel<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
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mOOSE CREEK LODgE 79<br />
Restaurant, souvenir shop, books, B&B, cabins.<br />
Open daily 8 AM - 7 PM. Groups and caravans<br />
wel<strong>com</strong>e. Reservations re<strong>com</strong>mended.<br />
www.moosecreek-lodge.<strong>com</strong><br />
Phone ................................867-996-2550<br />
RV PARKS<br />
COAL miNE CAmPgROUND 76<br />
Burgers • Fries • Ice Cream<br />
21 /2 Hour Canoe Rentals From Eagle Rock<br />
1 mile north of Carmacks .........863-6363<br />
See our ad on page 50<br />
HOTEL CARmACKS RV PARK 75<br />
Water, Sewer, Power, Phone/Internet,<br />
30 & 50 Amp, Some Pull-throughs.<br />
Box 160, Carmacks YOB 1CO......863-5221<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
25 miles south of Dawson City ..993-6892<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
RESTAURANTS & TAKE-OUT<br />
bRAEbURN LODgE 74<br />
Open year-round. World Famous Cinnamon<br />
Buns. Official Checkpoint on the Yukon Quest.<br />
Ph .. 456-BUNS or 2M-3987 Fox Channel<br />
See our ad on page 49<br />
COAL miNE CAmPgROUND 76<br />
Burgers • Fries • Ice Cream • 5 Hr Canoe<br />
Rentals Through Five Finger Rapids<br />
1 mile north of Carmacks .........863-6363<br />
See our ad on page 50<br />
gRAmmA’S KiTCHEN 78<br />
Open 7 Days a Week • Daily Specials<br />
Home Cooking • Ice Cream • Burgers<br />
Pelly Crossing ...........................537-3936<br />
KLONDiKE RiVER LODgE 73<br />
Convenience Store • Off Sales<br />
25 miles south of Dawson City ..993-6892<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
SERViCE STATiONS<br />
SELKiRK gROCERy 77<br />
Gas • Diesel • Minor Repairs • Crafts<br />
Pelly Crossing ...........................537-3031<br />
See our ad on the opposite page<br />
ViSiTOR iNfORmATiON<br />
CARmACKS iNfORmATiON CENTRE<br />
Phone .......................................863-6330<br />
See our ad on page 51<br />
TOWN Of fARO<br />
www.faroyukon.ca .....................994-2728<br />
See our ad on page 48
SELKIRK GROCERY<br />
HALFWAY BETWEEN WHITEHORSE & <strong>DAWSON</strong> <strong>CITY</strong><br />
SELF-SERVE • UNLEADED • DIESEL<br />
Dumping Station & Coffee (free with fill-up)<br />
Souvenirs • Campground<br />
Motel • Laundromat • Public Phone<br />
Ph: (867) 537-3031<br />
Pelly Crossing, Yukon Y0B 1P0 • Fax: (867) 537-3016<br />
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RV PARK<br />
27 sites with power & water,<br />
10 with full hook-ups.<br />
KLONDIKE RIVER LODGE<br />
25 Miles/40 Km South of Dawson City at the Dempster Corner<br />
Mile 0 Dempster Highway<br />
Restaurant • Motel • Convenience Store<br />
Gifts • Towing • Gas & Diesel • Car Wash<br />
Tires & Repairs • RV Parking • Off-Sales<br />
Dump Station • Friendly Service<br />
Public Showers & Laundry<br />
Extended Summer Hours<br />
GAS &<br />
DIESEL<br />
(867) 993-6892<br />
Off season: (780) 992-9300 • Fax: (780) 992-9555<br />
E-mail: dsmith@arcticallens.ca<br />
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Halfway Lakes<br />
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The Silver Trail is the Yukon’s undiscovered<br />
jewel for year-round adventure travel.<br />
You can tour and watch wildlife along our<br />
scenic roads. Or you can camp,<br />
boat or canoe/kayak on<br />
heritage rivers. Mountain bike<br />
or ride horseback on beautiful<br />
mountain trails through some<br />
of the continent’s wildest<br />
country.<br />
Fish, hunt, rock hound, or<br />
pan for gold on real<br />
goldbearing creeks. Tour<br />
museums and mines.Visit<br />
artists’ studios for locallymade<br />
arts and crafts.<br />
In winter, you can ski,<br />
skidoo, or kick back and<br />
watch the Northern<br />
Lights while staying at<br />
one of the cozy lodgings<br />
in the region.<br />
The Silver Trail’s scenery,<br />
flora and fauna is a<br />
photographer’s paradise.<br />
Don’t miss our guided<br />
river and air tours, as well<br />
as fly-in fishing and<br />
hunting.<br />
Mount Haldane<br />
Our region is rich in First Nation culture<br />
and pioneer and mining history. The<br />
friendly people along your route will help<br />
you enjoy your stay in the<br />
land of the Nacho Nyak Dun<br />
First Nation people, pioneers<br />
such as Jack McQuesten and<br />
Al Mayo, and generations of<br />
silver and gold miners.<br />
Canoeing, Fishing, Gold Panning, Hiking...<br />
It’s All On The Silver Trail!
