Skagway
Alaskan cruise port
Skagway is a small town in southeastern Alaska, historically significant as the gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush.
In 1897–98, prospectors flooded through Skagway to reach the Chilkoot and White Pass trails into Canada's Yukon Territory.
Today it serves primarily as a cruise ship port and tourist destination: We stopped in Skagway on our Alaska cruise.
Yukon gold rush region
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- sourdoughsCultured dough or frontiersmen
claims · panning · nuggets · placer · grubstake · sluice · dredge · assay
Docking place for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- disembarkExit a vehicle
- excursionBrief recreational trip
shore leave · tender · berth · gangway · itinerary · passengers · tourism · sightseeing
Northwestern Canadian territory
- JuneauLargest U.S. state's capital
- Glacier BayAlaskan inlet with tidewater ice
- HainesAlaska Panhandle municipality
- panhandleGeographic arm of territory
northern · wilderness · remote · frontier
Kept from deterioration
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- restorationReturning something to condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- VictorianOf a prim era
boardwalk · Main Street · museum · artifacts · period · vintage · railroad · narrow-gauge
Klondike
Yukon gold rush region
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- boomtownRapidly growing community
sourdoughs · claims · panning · nuggets · placer · grubstake · sluice · dredge · assay · lode
port
Docking place for ships
excursion · shore leave · tender · berth · gangway · itinerary · passengers · tourism · sightseeing · day-trippers
Yukon
Northwestern Canadian territory
- JuneauLargest U.S. state's capital
- Glacier BayAlaskan inlet with tidewater ice
- HainesAlaska Panhandle municipality
panhandle · northern · wilderness · remote · frontier
preserved
Kept from deterioration
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- restorationReturning something to condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
Victorian · boardwalk · Main Street · museum · artifacts · period · vintage · railroad · narrow-gauge · saloon
Skagwaymetropolis
Large important city
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