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Town of the City of Dawson
aka Dawson City
Aerial view of Dawson City with the Yukon River in early June, 2007
Aerial view of Dawson City with the Yukon River in early June, 2007
Location of Dawson City in the Yukon
Town of the City of Dawson
Location of Dawson City in the Yukon
Coordinates: 64°03′45″N 139°25′50″W / 64.0625, -139.43056
Country Canada
Territory Yukon
Settled 1896
Incorporated 1902 (city)
  1980 (town)
Area
 - Total 32. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 45 km² (12. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi)
Elevation 370 m (1,214 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 1,327
 - Density 41/km² (106. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/sq mi)
NTS Map 105D11
GNBC Code KAHFT
Website: City of Dawson

The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada. The National Topographic System or NTS (Système national de référence cartographique is the topographic system used by Canada for providing general Geographical Names Board of Canada is a national committee of the Canadian Government Department of National Resources which authorizes the names used on official A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

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Overview

Yukon Hotel
Yukon Hotel

The current population is approximately 2,022. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year. The locals generally refer to it simply as 'Dawson', but the tourist industry generally refers to it as 'Dawson City' (partly to differentiate it from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, which is at mile 0 of the Alaska Highway). The City of Dawson Creek is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects

History

The townsite was named in January 1897 after noted Canadian geologist George M. Dawson, who had explored and mapped the region in 1887. George Mercer Dawson ( August 1 1849 &ndash March 2 1901) was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. It served as the Yukon's capital from the territory's founding in 1898 until 1952, when the seat was moved to Whitehorse. Whitehorse (ˈʍaɪthɔrs ( 2006 population 20461 CA population 22898 (formerly White Horse until 1957 - 03-21) is the

Dawson has a much longer history, however, as an important harvest area used for millennia by the Hän-speaking people of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and their forebears. The Hän language is a Native American Endangered language spoken in only two places Eagle Alaska and Dawson City Yukon. The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (formerly the Dawson Indian Band) is a First Nations located in the central Yukon, Canada. The heart of their homeland was a fishing camp at the confluence of the Klondike River and Yukon River, at the area now known as Tr'ochëk National Historic Site. The Klondike River is a Tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. This site was also an important summer gathering spot and a base for moose-hunting on the Klondike Valley.

The Klondike Gold Rush started in 1896 and changed the First Nation camp into a thriving city of 40,000 by 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush, infrequently referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush or Alaska Gold Rush, was a frenzy of Gold rush Immigration to and for By 1899, the gold rush had ended and the town's population plummeted as all but 8,000 people left. When Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902, the population was under 5,000.

The population was fairly stable until the 1930s, dropped after World War II when the territorial capital was moved to Whitehorse and languished around the 600-900 mark through the 1960s and 1970s, but has risen and held stable since then. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Whitehorse (ˈʍaɪthɔrs ( 2006 population 20461 CA population 22898 (formerly White Horse until 1957 - 03-21) is the The high price of gold has made modern mining operations profitable, and the growth of the tourism industry has encouraged development of facilities. In the early 1950s, Dawson was linked by road to Alaska, and in fall 1955, with Whitehorse along a road that now forms part of the Klondike Highway. The Klondike Highway links the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Yukon 's Dawson City and its route somewhat parallels that used by

Geology

Dawson City lies at the western end of the meeting of two continental plates. Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων tektōn "builder" or "mason" describes the large scale motions of Earth 's Lithosphere The line between these plates, called the Tintina Trench, continues eastward for several hundred kilometres. Erosional remnants of lava flows crop out immediately north and west of Dawson City. Lava is molten rock expelled by a Volcano during an eruption When first expelled from a volcanic vent it is a Liquid at Temperatures

Climate

Like most of the Yukon, Dawson City has a subarctic climate. Regions having a subarctic climate (also called boreal climate) are characterized by long usually very cold winters and brief warm summers The average temperature in July is 15. 6 °C (60 °F). The average temperature in January is −26. 7 °C (−16 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded is 34. 7 °C (94 °F) on May 31, 1983 and the lowest temperature ever recorded is −55. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 8 °C (−68 °F) on February 11, 1979. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) It experiences a wide range of temperatures surpassing 30 °C (86 °F) in most summers and dropping below −40 °C (−40 °F) in winter.

The community is at an elevation of 370 m (1,214 ft) and the average rainfall in July is 48. 4 mm (1. 9 in) and the average snowfall in January is 24. 2 cm (9. 5 in). Dawson has an average total annual snowfall of 164. 5 cm (64. 8 in) and averages 90 frost free days per year. The town is built on a layer of ice, which may pose a threat to the town's infrastructure in the future as the permafrost melts. This article is about frozen ground For other meanings see Permafrost (disambiguation. [1][2]

City or town

Most of Dawson's buildings look old-fashioned; all new construction must follow this policy.
Most of Dawson's buildings look old-fashioned; all new construction must follow this policy.

Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902 when it met the criteria for "city" status under the municipal act of that time. It retained the incorporation even as the population plummeted. When a new municipal act was adopted in the 1980s, Dawson met the criteria of "town", and was incorporated as such, although with a special provision to allow it to continue to use the word "City", partially for historic reasons, partially to distinguish it from Dawson Creek, a small city in northeastern British Columbia. The City of Dawson Creek is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Dawson Creek is also named in honour of George M. Dawson. George Mercer Dawson ( August 1 1849 &ndash March 2 1901) was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. This led the territorial government to post the following signs at the boundaries of the town: "Welcome to the Town of the City of Dawson".