Come visit the Binet House Interpretive Centre/Museum in Mayo which houses a collection<br />
of historic photos, interpretive information, and extensive geology display, information about<br />
silver and gold mining, and local crafts. Mayo offers a good range of attractions and services:<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>modations, eating facilities, gas/propane, groceries, post office, campgrounds/RV parks,<br />
float plane base, etc. The Village of Mayo offers free camping at Gordon Park and McIntyre<br />
Park.Visit our website at www.yukonweb.<strong>com</strong>/<strong>com</strong>munity/mayo.<br />
KENO <strong>CITY</strong><br />
A charming frontier <strong>com</strong>munity of 25 with great back country.<br />
Ideal for outdoor activities; (hiking, fishing, rock-hunting, gold<br />
panning, photography, skiing, etc.) Also an ideal refuge for people<br />
with artistic interests- quiet and unhurried. A place for people<br />
who would like to experience the wilderness while still enjoying<br />
the <strong>com</strong>forts of civilization.<br />
SILVER TRAIL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SERVICES<br />
RV PARKS<br />
Bedrock Motel........................996-2290<br />
Gordon Park Campground..996-2317<br />
Keno City Campground.......995-2792<br />
McIntyre Park Campground 996-2317<br />
Silver Trail Inn .........................996-2001<br />
GAS<br />
Heartland Services ................996-2329<br />
Mayo Petroleum.....................996-2530<br />
North 60º Petro Express Stewart Crossing............996-2648<br />
FOOD<br />
Mayo Chinese Restaurant....996-2939<br />
LODGING<br />
Bedrock Motel........................996-2290<br />
Gold and Galena B&B...........996-4653<br />
Mayo Petroleum Cabins .......996-2530<br />
North Star Motel...................996-2231<br />
Silver Trail Inn .........................996-2001<br />
Stewart Landing Cabins........633-3779<br />
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Highway Highway Wildlife Wildlife<br />
North North Klondike Klondike<br />
Viewing Viewing<br />
Shallow Bay, Lake Laberge, km 209 (mi. 130)<br />
In late April and May, this is one of the best sites for<br />
waterfowl viewing. Tundra and Trumpeter swans<br />
stage here by the thousands in spring and fall. It is<br />
also a hot spot for migrating shorebirds and<br />
songbirds. Watch for birds of prey like Short-eared<br />
Owls and Northern Harriers that hunt in the open<br />
fields surrounding the bay.<br />
Lake Laberge Campground, km 224.6 (mi. 139)<br />
Made famous by the Robert Service poem, “The<br />
Cremation of Sam McGee,” this is the only place in<br />
Yukon where Double-crested Cormorants can be reliably<br />
seen. Loons and other open water birds are <strong>com</strong>mon.<br />
Fox Lake, km 239 (mi. 148)<br />
Waterfowl stop here on their spring migration.<br />
Muskrats <strong>com</strong>e to feed on the abundant aquatic<br />
vegetation and many muskrat push-ups can be seen<br />
dotting the frozen surface of the lake in winter and<br />
spring. You may be scolded by a Lesser Yellowlegs if<br />
you venture too close to its nest or its offspring.<br />
Fox Lake Burn, km 271.9 (mi. 167)<br />
Follow the 200 m (650 ft.) interpreted trail to the<br />
overlook and experience the importance of fire to the<br />
boreal forest ecosystem.<br />
Elk and Bear Viewing, km 273-340 (mi. 171-212)<br />
About 100 elk — a protected species in the Yukon —<br />
live in this area. The best time to see them is in winter<br />
and spring, when there are no leaves on the trees. Listen<br />
for elk bugling in late summer and autumn. Drive slowly<br />
and look on the exposed south-facing slopes for their<br />
distinctive cream-coloured rumps. Grizzly bears are<br />
also <strong>com</strong>monly seen here in spring and summer, feeding<br />
on the roadside vegetation and, sometimes, on the elk.<br />
Nordenskiold River, km 320 (mi. 199)<br />
Waterfowl stage here during spring and fall migrations<br />
and nest in the more isolated areas of the river. Watch<br />
for breeding Trumpeter Swans, Green-winged Teal,<br />
Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Ducks. Beaver, muskrat and<br />
moose feast on the lush vegetation while mink and red<br />
fox hunt along the edges of the wetland. Listen for Soras<br />
and Red-winged Blackbirds singing in the sedges.<br />
Five Finger Rapids, km 380 (mi. 237)<br />
The south-facing slope is a perfect habitat for prairie<br />
crocus, kinnikinnick, <strong>com</strong>mon juniper and sage, and is<br />
home to White-crowned and American Tree sparrows.<br />
Tatchun/Frenchman Road, km 383.4 (mi. 240)<br />
The road is 46.2 km (28 mi.) long and offers some of<br />
the best chances to view mule deer.<br />
Lhútsäw Wetlands, km 442 (mi. 276)<br />
An important wetland <strong>com</strong>plex for duck staging,<br />
nesting and moulting.<br />
Tthi Ndu Mun Lake, km 449 (mi. 281)<br />
Water lilies and other seldom-seen aquatic wildflowers<br />
bloom in the shallow areas of the lake. American<br />
Coots, rarely seen in Yukon, along with geese and<br />
ducks, nest here. Sandhill Cranes are often seen flying<br />
overhead in spring and fall.<br />
Meadow Lake, km 458 (mi. 286)<br />
Home to salt-loving plants known as “halophytes.”<br />
Look for chicken-like American Coots. This is their most<br />
northerly known nesting site. Large numbers of Horned<br />
Grebes make Meadow Lake their home in summer.<br />
Ethel Lake Campground, km 523.6 (mi. 327)<br />
The lake provides fishing opportunities for Lake Trout<br />
and Northern Pike. This is a rich area for moose.<br />
Moose Creek Campground, km 559.3 (mi. 350)<br />
Listen for floodplain willow residents such as the<br />
Northern Waterthrush, Wilson’s Warbler and<br />
Common Yellowthroat.<br />
Gravel Lake, km 622 (mi. 389)<br />
Waterfowl nest here in early summer, joined by rafts<br />
of ducks in late summer. Because of its location on the<br />
trench, unusual birds are sometimes seen here,<br />
including Ruddy Duck and Black Scoter. Sharp-tailed<br />
