July 4th, 1899 in Dawson City (Gold Rush days)
Toronto. Ahhh! The excitement of the gold rush! When it hit the Yukon, it became famous the world over. Movies were made; books were written (even poems); the centennial of the celebrated trail (Chilkoot) was recorded. Over six years ago, then PHSC member and photographer Scott Rickard, shared his slides with us. Before Scott and his wife returned to Southern Ontario, he had a studio in Dawson and captured the centennial of the famous trail on film.
Canada’s History magazine has written many articles on Dawson City and the gold rush. This is one of the images recently discovered by George Dunbar and shared with us. George writes, “I love old images of Dawson City during the ‘Gold Rush.’ These were posted recently by Canada’s History Magazine in its web site. ”
The image I chose to show is Front Street in Dawson on July 4th, 1899. The date is American Independence day, of course and reflects that the majority of the men who rushed to the north were out of work Americans. What a time! What a town!
