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Skagway Alaska Klondike Gold Rush National Park Keepsake

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The historical Skagway is a favorite stop for cruise ships today, In 1896 Gold was found in the Klondike region of the Canada Yukon Territory. This brought hundreds of thousands of prospectors passing through the boomtown of Skagway by ship where the miners then made the mountain climb over White Pass above Skagway then down the Yukon into the goldfield. while others crossed on the Chilkoot Pass a Tlingit trade route. 1898 came the railroad into Skagway already with its deepwater port making Skagway the preferred gold rush entry. In 1900 Skagway was incorporated as the first city in the Alaska Territory. Today hundreds of thousands pass through Skagway, not as miners instead as sightseers, an Alaskan cruise ship stop and shore excursions favorite.