Grouse are <strong>com</strong>monly seen in the open aspen<br />
woodlands.<br />
Tintina Trench viewpoint, km 655 (mi. 409)<br />
The Tintina Trench is the largest geological fault in<br />
North America, and is one of two major travel<br />
corridors for migratory birds in the Yukon.<br />
Information summarized from Yukon’s Wildlife Viewing Guide. For more information pick up your free copy at<br />
Yukon Visitor Information Centres and government offices or visit http://www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/viewing.<br />
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Fishing the North Klondike<br />
Fishing the North Klondike<br />
Chinook Salmon<br />
Here in the Yukon, feisty northern species like Arctic grayling, northern<br />
pike and lake trout crowd the eddies and outflows of our streams and<br />
abound in our pristine lakes. Salmon make their way thousands of<br />
kilometres from the oceans to their spawning beds, arriving in the<br />
Arctic Grayling<br />
Yukon and Klondike Rivers late in the summer. And for the warmer<br />
types among us, there’s always ice fishing in one of the world's most<br />
extraordinary landscapes – Yukon winter.<br />
Burbot<br />
Whenever and wherever you choose to fish, recreational fishing is<br />
about spending time with friends, family and the great outdoors.<br />
The North Klondike Highway offers numerous lakes, rivers and creeks<br />
Inconnu<br />
for fishing enjoyment, most within easy access of the highway.<br />
Beginning at Lake Laberge and Fox Lake you can fish for northern<br />
pike, lake trout and Arctic grayling at all the stream crossings.<br />
Pike will take medium to large spoons and spinners, but also flies, plugs<br />
Lake Trout<br />
and other topwater lures. Lake trout is very popular and so closely<br />
managed. Early and late in the season they can be found in shallow<br />
water, but in July lake trout go deep. Switch to jigs or trolling with<br />
weights. Please let the big ones go as they are responsible for most of Lake Whitefish<br />
the new fish stocks each year.<br />
Smaller lakes such as Little Fox, Little Braeburn, Braeburn, and Twin<br />
offer anglers the chance to catch lake trout on small, calm lakes. Off<br />
Northern Pike<br />
the highway,Tatchun and Ethel Lakes offer up more opportunities to<br />
drop a line, and maybe see a moose or other foraging wildlife.<br />
There are several stocked lakes in the North Klondike region:<br />
Gloria I and II,Wrong, and Haldane, offering the opportunity Rainbow Trout<br />
to catch rainbow trout too. Local fishers re<strong>com</strong>mend powerbait. Pick up a Guide<br />
to Stocked Lakes at Visitor Information Centres or Environment Yukon offices.<br />
Up the Dempster Highway, there are Arctic grayling in just about every<br />
creek and river. These classic Yukon fish with the colourful oversized<br />
dorsal fin make great eating. Small spinners and spoons are <strong>com</strong>monly<br />
used, and flies work too.<br />
Yukon has adopted progressive conservation strategies to ensure that<br />
our fish stocks remain healthy and productive. Fishing practices are<br />
guided by three First Nations’ principles: respect the animal, take<br />
only what you need, and use everything you take.Visiting anglers are<br />
encouraged to adhere to these principles and to carefully practice<br />
catch and release fishing whenever possible. Barbless hooks,<br />
gentle handling and live release in moderation are preferred.<br />
Fishing licenses and regulations are available at most highway<br />
lodges, gas stations and <strong>com</strong>munity stores. Please review the<br />
regulations closely as daily catch and possession limits vary,<br />
and some waters are restricted to barbless hooks only.You<br />
can also hire guides who can share their local knowledge<br />
and passion for the sport.<br />
Text provided by<br />
So go ahead. Grab your fishing pole and join<br />
us in the nature and culture of Yukon fishing. Environment<br />
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EmErgEncy numbErs<br />
Fire ........................................993-2222<br />
Ambulance ..............................993-4444<br />
Royal Canadian Mounted<br />
Police (R.C.M.P.) .......................993-5555<br />
Nursing Station .........................993-4444<br />
Poison Control .............. 1-867-393-8700<br />
Forest Fire Emergency<br />
Reports 24 Hours ............ 1-888-798-3473<br />
Forest Fire Conditions ...... 1-800-826-4750<br />
mEtric convErsion<br />
from ............... multiply by ...... to get<br />
miles ................. 1.6093 ...... km<br />
kilometres ........... 0.6214 ...... miles<br />
feet ................... 0.3048 ...... metres<br />
metres................ 3.2808 ...... feet<br />
imperial gallon ... 4.5460 ...... litres<br />
U.S. gallon ......... 3.7853 ...... litres<br />
litres .................... .2201 ...... imperial gal<br />
litres .................. 0.2642 ...... U.S. gallons<br />
pounds .............. 0.4536 ...... kilograms<br />
kilograms ........... 2.2046 ...... pounds<br />
gEnEral information<br />
• Use of seatbelts is mandatory in Yukon.<br />
• Drive with headlights on at all times.<br />
• The use of radar detection devices is<br />
illegal in the Yukon.<br />
• It is illegal to disturb or remove historic<br />
artifacts from the Territory.<br />
• Sewage and grey water dumping is<br />
permitted only at dumping stations.<br />
yukon govErnmEnt<br />
campgrounds<br />
KLoNDIKE HIgHWAY<br />
Lake Laberge ..................km 225 - 16 sites<br />
Fox Lake ........................km 248 - 43 sites<br />
Twin Lakes ......................km 308 - 18 sites<br />
Tatchun Creek .................km 382 - 12 sites<br />
Ethel Lake ......................km 524 - 12 sites<br />
(24 km on Ethel Lake Road)<br />
Moose Creek ..................km 559 - 36 sites<br />
Klondike River ................km 697 - 38 sites<br />
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ToP oF THE WoRLD HIgHWAY<br />
Yukon River .......................km .3 - 98 sites<br />
