A Day in Dawson City

Once we got to Dawson City we met a couple we had met previously in Whitehorse and decided to spend a couple nights next to them in Dawson City site seeing and enjoying just being tourists. We stayed at the Gold Rush RV Park in downtown Dawson, a "Real" gold mine for the owners. The park was full both nights we were there. The cost for full hook-ups was $40.00 per night. The RV park is just a gravel parking lot with different combinations of hook-ups, from dry to full hook-ups. They do have nice bathrooms with good showers. Wifi is very limited; you have to go to the office area to get wifi and it is only available from 8:30am to 8:30pm. The best thing about the campground is that it is walking distance to everything in town. Dawson City is built right next to the Yukon River with beautiful scenery any direction you look. The roads are still dirt and all the sidewalks are wood. A lot of the buildings are original buildings from the gold rush days of the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are several eating establishments in Dawson City, the only one we tried other than the ice cream parlor, was Klondike Kate's which was very good. It had great cornbread! I hope our pictures can give you a sense of what Dawson looks like.

Notice the dirt streets and old wooden buildings.

A good picture of the dirt roads and wooden sidewalks.

Notice the doors on the church. We were told they are never locked.

This is an example of one of the old homes in Dawson City.

They have a new post office in Dawson City now.

The old cemetery.

Great view of the Yukon River and a river boat downtown Dawson City.

Another view of the river from downtown Dawson.

Robert Jervis was a very influential man in the early years in Dawson City.

Even Gypsy made new friends in Dawson City.

Another mode of transportation in and out of Dawson City.

Diamond Tooth Gerities, still the most popular place in town with dancing girls, food, gambling and drink.

And finally, the Gold Rush RV Park where we stayed for two nights.