Welcome
to our community web site!
This is Dawson City – Capital of the Klondike, Yukon, Canada!
There’s lots of useful information to explore here with an aim to inform and entertain. Be sure to visit our updated history pages and the zoomable vintage map.
For those of you not be familiar with our area, this is where the famous Klondike Gold Rush took place in 1896, attracting tens of thousands of stampeders who arrived here with the hope of striking it rich.
This is also the traditional territory of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation. The indigenous people of this region have a rich history and heritage they share with visitors from all over. Dawson is located at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers, where Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in traditionally fished salmon.
Today, Dawson continues to be an energetic and forward looking community attracting new residents and visitors from all over the globe; making us the most cosmopolitan town of its size anywhere.
Recent accomplishments include the opening our new School of Visual Arts. The Klondike Institute of Art & Culture continues as a very positive influence within the cultural industry sector of our economy. These ongoing incentives greatly enhance the quality of life in our town.
Current issues of our bi-weekly newspaper ‘The Klondike Sun’ are available on this site. Visit our citizen’s discussion forum to see what local issues are currently being debated. And check out the mayor’s blog to find out what the Mayor of Dawson is up to.
Please explore the various links at the top of the page.
