Activities and experiences

Klondike National Historic Sites

Walk straight into 1898 in Dawson City, a living town amid historic gold rush buildings. Hear tales of exhilarating adventures from lively interpreters in period clothes. Imagine 19th century entertainment in an ornate theatre, experience a famed wilderness poet’s life in a log cabin, step on board a vintage sternwheeler, then venture into the Klondike goldfields that stoked a feverish stampede of fortune-hunters.

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Dawson City: "Paris of the North"

Prowl through historic buildings, exploring past and present Dawson City on a lively guided town tour or a self-guided walking tour, then visit the elegant Commissioner’s Residence and pristine gardens.

Klondike goldfields: where it all began

Stand at the exact spot where the Klondike’s gold was first glimpsed in 1896, then explore a monster machine that chewed through creek beds and brought gold to light in a newer era of mining.

S.S. Keno: when rivers were highways

Come on board the historic S.S. Keno National Historic Site and enter an era when legions of sternwheelers were a lifeline on the Yukon’s rivers, carrying supplies and ore, passengers and mail.