SILVER TRAIL No. 11<br />
Five Mile Lake ..................km 57 - 20 sites<br />
DEMPSTER HIgHWAY No. 5<br />
Tombstone Mtn .................km 71 - 36 sites<br />
Engineer Creek ...............km 193 - 15 sites<br />
Rock River ......................km 446 - 20 sites<br />
dump stations<br />
NoRTH KLoNDIKE HIgHWAY<br />
Carmacks Hotel & RV Park ..............km 355<br />
$5.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
Coal Mine Campground ..................km 355<br />
$6.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
Sunrise Service Centre ....................km 355<br />
Free with fill-up (minimum 30 litres)<br />
Selkirk Centre .................................km 465<br />
$5.00 • Free with fill-up (minimum 30 litres)<br />
SILVER TRAIL No. 11<br />
Bedrock Hotel ...................................km 52<br />
$5.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
DEMPSTER HIgHWAY No. 5<br />
Klondike River Lodge ..........................km 0<br />
$5.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
Eagle Plains Hotel • Free .................km 371<br />
DAWSoN <strong>CITY</strong><br />
Bonanza gold RV Park & Motel ......km 715<br />
$4.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
Dawson City RV Park ......................km 715<br />
$3.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
Gold Rush Campground ..................km 717<br />
$4.00 • Free for registered guests<br />
mammal population (estimates)<br />
Arctic Fox .......................................... 50<br />
Black Bear................................... 10,000<br />
Caribou .................................... 190,000<br />
a) Woodland ............................. 25,000<br />
b) Barren Ground ..................... 165,000<br />
Deer ................................................ 500<br />
Elk ................................................... 100<br />
Grizzly Bear .........................6,000-7,000<br />
Moose .............................65,000-70,000
Mountain Goat .............................. 1,700<br />
Muskoxen ........................................ 200<br />
Thinhorn Sheep ............................ 22,000<br />
a) Dall Sheep ............................ 19,000<br />
b) Stone Sheep ............................ 3,000<br />
Wolves ......................................... 4,500<br />
Wood Bison ..................................... 230<br />
climatE (Dawson city average - celsius)<br />
January ...........................................-26.7<br />
February .........................................-22.4<br />
March ............................................-11.9<br />
April .................................................-1.0<br />
May ............................................... +8.3<br />
June ............................................. +13.7<br />
July............................................... +15.6<br />
August .......................................... +12.5<br />
September ....................................... +5.9<br />
October ............................................-5.0<br />
November .......................................-17.9<br />
December .......................................-24.7<br />
RECoRD LoW ................................-58.3<br />
RECoRD HIgH ..................................+35<br />
prEcipitation<br />
Total ......................................(mm) 306.1<br />
% Rain ............................................... 60<br />
% Snow ............................................. 40<br />
frost (average)<br />
Frost Free Period (days)........................ 91<br />
Last Frost (spring) ......................... May 28<br />
First Frost (fall) ..........................August 28<br />
Hours of dayligHt (typical hrs)<br />
January ............. 5.5 February ......... 8.5<br />
March ............... 12 April ............... 15<br />
May ............... 18.5 June ................ 21<br />
July.................... 20 August .......... 16.5<br />
September .......... 13 October ........... 10<br />
November ......... 7.5 December ....... 4.5<br />
yukon bird<br />
The raven was adopted as Yukon’s official<br />
bird in 1985. The raven is seen everywhere<br />
in Yukon.<br />
yukon flowEr<br />
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) was<br />
chosen as Yukon’s floral emblem in 1957.<br />
It is a hardy plant and grows along Yukon<br />
roadsides, river bars and clearings from<br />
mid-July to September.<br />
yukon gEmstonE<br />
Lazulite – an azure-blue semi-precious<br />
gemstone – was proclaimed as Yukon’s<br />
official gemstone in February 1976. It is<br />
found in the layered sedimentary rock of<br />
the Blow River area in Ivvavik National Park.<br />
yukon trEE<br />
The sub-alpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) was<br />
selected as Yukon’s official tree in 2001.<br />
The sub-alpine fir can range from 6 to 20<br />
metres tall and is found in the regions south<br />
of Dawson City and east of Haines Junction.<br />
dawson city population<br />
Spring 1897 ................................. 1,500<br />
Summer 1897 ............................... 3,500<br />
1897.......................................... 17,500<br />
1898.......................................... 30,000<br />
1899.......................................... 25,000<br />
1900............................................ 9,152<br />
Until the first Census of the Yukon in 1901,<br />
the population figures are estimates which<br />
have been garnered from several sources.<br />
1901............................................ 9,142<br />
1911............................................ 3,013<br />
1921............................................... 975<br />
1931............................................... 819<br />
1941............................................ 1,043<br />
1951............................................... 783<br />
1961............................................... 881<br />
1971............................................... 762<br />
1976............................................... 838<br />
1981............................................... 697<br />
