Dawson City, Yukon: The Heart of the Klondike Gold Rush
Dawson City, a small town in the northern reaches of Canada, celebrates its history perhaps more than any other place we’ve been. In fact, many aspects of the Klondike Gold Rush era are still alive and well today—dirt roads edged by wooden plank walkways, vaudeville shows, sultry saloons, a bath house in lieu of showers, and even rowdy gold miners. As irony goes, my favorite town so far on our “Alaska” road trip isn’t in Alaska (or even the US)…