Site |
Date(s) |
Designated |
Location |
Description |
Image |
Canadian Bank of Commerce *[3] |
1901 (completed) |
1988 |
Dawson City 64°3′46″N 139°26′8″W |
Bank building is one of the finest surviving structures in Canada clad in decorative pressed metal; bank played an important role in Yukon history, commencing during the Klondike Gold Rush |
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Dawson Historical Complex * [4] |
1896 (beginning of gold rush) |
1959 |
Dawson City 64°3′47.58″N 139°25′49.04″W |
The historic core of Dawson City, a town established during the Klondike Gold Rush; a wide range and concentration of frontier structures related to the town’s early nature, northern isolation, and links to mining activities |
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Discovery Claim (Claim 37903)[5] |
1896 (discovery) |
1998 |
Bonanza Creek 63°54′59″N 139°18′59″W |
A mining claim on Bonanza Creek where the Klondike Gold Rush began; its discovery marked the beginning of the development of the Yukon |
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Dredge No. 4[6] |
1913 (completed), 1941 (moved to Bonanza Creek) |
1997 |
Bonanza Creek 63°56′36.48″N 139°20′5.43″W |
A preserved bucketline sluice dredge used to mine placer gold; symbolizes the importance of dredging operations to the evolution of gold mining in the Klondike |
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Former Territorial Court House * [7] |
1901 (completed) |
1981 |
Dawson City 64°3′22.63″N 139°26′24.06″W |
Built to replace the original log courthouse, the construction of this courthouse symbolized the Canadian government’s determination to establish and maintain law and order in Dawson |
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Old Territorial Administration Building * [8] |
1901 (completed) |
2001 |
Dawson City 64°3′32″N 139°26′11″W |
A building constructed in 1901 as the legislative and administrative headquarters of the new Yukon Territory; symbolizes the establishment of links between the territories "north of sixty" and Canadian society in the south |
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S.S. Keno * [9] |
1922 (launched) |
1962 |
Dawson City 64°3′47.5″N 139°26′4.15″W |
A steam-powered sternwheeler river vessel which rests on the bank of the Yukon River; representative of lake and river sternwheeler steamers used in the Yukon |
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S.S. Klondike[10] |
1937 (launched) |
1967 |
Whitehorse 60.71339°N 135.04839°W / 60.71339; -135.04839 (S.S. Klondike) |
A large paddle steamer dry-docked on the bank of the Yukon River; the largest and last of the Yukon commercial steamboats |
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St. Paul's Anglican Church * [11] |
1902 (completed) |
1989 |
Dawson City 64°3′31″N 139°26′17″W |
A significant example of the architecture of frontier missions in Canada; a simple church with Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts elements |
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T'äw Tà'är[12] |
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2012 |
Teslin River 61°14′34″N 134°36′50″W |
A 14.6-hectare (36-acre) site at the confluence of the Teslin River and Hutamya Chù creek; an aboriginal cultural landscape related to the historic food gathering, travel and trade activities of the Southern Tutchone people of Ta’an Kwäch’än |
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Tr'ochëk * [13] |
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2002 |
Dawson City 64°2′59″N 139°26′25″W |
Flats at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers containing the remains of Hän fish camps, traditional plant harvesting areas and lookout points |
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Yukon Hotel[14] |
1898 (completed) |
1982 |
Dawson City 64°3′33″N 139°26′18″W |
A small wooden false-front building typical of commercial structures built at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush |
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