About this city
Also known as: Gateway to the Klondike
Skagway is a remarkably preserved gold-rush boomtown located at the northernmost point of the Inside Passage, nestled in a narrow glacial valley. In 1897, it exploded from a single homestead into a chaotic tent city of 20,000 stampeders preparing to tackle the grueling Chilkoot or White Pass trails toward the Klondike goldfields. Today, its historic downtown forms part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, maintaining its evocative late-19th-century false-front wooden buildings and frontier romance.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Ride the vintage cars of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad, stroll past the historic false-front buildings on Broadway, and hike the lower portion of the historic Chilkoot Trail.
