National Register of Historic Places

Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park

Skagway, Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County, Alaska
Listed
June 29, 1976
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76002189

About this property

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a national historical park operated by the United States National Park Service that seeks to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Though the gold fields that were the ultimate goal of the stampeders lay in Yukon, Canada, the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its direction. There are four units, including three in Municipality of Skagway Borough, Alaska and a fourth in the Pioneer Square National Historic District in Seattle, Washington. A fuller appreciation of the story of the Klondike Gold Rush requires exploration and discovery on both sides of the Canada–United States border. National historic sites in Whitehorse and Dawson City, Yukon, as well as in British Columbia, complete the story. In 1998, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park joined with Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site, and "The Thirty Mile" stretch of the Yukon River to create Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park, allowing for an integrated binational experience.

Location

Skagway, Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County, Alaska
59.62186, -135.24264

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Chilkoot Trail
Industrial
2.3 mi
Skagway Historic District and White Pass
Listed
3.6 mi
Government Indian School
Industrial
27.5 mi
Anway, Charlie, Cabin
Industrial
27.6 mi
Fort William H. Seward
Industrial
28.2 mi

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Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1976.

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Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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