August 1, 2025 – Dawson City and the goldfields, Yukon
2025 Yukon & Northwest Territories
Dawson city goldfields tour – Michelle, local guide
- Keno sternwheeler and group photo (see banner photo above)
- “Mining the miners” – the merchants were the ones who made money during the Gold Rush
- Bonanza Creek Discovery Claim – first claim by George Carmack, Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie, Kate (a Tagish woman married to George)
- Dredge #4 – we didn’t get to go inside
- Active gold mining continues in the Bonanza Creek area
I walk around the historic city this afternoon
- Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall
- Midnight Sun Hotel
- Westminster Hotel – Est. 1989
- Window displays: Yoho water heater, metal items produced from Billy Bigg’s Blacksmith Shop
- Third Avenue Complex – leaning derelict buildings
- Residential houses with front porches
- 2-story log cabin style house with a flowers and a white picket fence
- The Rock Jewelry & Art Merchants with flattened oil barrels used for siding on this historic commercial building
There is thunder, lightning and strong wind while we walk a few blocks to our group dinner at the Aurora Inn restaurant. The food is generally good, but the service is not great despite everyone pre-ordering, and the drink prices are high.