1986............................................... 896<br />
1991............................................... 970<br />
1996............................................ 2,151<br />
2001............................................ 1,953<br />
2006............................................ 1,876<br />
2011............................................ 1,881<br />
* Based on Yukon Health Care Registration file<br />
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62<br />
Why travel the same road twice?<br />
FroM DAWSon CItY, YuKon<br />
to toK, AlASKA (301 KM)<br />
For those of you looking for a true frontier<br />
experience, take the Top of the World Highway.<br />
This seasonal road is guaranteed to be an<br />
experience you will never forget. Unlike most<br />
highways, which follow valleys in mountain<br />
ranges, this road winds its way along the top<br />
of the range, giving you exhilarating views and<br />
a unique scenic drive. This is truly the road less<br />
travelled. Be sure to add it to your travel plans.<br />
HIGHlIGHtS<br />
Poker Creek/Little Gold Border Crossing:<br />
The most northern international border crossing<br />
in all of North-America! Bring your passport,<br />
and be sure to get it stamped.<br />
Chicken, Alaska: This curious <strong>com</strong>munity is proud<br />
of its name and isn’t afraid to show it. It boasts<br />
colorful characters who offer great hospitality.<br />
Enjoy a cappuccino and homemade baked goods<br />
at one of the local establishments. If you’re lucky,<br />
you might even see them fire the world famous<br />
panty-cannon! This town is a favorite of Dawsonites.<br />
A new adventure on your Yukon/Alaska trip:<br />
This road offers you an alternate scenic<br />
route on your way to or from Alaska.<br />
Why travel the same road twice?<br />
neeD to KnoW<br />
• The Top of the World is a true northern<br />
‘highway’. Expect tight turns and<br />
washboard when it rains.<br />
• 301 km doesn’t sound far, but most visitors<br />
average 7 hours on this northern road.<br />
Take your time and enjoy the drive.<br />
• For road conditions, openings<br />
and border times contact:<br />
Dawson City Visitor Information Centre: (867) 993-5566 or<br />
Klondike Visitors Association: 1-877-465-3006 or (867)993-5575.<br />
• Motorcyclists be sure to check ADV Rider Forum for bike specific information.<br />
www.dawsoncity.ca<br />
Photos: KVA
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secluded tent sites, a superb gift shop and café offering daily gourmet<br />
treats. Mike and Lou Busby, who built the business, now 10<br />
years old, came to the area over 30 years ago to mine for gold on a<br />
remote creek and later purchased and mined the claims where the<br />
Gold Camp is located. They are a wealth of information about local<br />
history and give a fantastic tour of the Pedro Dredge, a National Historic<br />
Site. They can direct you to local hiking trails or provide you<br />
with a kayak to float the river. Their latest “true Alaska adventure”<br />
is recreational mining; you can stake a mini-claim and keep the gold you find. Many guests have<br />
found an ounce or more; the two largest nuggets weigh over an ounce each. Lou’s café in the Outpost<br />
is widely known for its fresh baked scones, hearty homemade soups, fabulous grilled Italian<br />
sandwiches, ice cream, delicious espresso, microbrewery beer and wine. The Outpost also houses<br />
“one of Alaska’s finest gift shops”, featuring Native-made items from around the state. Other attractions:<br />
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The Dempster Highway can be a challenge<br />
for some people, but for most visitors it’s the<br />
thrill of a lifetime. It’s home to Dall’s sheep,<br />
mountain goats, moose, woodland and barren<br />
ground caribou, wolves, wolverines, lynx, fox,<br />
along with grizzly and black bears, as well as<br />
several hundred species of birds-both resident<br />
and migratory. The sun shines 24 hours a day<br />
there in the summertime. The land around Eagle<br />
Plains is a rolling, hilly region that’s covered with<br />
stunted black spruce forest. Because of permafrost<br />
under the soil, the trees lean in all directions,<br />
giving them a <strong>com</strong>ical, drunken appearance.<br />
The explosion of colourful Arctic flowers in July<br />
can take your breath away. Dramatic views are<br />
everywhere, and from just about anywhere you<br />
can see forever. The Dempster Highway is still<br />
one of the best-kept secrets of the Yukon.<br />
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"…a road is, after all, an extension to the Arctic of<br />
an idea developed by a society elsewhere, made<br />
for vehicles designed and constructed for social<br />
conditions typical of other climates and places."<br />
Byron Nupp, Arctic Institute of North America<br />
Symposium, 1969.<br />
Completed in 1979, the Dempster is the only<br />
highway in Canada that crosses the Arctic Circle<br />
and affords the traveller a rare chance to see vast<br />
expanses of beautiful arctic tundra and striking<br />
mountain ranges. Access to such remarkably<br />
untouched scenery has never been easier!<br />
The Dempster Highway connects Dawson<br />
City with the <strong>com</strong>munities of Tsiigehtchic,<br />
Fort McPherson and Inuvik in the Northwest<br />
Territories. Inuvik is set in the midst of the huge<br />
Mackenzie River Delta which empties into<br />
the Arctic Ocean and from here visitors can<br />
travel by boat or plane to other <strong>com</strong>munities<br />
in the Western Arctic region including Aklavik,<br />
Paulatuk, Tuktoyaktuk and Sachs Harbour.<br />
Breathtaking scenery and northern wildlife make<br />
a trip up the Dempster Highway an experience<br />
of a lifetime. The incredible variety of terrain,<br />
flora and fauna makes this drive one of the most<br />
unique in North America. Its increasing popularity<br />
is a testimony to the beauty of the countryside<br />
Photos: Kirby Meister
