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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park |
99840 Skagway, AK, United States of America (USA) (Alaska ) |
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Skagway Historic District
291 Broadway |
| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Open Air Museum
- Mining
- Architecture
- Railway
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Opening times
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NOTE: Some of the Chilkoot Trail on the US side is closed due to extensive flood damage in October, 2022. U.S. side of the trail to Mile 4 is open for the 2024 Season. See website for updates. All Park Summer (May through late Sept.): Open 24 hours Winter (Oct. through April): Monday - Friday 8am - 3pm Visitor Center Summer: 9am - 4:30pm Winter: Monday - Friday: Limited see website for exact dates, closures & seasonal exceptions. |
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Status from 07/2024
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Free entry. | ||||
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| Homepage | www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/skagwaydistrict.htm | ||||
| Location / Directions |
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is made of four units, three in Alaska and one in Seattle, Washington. In Alaska most people visit the Skagway Historic District, others hike the Chilkoot Trail in the Dyea-Chilkoot Trail unit, many visitors experience the scenic White Pass unit by train or highway tour. Park headquarters and visitor center are located at 2nd and Broadway in Skagway, Alaska. To get to Skagway by car: you can access the park via the Alaska Marine Highway or the South Klondike Highway. By plane: you can fly into the Skagway Airport. By water: You can visit the park by cruise ship, tour boat, or ferry. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Skagway is one of three Southeast Alaskan communities that is connected to the road system; Skagway's connection is via the Klondike Highway, completed in 1978. This allows access to the lower 48, Whitehorse, the Yukon, northern British Columbia, and the Alaska Highway. This also makes Skagway an important port-of-call for the Alaska Marine Highway — Alaska's ferry system — and serves as the northern terminus of the important and heavily used Lynn Canal corridor. The White Pass and Yukon Route is a railway that formerly linked Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada to Skagway, the railway's southernmost terminus. Today, trains travel several times a week from May through September from Skagway to the small community of Carcross, approximately 45 miles south/southwest of Whitehorse. There, passengers (mostly tourists) can make connections via bus to Whitehorse. The Skagway Airport receives service from two bush carriers: Wings of Alaska, and Air Excursions. |
| Description | Skagway's Historic District Over 20 gold rush boom town buildings are part of the park today. Explore the ones in Skagway's Historic District. Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere. Klondike Gold Rush NHP manages 20+ buildings in the Historic District and just outside its boundary. These buildings are being preserved by the National Park Service to honor the struggles of the stampeders of the Klondike Gold Rush and to preserve the legacy of this important event in our nation's history. White Pass and Yukon Route Railway Administration Building The White Pass & Yukon Route Administration Building (NPS Visitor Center and Park Headquarters) is also still in its original location near the southeast corner of Broadway and Second Avenue (Block 36, Lot 5) and adjacent to the original White Pass & Yukon Route Broadway Depot. Park Museum & Administrative Offices The park museum is located on the ground floor of our administrative building next to the Visitor Center at 2nd and Broadway. Mascot Saloon Museum Visit an authentic post-gold rush saloon museum with displays and exhibits. Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum Tour the inside of one of the oldest museums in Alaska dedicated to "Soapy" Smith, early Alaskan oddities, and other curiosities now restored to its 1960s glory. Pantheon Saloon & Jr. Ranger Activity Center Located in the restored Pantheon Saloon building, the Jr. Ranger Activity Center provides educational, tactile, interactive experiences in a fun, family friendly environment. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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