Official Language:
English
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Currency:
US Dollar
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Population:
Approximately 800 people call Skagway home.
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Weather:
Climate and current weather information for Skagway: The temperature in Skagway during the summer is an average of 65°F/18°C degrees. However, when the sun shines the temperature can climb to 85°F/29°C degrees.
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Skagway is a place of many names, alot of history and little rain. This very walkable town set in the narrow plain of the Skagway River at the head of the Lynn Canal and, has been called Skaguay, Shkagway, and Gateway to the Golden Interior. Known as the Home of the North Wind, and residents tell visitors that it blows so much here you will never breathe the same air twice. Skagway was known to thousands of hopeful gold rushers as the gateway to the gold fields. The shortest route to the Klondike, it was far from the easiest. Over a hundred years ago, the White Pass route through the Coast Mountains and the shorter, but steeper, Chilkoot Trail were used by many stampeders. The Chilkoot Trail, combined with the area's cruel elements, left scores dead. The gold rush was a boon to Skagway - by 1898 it was Alaska's largest town with a population of approximately 20,000. The town's hotels, saloons, dance halls and gambling houses prospered, drawing Skagway residents as well as the 10,000 people living in the tent city of nearby Dyea. But when the gold yield dwindled in 1900, so did the population of Skagway as the miners quickly left to new finds in Nome. Skagway retains the flavor of the gold rush era, especially on Broadway, with its false-front buildings, and in the Trail of '98 Museum, with its highly rated collection of memorabilia.
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Attractions |
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park
Visitors can return to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1898 by touring 15 restored buildings within the historic district.
White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
An incredible 45-mile train ride between Skagway and Yukon.
Jewell Gardens Situated on the original Historic Clark Farm.
Dog Sledding and Glacier Flightseeing
Trail of 98 Museum
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More Information |
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Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau
Phone: 888 762-1898
Web: www.skagway.org
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