SKAGWAY
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| NAME: Skagway
COUNTY: ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, Cold summers BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime but winter |
COMMENTS: North
end of the Inside Passage. Semi-Ghost. REMAINS: About 100 victorian style buildings.Semi-Ghost |
| Skagway was the starting point of the great 1896 Klondyke gold rush. In three months it went from a single cabin to 15,000 residents. After the mining rush ended, the town dwindeled to its present day population of around 800 residents. |
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