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Commissioner's Residence
Built in 1901 to house the territorial commissioner, the proud Commissioner's residence building was designed to give potential civic investors confidence in the city. The building is also noted for being the longtime home of Martha Black, who came to the Yukon in 1898, owned a lumberyard and was elected to the Canadian Parliament at age 70.
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Danoja Zho Cultural Centre
Inside this beautiful wood building on the riverfront, the Danoja Zho cultural centre has displays and interpretive talks on the Hän Hwëch'in (River People), who were the first to inhabit the area. The collection includes traditional artifacts and a re-creation of a 19-century fishing camp. Locally made crafts are for sale. Check on the schedule of cultural tours and performances of authentic dances. The striking building was designed by noted Yukon architects KVA.
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Dawson City Museum
The Dawson City Museum houses a collection of 25,000 gold rush artifacts. Engaging exhibits walk you through the hard-scrabble lives of the miners. The museum is housed in the landmark 1901 Old Territorial Administration building. It was designed by noted architect Thomas W Fuller, who also designed the old post office and other buildings around town. Next door is an old locomotive barn with historic trains.
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Dredge No 4
The scarred valleys around Dawson speak to the vast amounts of toil that went into the gold hunt. Most emblematic is Bonanza Creek, where gold was first found and which still yields some today. Dredge No 4, 13km off the Klondike Hwy, is a massive dredging machine that tore up the Klondike Valley and left the tailings, which remain as a blight on the landscape. Parks Canada offers fascinating tours of this huge machine that worked something like a freak worm in a science fiction novel.
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Harrington's Store
Harrington's Store, the old mercantile, has been converted to a gallery of historic photos from Dawson's heyday.
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Jack London Interpretive Centre
In 1898 Jack London lived in the Yukon, the setting for his most popular animal stories, including Call of the Wild and White Fang . At the Centre, there are daily interpretive talks. A labor of love by historian Dick North, Dawne Mitchell and others, this place is a treasure-trove. Read the stories about 'Jack,' a local dog, which Jack, the noted author, used as a model for Buck in Call of the Wild , and how North was able to locate a photo of London working in the Klondike.
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Klondike Institute for Art and Culture
Dawson is another northern city with a thriving arts community - although like so many others, most artists head south in winter in search of not just better light but simply light. The Klondike Institute for Art and Culture has an impressive new studio building and programs offering artist in residence programs.
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No Gold Gallery
No Gold Gallery is an enthusiastic supporter - and dealer - of local artists. Bombay Peggy's also displays and sells local works.
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ODD Gallery
KIAC's exhibition space, the ODD Gallery, shows local works.
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Robert Service Cabin
Called the 'Bard of the Yukon', Robert W Service lived in the Robert Service Cabin, a typical gold rush cabin from 1909 to 1912. Don't miss the readings of Service's poems by a Parks Canada employee.
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SS Keno
The voyage from Whitehorse to Dawson was not an easy one. The season was short and there were perilous areas of white water to navigate on the way. The SS Keno was one of a fleet of paddle wheelers that worked the rivers for more than half a century. Moored along the river, the boat has many good displays about travel 100 years ago.
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