Travel Guide to Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

In 1896, when George Washington Carmack found gold up at Bonanza Creek, Dawson City’s fate was sealed. It became the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush, and prospectors from all over the world arrived with gold fever in their hearts and minds. 

It was the biggest thing to ever happen to the city, and within months the city had grown twofold, fivefold, tenfold… as more people arrived wanting to seek their fortune. The excitement and buzz only lasted a few years, and the claims to be staked, even less, but if you’re travelling to Dawson City, in the Yukon, it’s important to know about the turning point in the city’s fortunes and history. 

Tourists to Dawson City can discover everything they could ever want to know about the gold rush, by following in the prospectors’ footsteps on the paddle steamers, sifting for gold up at Claim 33, reading some of the literature by Dawson City writers, and buying and selling gold in the shops. 

The Gold Rush