through which the Dempster runs. There are many<br />
points of interest, the highlight of which is at km<br />
403 where the Dempster crosses the Arctic Circle.<br />
The highway is open year-round except for short<br />
periods during spring thaw and fall freeze-up.<br />
Ferries at the Peel and Mackenzie rivers will take<br />
you across free of charge from June to October.<br />
In winter, ice bridges allow traffic to cross.<br />
Well-maintained campsites and roadside<br />
services are strategically placed along the length<br />
of this 747 km (450 mile) gravel highway. At km<br />
371 (mile 231), the Eagle Plains Hotel provides<br />
food, ac<strong>com</strong>modation and a service station to<br />
travellers. The <strong>com</strong>munities of Fort McPherson<br />
and Arctic Red River also offer a number of<br />
essential services.<br />
Take the time to visit the Western Arctic Visitors’<br />
Information Centre located in the British Yukon<br />
Navigation Building on Front Street in Dawson<br />
City. The centre can provide valuable information<br />
about the sights and attractions along the<br />
highway and in the Western Arctic region. Road<br />
condition reports are also available and it is<br />
prudent to check these before departing Dawson<br />
City. Look for the polar bear marking the location<br />
of the Western Arctic Information Centre on the<br />
Dawson City Map- Attraction & Service Guide!<br />
Arctic Adventure Tours<br />
One way Dempster trips, day trips & fly/drive packages.<br />
1-800-685-9417 • 867-777-3535 • www.whitehuskies.<strong>com</strong><br />
Eagle Plains<br />
Hotel & Service Station<br />
An Oasis in the Wilderness<br />
Only 35 km from the Arctic Circle<br />
Midway between Dawson City & Inuvik<br />
Air Radio 122.8<br />
Licensed Dining Room<br />
Gift Shop & Travellers’ Needs<br />
Gas, Diesel, Propane, Jet B,<br />
Tire Repairs, Minor Repairs, Tow Truck,<br />
Millen Lounge • Laundromat<br />
Full Camping Facilities • Showers<br />
Open Year-Round • Elevation 2,360 ft.<br />
“Where the True North begins”<br />
Kilometre 371<br />
Dempster Hwy<br />
(867) 993-2453<br />
Fax: (867) 993-6162<br />
eagleplains@northwestel.net<br />
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719 km (mile 446) –<br />
Nihtak Day Use Area (Campbell Creek)<br />
736 km (mile 457) – Inuvik<br />
66<br />
Tuktoyaktuk<br />
714 km (mile 443) –<br />
Ehjuu Njik Wayside Park (Cabin Creek)<br />
Eskimo Lakes<br />
Pingo<br />
Canadian<br />
Landmark<br />
Kendall Island<br />
Bird Sanctuary<br />
705 km (mile 438) –<br />
Gwich’in Territorial Campground<br />
164<br />
30 128<br />
WINTER ICE ROAD ACCESS ONLY<br />
Inuvik awaits you at the end of this year-round highway,<br />
offering a full range of services and facilities. The Western<br />
Arctic Visitor Information Centre is open from the third<br />
weekend in May to September 15. It features both indoor<br />
and outdoor interpretive displays about the whole Delta<br />
region and is a worthwhile destination in itself. Trips to<br />
all the outlying <strong>com</strong>munities and other attractions are<br />
available from here.<br />
Happy Valley Territorial Campground<br />
Fifteen non-powered RV sites and four tent sites.<br />
703 km (mile 437) –<br />
Tithegeh Chii Vitaii Lookout<br />
86<br />
Inuvik’s Happy Valley Territorial Campground offers 27 sites,<br />
with laundromat, nightly fee and 24-hour security.<br />
731 km (mile 454) – Jak Park<br />
It is a short walk from the road to the edge of the cliffs that<br />
overlook Campbell Lake, which is an example of a reversing<br />
Delta. The cliffs are home to raptors such as Peregrine<br />
Falcons.<br />
692 km (mile 430) –<br />
Vadzaih Van Tshik Campground<br />
(Caribou Creek)<br />
Inuvik<br />
Aklavik<br />
Mackenzie<br />
Just outside the <strong>com</strong>munity of Inuvik, Jak Park Campsite<br />
offers 36 sites, with a fee for overnight or day use,<br />
and 24-hour security.<br />
550 km (mile 342) – Fort McPherson<br />
Delta<br />
Vadzaih Van Tshik Campground has 11 sites.<br />
608 km (mile 378) – Tsiigehtchic<br />
Tsiigehtchic<br />
NORTHERN LIMIT OF TREES<br />
Tsiigehtchic is a traditional Gwich’in <strong>com</strong>munity, where a<br />
more relaxed pace of life may still be found.<br />
608 km (mile 378) –<br />
Mackenzie River and Arctic Red River Ferry<br />
Fort<br />
McPherson<br />
58<br />
11<br />
Peel River<br />
C H A R D S O N M O U N T A I N S<br />
Fort McPherson offers a good range of basic services, a<br />
visitor information centre, open June 1 to September 15,<br />
the Tent and Canvas workshop, open 9 to 5 weekdays, and<br />
a self-guided tour of the <strong>com</strong>munity.<br />
541 km (mile 336) –<br />
Nitainlaii Territorial Park<br />
The Mackenzie River and Arctic Red River ferry is free and<br />
operates 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. daily, June to mid-October.<br />
Cross by ice bridge in the winter from the end of November<br />
until April 30. The flow of the Mackenzie River, draining one<br />
fifth of Canada, over 1,800,000 sq. km. (700,000 sq. miles), is<br />
exceeded in the western hemisphere only by the Mississippi<br />
and the Amazon. The Mackenzie Delta is the largest in<br />
Canada and the tenth largest in the world.<br />
536 km (mile 333) –<br />
Tetlit Gwinjik Wayside Park<br />
74<br />
8<br />
Nitainlaii Territorial Park campsite (23 sites, nightly fee)<br />
and its visitor information centre are open from June 1 to<br />
September 1. The centre offers fascinating displays of the<br />
traditional lifestyle of the Gwich’in people of the region.<br />
539 km (mile 335) – Peel River Ferry<br />
18<br />
42<br />
The Peel River ferry is free and operates from 9:00 a.m. to<br />
12:30 a.m. daily, from June to mid-October. Cross by ice<br />
bridge from the end of November to April 30.<br />
447 km (mile 278) – Rock River Campground<br />
36<br />
A view of the Mackenzie Delta and Peel River valley.<br />
Twenty sites offer sheltered protection within a steep gorge<br />
of the Richardson Mountains.
