Skagway

Skagway
Skagway Location in Alaska
Basic data
Foundation :	1897
State :	United States
State :	Alaska
Borough :	Municipality of Skagway Borough
Coordinates :	59 ° 28 ′  N , 135 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 59 ° 28 ′  N , 135 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone :	Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 )
Residents :	920 (as of 2010)
Population density :	0.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	1,202.7 km 2  (approx. 464 mi 2 ) of which 1,171.8 km 2  (approx. 452 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	10 m
Area code :	+1 907
FIPS :	02-70760
GNIS ID :	1414754
Website :	www.skagway.org

Skagway is a former gold rush town and has been an independent borough in Alaska ( USA ) since June 25, 2007 . Skagway was an important base and starting point for the routes over White and Chilkoot Pass for the gold diggers in the great Klondike gold rush in 1898 . Today the place has about 900 inhabitants.

geography

Skagway is located on Taiya Inlet , a bay of the Lynn Canal , and is the end point of the Alaska Inside Passage and the White Pass and Yukon Railway from Whitehorse over the White Pass . Next to Haines, Skagway is the only place of the Alaska Panhandle that can be reached by land and was its largest city until it became independent and separated from the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area .

history

In 1887 a first settlement was founded here under the name Mooreville by the steamship captain William Moore . The gold prospectors arriving by ship in 1897 renamed them “Skagway” based on the place name in the Tlingit language , which was schaguè (“home of the north wind”). The borough was formed on June 20, 2007. The settlement grew and became the supply center for the gold diggers and all related trades. The legend of Soapy Smith is still alive in town.

The Golden North Hotel in the Skagway Historic District and White Pass , which has been a National Historic Landmark since June 1962 .

Three sites in the borough are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 24, 2020), including the Chilkoot Pass and the Skagway Historic District and White Pass have the status of National Historic Landmarks . In addition, Skagway is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park .

tourism

Skagway is the northernmost terminus for cruises made by ships through the fjords of the Alaska Panhandle. The port is also served by the ferries on the Alaska Marine Highway .

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  Skagway

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  Broadway avenue

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  Main street and landing stage

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  railway station

Individual evidence

1. ^ Municipality of Skagway Borough Incorporation Document. (PDF) Municipality of Skagway, accessed July 1, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 285.
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alaska. National Park Service , accessed April 24, 2020.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.
   Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.
   Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alaska. National Park Service , accessed April 20, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Skagway, Alaska  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• The Skagway News