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The Olds Gazette 1978-01-04 - 1978-06-28
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1978-05-24
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The Spirit of °98 lives on in Yukon’s Dawson City The violence, opulence and wild adventure of the Klondike Gold Rush long ago faded into Canadian folklore ... but the melody lingers on in the colorful northern community of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. It is encountered in frame houses leaning at crazy angles because of the disruptions of permafrost; in closed-up stores that still contain goods unsold when the rush ended; in steam engines abandoned. on their tracks; and in the old Klondike sourdoughs who can be seen strolling -the high, planked sidewalks. And it is brought to life each summer in local en- tertainment reminiscent of the “Spirit of "98". _ For three feverish years, after gold was discovered.on Bonanza Creek in 1896, thousands of ad- venturers followed the cruel and dangerous trail over the Chilkoot and White Passes to the gold DAWSON CITY UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN. Photo taken oround the turn of the century shows the downtown orea near midnight during the longest day of the yeor. fields. iy ; Overnight Dawson City became a wild: boom town. Pianos, roulette wheels, dan- cehall girls, caviar, champagne - - even the latest Parisian gowns, were imported. Then, as quickly as it flared up, the boom died. ST Dawson City Today. Although gold mining is still carried on by a few die-hard prospectors, other mineral . _ discoveries have brought new TODAY THE OLD YU! wealth to Yukon. 7 ES es. SAVINGS. A SURE THING. Every year, Hank and the boys go on a. ‘‘fish- \ ing’’ trip. They hardly ever catch anything, but they wouldn’t trade it for the world. So to make sure they ~ can keep on doing it, they put a few dollars a month into a_ savings account. Because the lake just wouldn’t be the same without them. The First Canadian Bank Bank of Montreal KON CITY of Dawson Creek is very different from the rough, brawling, rich community of the early 1900's. In 1962 the Canadian Govern- ment began an_ extensive reconstruction program of Dawson City, attracting a new source of income ... the tourist trade. Built in 1899, from the timbers of two dismantled steam-ships, the Palace Grand Theater has beén reconstructed. Each summer it is the scene of old- time entertainment, including a vaudeville show featuring high- kicking dancehall girls. Every day, outside the cabin where he lived and worked, you can listen to readings, by professional actors, from the works of Robert Service who immortalized the Yukon in such ballads as ‘‘The Shooting of Dan McGrew”. Visitors can also take daily tours of. the old sternwheeler Keno, which once plied the Yukon River between Dawson — Each year on the weekend nearest August 17th the Yukon celebrates Discovery Day, the 1896 date when gold was first discovered in the Klondike. Festivities include a parade, with floats manned by original Klondike pioneers; and sports events; a river raft race; and a grand ball. It’s a Yukon holiday, with events centred in Dawson City. Other attractions include gold- in the Klondike gold- fields; site-seeing from the Midnight Dome, 3,500 feet above sea level, for a far-ranging view of the Klondike Valley and Dawson; and a three-mile cruise down the Yukon River to the Indian village of Moosehide. Today Dawson City is easily accessible via regular flights from Vancouver and Edmonton or by boat and ferry up the lovely- Inside Passage of British Columbia and thence by rail across the fabled Trail of ’98 to Whitehorse. Motorists can drive the Alaska Highway to and then follow the 330-mile Klondike Highway to Dawson City. The route passes through some of the | most spectacular scenery in North America. t For maps and more in- formation on the Yukon, write Travel Dept., Yukon Govern- ment, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C8: : : «bok dad nedecsasssecodsbdssadieemicscancrne +tbbsons eres eret ee Bowe wee ewe eee Nee eT eevwarsseevasesecee Poases
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Image 0490 (1978-05-24), from microfilm reel 0490, (CU12510364). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.