465 km (mile 289) – Yukon/NWT Border<br />
405 km (mile 252) – Arctic Circle<br />
Eagle Plains<br />
Note the time zone change at the Yukon/NWT border<br />
crossing – set watches one hour ahead when travelling<br />
north, back when going south. There is an interpretive<br />
display here worth seeing that describes the local wildlife<br />
and landscapes.<br />
326 km (mile 204) – Pullout<br />
Peel River<br />
175<br />
259 km (mile 161) – Ogilvie-Peel Viewpoint<br />
DEMPSTER HIGHWAY<br />
Catch a photo of yourself crossing the Arctic Circle, taking<br />
a moment to see the displays that explain the Arctic Circle<br />
and the northern lights. From this latitude northwards the<br />
sun never sets at the summer solstice, June 21, and never<br />
rises at the winter solstice, December 21.<br />
369 km (mile 229) –<br />
Eagle Plains Hotel and RV Campground<br />
196 km (mile 123) –<br />
Ogilvie Highway Maintenance Camp.<br />
194 km (mile 120) –<br />
Engineer Creek Campground<br />
Wind River<br />
5<br />
The halfway point. The hotel, Ph (867) 993-2453, open year<br />
round, offers a licensed restaurant and lounge, full service<br />
garage with propane, diesel and licensed mechanic,<br />
tire sales and repair, and limited aircraft facilities.<br />
Next services – Fort McPherson 193 km (120 miles).<br />
72 km (mile 45) –<br />
Tombstone Mountain Campground<br />
Located at the foot of Sapper Hill, a sharply eroded<br />
limestone ridge with fascinating rock ‘forests’. Eight sites<br />
and good fishing.<br />
107 km (mile 67) – Pullout<br />
INUVIK, NT<br />
867-777-2028<br />
Travel<br />
&Tours<br />
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82 km (mile 51) – North Fork Pass<br />
Tombstone Mountain Campground, with 22 sites, offers<br />
nature walks and campfire talks, in July and August, and<br />
a staffed interpretive centre. It is a base for hikes into the<br />
Tombstone range.<br />
66 km (mile 41)<br />
Klondike Highway Maintenance Camp.<br />
0 km (mile 0) –<br />
Gateway Interpretive Display<br />
The highest elevation on the Dempster, at 1,289 metres<br />
(4,229 feet). First crossing of the Continental Divide.<br />
75 km (mile 47) – Tombstone Mountain<br />
867-678-0510<br />
info@upnorthtours.ca<br />
upnorthtours.ca<br />
We offer scheduled<br />
and custom tours of the<br />
Beaufort Delta year-round.<br />
Our local guides are sure to<br />
show you a great time on<br />
your Northern adventure!<br />
Ask for information at the<br />
Dempster Highway Visitor<br />
Centre in Dawson City.<br />
up NorTh<br />
72<br />
Klondike<br />
River Lodge<br />
Take in the panoramic view west to Tombstone Mountain,<br />
some 40 km (25 miles) away.<br />
40<br />
LEGEND<br />
Dawson City<br />
2<br />
THE NORTH KLONDIKE HIGHWAY<br />
Take in the Gateway interpretive display at the junction<br />
of the Dempster Highway with Yukon Route 5, 40 km (25<br />
miles) east of Dawson City, after fuelling up at Klondike<br />
River Lodge, Ph (867) 993-6892, full service garage, which<br />
offers gas, propane, diesel, towing, car wash, RV park and<br />
storage. It’s 365 kms (232 miles) to the next service point at<br />
Eagle Plains.<br />
Dawson City<br />
Banking Machine<br />
Visitor Information<br />
Golf Course<br />
Medical Services<br />
Police<br />
Airport, Scheduled Service<br />
Emergency Landing Airstrip<br />
Post Office<br />
Arts and Crafts<br />
Church<br />
Boat Launch<br />
Swimming<br />
Playground<br />
Power at Campsites<br />
Gasoline Station<br />
Automotive Services<br />
Tire Repair<br />
Ac<strong>com</strong>modation<br />
Restaurant<br />
Store<br />
Bank<br />
Interpretive Displays<br />
Campsites<br />
Picnic/Day Use<br />
Toilets/Outhouse<br />
Kitchen Shelter<br />
Firewood<br />
Drinking Water<br />
Showers<br />
Dump Stations<br />
Trails<br />
Lookout<br />
Territorial Park<br />
Dempster Highway<br />
Paved Highway<br />
Gravel Highway<br />
Ferry Crossing<br />
Before you start your journey up the Dempster, be sure to<br />
stop in at the Dempster Delta Visitor Information Centre<br />
on Front Street in Dawson City, Yukon. See the excellent<br />
displays and meet our friendly travel counsellors, who can<br />
help you plan your trip. Open May 15 to September 15.<br />
This information was provided courtesy of the Government of The Northwest Territories.<br />
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2012 InuvIk & Beaufort Delta annual events CalenDar<br />
JANUARY<br />
Inuvik<br />
25th Annual<br />
Sunrise Festival<br />
Inuvik Curling Club<br />
Government Bonspiel<br />
Inuvik Curling Club<br />
Junior Funspiel<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
January Community<br />
Garage Sale<br />
Inuvik<br />
55th Annual<br />
Muskrat Jamboree<br />
3rd Annual Muskrat<br />
Cup Pond Hockey<br />
Tournament<br />
Camp Kivuni<br />
Summer Day Camp<br />
Canada Day<br />
Paulatuk<br />
Paulatuk Baseball<br />
Clinic & Tournament<br />
Town of Inuvik Arena<br />
Users Group Meeting<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
Community<br />
Registration Night<br />
Paulatuk<br />
Paulatuk Annual<br />
Easter Events<br />
AUGUsT<br />
Fort McPherson<br />
OcTObER<br />
Inuvik<br />
4th Annual<br />
Chillsapalooza Youth<br />
Tsiigehtchic<br />
Gwich’in Day<br />
Midway Lake<br />
Music Festival<br />
Halloween Party<br />
Fire Prevention Month<br />
Paulatuk<br />
Paulatuk Annual<br />
King & Queen<br />
FEbRUARY<br />
Inuvik<br />
Firefighters Territorial<br />
Curling Bonspiel<br />
Frank Burke Memory<br />
Tournament<br />
Gwich’in/Inuvialuit<br />
Bonspiel<br />
Mackenzie River<br />
Jamboree<br />
Tuktoyaktuk<br />