Law and Government

In 2004, the Yukon government removed the mayor and the town council, as a result of the town going bankrupt. The territorial government accepted a large portion of the responsibility for this situation in March 2006, writing off $3. 43 million of the debt and leaving the town with $1. 5 million still to pay off. Elections were set for June 15, 2006. John Steins, a local artist and one of the leaders of the movement to restore democracy to Dawson, was acclaimed as mayor, while 13 residents ran for the 4 council seats.

The government of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, now a self-governing First Nation, is also located in Dawson. The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (formerly the Dawson Indian Band) is a First Nations located in the central Yukon, Canada.

Industry

Paddlewheeler Keno
Paddlewheeler Keno

Today, Dawson City's main industries are tourism and gold mining. Canada, as a rich Western country has both a large domestic and foreign tourist industry Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Placer mining (pronounced "plass-er" refers to the mining of alluvial deposits for Minerals This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast

Gold mining started in 1896 with the Bonanza Creek discovery by George Carmack, Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim Mason. George Washington Carmack ( September 24, 1860 &ndash June 5, 1922) was a Contra Costa County California -born prospector Dawson Charlie or Káa goox, (ca 1860s &ndash 26 December 1908) was a Tagish / Tlingit First Nation person and one of the Keish ( c 1855 &ndash July 11 1916) better known by his European name Skookum Jim Mason, was a member of the Tagish First Nation The area's creeks were quickly staked and most of the thousands who arrived in the spring of 1898 for the Klondike Gold Rush found that there was very little opportunity to benefit directly from gold mining. The Klondike Gold Rush, infrequently referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush or Alaska Gold Rush, was a frenzy of Gold rush Immigration to and for Many instead became entrepreneurs to provide services to miners.

Starting approximately 10 years later, large gold dredges began an industrial mining operation, scooping huge amounts of gold out of the creeks, and completely reworking the landscape, altering the locations of rivers and creeks and leaving tailing piles in their wake. Dredging is an Excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater in shallow seas or Fresh water areas with the purpose of Tailings (also known as slimes, gangue, tailings pile, tails, leach residue, or slickens) are the materials left over A network of canals and dams were built to the north to produce hydroelectric power for the dredges. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water The dredges shut down for the winter, but one built for "Klondike Joe Boyle" was designed to operate year-round, and Boyle had it operate all through one winter. Joseph Whiteside Boyle (born 16 November 1867 in Toronto Ontario, died 14 April 1923 in Hampton Hill, Middlesex That dredge (Dredge No. 4) is open as a national historic site on Bonanza Creek. A national historic site is a designation that an area possesses national historical significance

The last dredge shut down in 1966, and the hydroelectric facility, at North Fork, was closed when the City of Dawson declined an offer to purchase it. Since then, placer miners have returned to the status of being the primary mining operators in the region.

The town is served by the Dawson City Airport. Dawson City Airport is located east of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, in the Klondike River valley and is operated by the Yukon government

Community Profile

According to the Canada 2006 Census:[1][2]

Transportation and Communications

Ferry for Highway 9.
Ferry for Highway 9.

Famous residents

Dawson City is also home of the Berton House Writers Retreat program, housing established Canadian writers for four three-month get-away-from-it-all subsidized residencies each year. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (more commonly referred to as APTN) is a Canadian broadcast and cable Television network. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CFYT is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 1069 FM in Dawson City, Yukon. CKRW, also branded The Rush, is a Hot adult contemporary radio station in Whitehorse Yukon, Canada. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CFWH is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 570 AM in Whitehorse Yukon. CHON is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts at 981 FM in Whitehorse Yukon. Yukon News is one of two independently-owned newspapers published in Whitehorse Yukon (Canada Northwestel (a short-form name sometimes spelt NorthwesTel, for Northwest Telecommunications) Inc Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper Telephone Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC is a Canadian Crown corporation in the Yukon. Mayo is a Village in the Yukon, Canada along the Silver Trail and the Stewart River. Berton House was the childhood home of popular-history writer Pierre Berton, and is across the street from the cabin that was home to poet Robert Service, and just up the street from the cabin that housed writer Jack London during his time in the town. For other people with the same name see Pierre Berton (disambiguation. Robert Service may refer to Robert W Service (1874–1958 poet Robert Service (historian, (born 1947 a British historian Jack London (January 12 1876 &ndash November 22 1916 was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The

Pierre Berton narrated the 1957 film City of Gold which describes the excitement of Dawson City during the gold rush. City of Gold is a 1957 Canadian documentary by Colin Low and Wolf Koenig, chronicling Dawson City during Pierre Berton also wrote the book "Klondike", a historical account of the gold rush to the Klondike 1896-1899.

The city was home to the famous Dawson City Nuggets hockey team, who in 1905 challenged the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup. The Dawson City Nuggets were a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada that challenged the reigning champion Ottawa Senators, aka The Ottawa Senators (officially the Ottawa Hockey Club) were an amateur later professional senior men's Ice hockey team based in Ottawa from 1883 The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley is an Ice hockey club championship Trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL playoffs champion Traveling to Ottawa by dogsled, skip, and train, the team lost the most lopsided series in Stanley Cup history, losing two games by the combined score of 32 to 4.

References

  1. ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Highlights for Dawson
  2. ^ 2001 Statistics Canada Community Highlights for Dawson

External links

Tourism Related Links

Coordinates: 64°03′45″N 139°25′50″W / 64.0625, -139.43056 (Dawson City)

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