1989

In 1957 Dawson's prodigy, Canadian historian Pierre Berton, narrated a documentary film, The City of Gold, the viewing of which thrills and mesmerizes those who challenge the trail of '98.
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Placer mining has always been a precarious business. Boom and bust cycles are reported throughout history. Nineteen eighty-eight was one of the best for gold production in the Klondike since the turn of the century.
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Each morning for the past three weeks Dawson residents and visitors have awakened to the acute smell of burning forests. This summer has been the driest for a long time, and in Dawson area up to 20 fires were burning simultaneously.
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It was a weekend of excitement, tears, memories and good times as 450 former school students and teachers descended on Dawson City for the first ever Dawson Schools Reunion
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This is the first edition of the Klondike Sun Newspaper!
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