Beluga Jamboree<br />
MAY<br />
Inuvik<br />
Fireman’s Ball<br />
Midnight Sun<br />
Open Swim Meet<br />
JUNE<br />
Inuvik<br />
2nd Annual Inuvik<br />
Skateboard Jam<br />
9th Annual End of The<br />
Road Music Festival<br />
42nd Circumpolar<br />
Northern Games<br />
Demolition Derby<br />
Inuvik Community<br />
Greenhouse Fall Fair<br />
Paulatuk<br />
NOvEMbER<br />
Inuvik<br />
Great Northern Arts<br />
Festival Christmas<br />
Arts and Craft Fair<br />
National Children’s<br />
Day Carnival<br />
Remembrance Day<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
Volunteer<br />
Appreciation Night<br />
IRC Native Hockey<br />
Tournament<br />
Oilperson’s<br />
Curling Bonspiel<br />
Inuvik<br />
Aboriginal Day<br />
Canadian Cancer<br />
Society Relay For Life<br />
Paulatuk Annual<br />
Iqalukpik Jamboree<br />
Paulatuk Annual<br />
Kiddy Carnival Events<br />
DEcEMbER<br />
Inuvik<br />
Community Children’s<br />
Christmas Party<br />
MARch Inuvialuit Day<br />
Tsiigehtchic<br />
Canoe Daze<br />
Santa Claus Parade<br />
Inuvik<br />
Canadian North<br />
Curling Bonspiel<br />
Gwich’in Cup<br />
Inuvik Figure<br />
Skating Carnival<br />
Mackenzie Cup<br />
Top of the World<br />
Ski Loppet<br />
ApRiL<br />
Aklavik<br />
Inuvik Community<br />
Greenhouse Opening<br />
and Plant Sale<br />
Inuvik Petroleum Show<br />
Midnight Sun Fun<br />
Run & Half Marathon<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
Tailgate Community<br />
Garage Sale<br />
JULY<br />
Inuvik<br />
3rd Annual<br />
Gwich’in Tribal Council<br />
19th Annual General<br />
Assembly<br />
sEpTEMbER<br />
Inuvik<br />
3rd Annual Inuvik<br />
Heritage Festival<br />
32nd Annual<br />
Terry Fox Run<br />
Debbie Darts -<br />
Debbie Lindsay<br />
Memorial Tournament<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
Christmas Light-Up<br />
and Decoration<br />
Contest<br />
Town of Inuvik<br />
Community<br />
Christmas Feast<br />
Town of Inuvik/<br />
Ingamo Hall Twelve<br />
Days of Christmas<br />
Paulatuk<br />
Paulatuk Annual<br />
Christmas Events<br />
Mad Trapper Jamboree<br />
Fort McPherson<br />
Peel River Jamboree<br />
Mayor’s Classic<br />
Golf Tournament<br />
24th Annual Great<br />
Northern Arts Festival<br />
Inuvik Darts<br />
Tournament<br />
Paulatuk Youth Center<br />
Contact us for more information on these exciting events! Phone: (867) 777-8618 • www.inuvik.ca<br />
Event dates are subject to change. Please contact <strong>com</strong>munity for confirmation.<br />
Event location is Inuvik unless otherwise specified.
Plan your<br />
unforgettable<br />
memories.<br />
Photo: Yukon Government<br />
Order your FREE Yukon Vacation Planner<br />
online at yukonvacationplanner.<strong>com</strong><br />
or call 1-800-661-0494.<br />
Once you are here, be sure to stop<br />
by our Visitor Information Centres<br />
for expert travel advice.<br />
Photo: Yukon Government/D Crowe<br />
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Alaska<br />
Beaver Creek<br />
Old Crow<br />
Dawson City<br />
Stewart<br />
Crossing<br />
Keno<br />
Elsa<br />
Mayo<br />
Carmacks<br />
Destruction<br />
Bay<br />
Haines Junction<br />
Haines<br />
Carcross<br />
Faro<br />
Whitehorse<br />
Skagway<br />
ALASKA HIGHWAY<br />
KM MI<br />
1477 918 North 60º Petro Express Whitehorse<br />
1635 1016 North 60º Petro Express Haines Junction<br />
Atlin<br />
Teslin<br />
3 Bulk gasoline, diesels, aviation fuels<br />
3 Heating fuel (business & home)<br />
3 Commercial fuel cardlocks<br />
3 Shell and Mohawk lubricants<br />
Ross River<br />
Johnson's Crossing<br />
MacMillan<br />
Pass<br />
British Columbia<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e to<br />
North 60°<br />
Country!<br />
Northwest<br />
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Watson Lake<br />
Find products distributed by North 60° Petro at the following stations:<br />
KLONDIKE HIGHWAY<br />
KM MI<br />
538 334 North 60º Petro Express Stewart Crossing<br />
720 447 North 60º Petro Express Dawson City<br />
Your Mileage guide to North 60º Petro exPress statioNs throughout the YukoN<br />
The following fine products are available at North 60º Petro<br />
locations in Whitehorse, Dawson City & Watson Lake:<br />
3 Spill response materials<br />
3 Kralinator & Wix air, oil, and fuel filters<br />
3 Interstate and Powervolt Batteries<br />
3 Goodyear Automotive Belts<br />
Fine Fuels, super service, Quality lubricants
Essential Yukon Supplies<br />
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All of Yukon’s history, nature and culture<br />
and if you’re lucky, Yukon gold.<br />
You could win up to five ounces of Klondike placer gold.<br />
Get your free Yukon Gold Explorer’s Passport at any Yukon<br />
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Yukon Visitor<br />
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Meet the Ice Age giants that ruled the ancient sub-continent of Beringia. Get up close to the woolly mammoth<br />
or one of Beringia’s ferocious predators, the scimitar cat. Discover this intriguing era through<br />
interactive exhibits, riveting films and skeletal remains - including the partial carcass of a long extinct<br />
Yukon horse! A visit to the Beringia Interpretive Centre will add 40,000 years to your vacation.<br />
www.beringia.<strong>com</strong><br />
Tel: (867) 667-8855 Fax: (867) 667-8854 Email: beringia@gov.yk.ca<br />
Kilometre 1,424 (mile 885) Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Yukon (Next to the Whitehorse International Airport)<br />
AN ICE AGE EXPERIENCE OF MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS<br />
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