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Practical Information
328 miles (525 km) N of
Whitehorse. Transport map F3.
* 2,000. n Front & King St, (867)
993-5566. ∑ dawsoncity.ca
Transport
k from Whitehorse, Canada, &
Fairbanks. @ from Fairbanks
(Alaska/Yukon Trails) &
Whitehorse (Husky Buslines).
Exterior of the original log cabin of Gold Rush poet Robert Service ∑ alaskashuttle.com
∑ huskybus.ca g
to life through the interpretations researcher Dick North. Two
of engaging Park Service actors, replicas were made from the
who tell his story and recite his original logs, one of which is Although numerous Gold Rush
most popular works. on view in Oakland, London’s prospectors worked gravel for
California home town. The other alluvial gold, the real environ-
P Jack London Cabin remains in Dawson and houses mental impact of mining came
8th Ave & Firth St. Tel (867) 993-5575. relics, photographs, documents, after 1910 with the introduction
Open mid-May–mid-Sep: 11am–3pm and articles from the Gold Rush of dredges. For a close look at
daily. & 8 noon & 2:30pm. 7 = days. Every sum mer, Dick North the effects of large-scale gold
The renowned author Jack interprets the site for visitors. extraction, it is worth making
London (1876–1916) first came Situated across the road from a trip to Dredge No. 4. This
to the Yukon in search of gold, Jack London Cabin, the 1920s enormous wooden-hulled
but instead found a wealth of Frank Berton Cabin is worth a dredge func tioned from 1912
material for the tales of adven- visit. The building now houses to 1966, when it was turned
ture he spun about frontier life. the Berton House Writer’s into a Parks Canada Historic Site.
The cabin he lived in was located Retreat Program. Down the road at Discovery
on the North Fork of Henderson Claim, a monument marks the
Creek, 72 miles (120 km) south P The Goldfields spot where George Carmack
of Dawson City. Local trappers 10 miles (16 km) SE of Dawson found ore in 1896, launching
rediscovered his cabin in 1936, City on Bonanza Creek Rd. & only the Gold Rush that changed
and it was dismantled and for tours. 8 can be arranged with the area forever. Nearby, Claim
shipped to Dawson in 1965 by Husky Buslines; Tel (867) 993-3821. No. 6 is open to visitors for
Yukon author and Jack London ∑ klondikeexperience.com panning free of charge.

Top of the
Sights at a Glance World Hwy
1 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Dänojà J U D G E S T
Zho Cultural Center Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
Dänojà Zho
2 Palace Grand Theater Cultural Center F RON T S T RE E T
3 Diamond Tooth Gertie’s SE C ON D AV E A L B E R T S T
4 Robert Service Cabin D U K E S T
5 Jack London Cabin Yu k o n R i v e r
FOUR TH AVE
FIRST AVE
6 Frank Berton Cabin Palace Grand Theater K I N G S T Y O R K S T FIFTH AV E SIX TH AVE
D i k e w a l k w a y H A R P E R S T Diamond Tooth Gertie’s SEV ENTH AV E
Q U E E N S T
P R I N C E S S S T
FRONT STREET C H U R C H S T
Commissioner’s
Residence
EI GH TH AVE
Victory
Gardens
Minto H A N S O N
S T
M I S S I O N S T
Park
Berton Cabin
F I R T H
S T
Robert Service Cabin
S T
G R A N T
T U R N E R S T
0 meters 200 C R A I G S T Jack London Cabin
D U G A S S T
Y u k o n R i v e r
0 yards 200 KLONDIKE HWY
The Goldfields
10 miles (16 km)
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