Tr'ondëk-Klondike
A World Heritage landscape around Dawson City in Yukon, honouring the homeland of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the sites of the Klondike Gold Rush. Fish camps, mining remains and the town itself show how the rush of 1896 changed the region.
- Where
- Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 64.0000, -139.0000
Get the Tr'ondëk-Klondike stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tr'ondëk-Klondike. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Yukon volume with your photos and a note.
Near Tr'ondëk-Klondike
Mount Logan 389 km
Canada's highest mountain at 5,959 metres, in Kluane National Park in the Yukon. It has an enormous base with many ridges, and it was first climbed in 1925. The summit plateau is huge and cold, and the mountain lies in an icy wilderness reached mostly by ski plane.
Kluane National Park and Reserve 399 km
Two protected areas in the southwest corner of Yukon, with the park reserve set aside in 1972. The area covers more than 22,000 square kilometres of icefields and mountains, including Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan.
SS Klondike 418 km
A sternwheeler on the bank of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, and a National Historic Site. The second boat of that name, it carried freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River.
Denali National Park 565 km
More than 24,000 square kilometres of Interior Alaska, larger than New Hampshire, centred on Denali, the highest mountain in North America. The land rises from taiga forest through tundra to glaciers and bare rock, crossed in winter by dog sleds and skiers.
Glacier Bay National Park 599 km
A great bay in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau, ringed by mountains and tidewater glaciers that break off into the sea. First protected as a national monument in 1925, it is best seen from the water, where boats pass humpback whales and walls of ice.
Nahanni National Park Reserve 718 km
A remote wilderness reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, reached mainly by floatplane or river. It protects the South Nahanni River, which drops over Virginia Falls, a cascade higher than Niagara Falls.
Great Bear Lake 871 km
The largest lake entirely inside Canada, in the Northwest Territories on the Arctic Circle. The Sahtu Dene community of Deline sits on its shore, and the lake is known for huge trout and cold, clear water.
Great Slave Lake 1,287 km
The deepest lake in North America at 614 metres, in the Northwest Territories. Yellowknife stands on its north shore, and in winter the ice is thick enough to carry an ice road.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yukon
Questions
Where is Tr'ondëk-Klondike?
Tr'ondëk-Klondike is in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Logan (389 km), Kluane National Park and Reserve (399 km), SS Klondike (418 km).
How do I get the Tr'ondëk-Klondike stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tr'ondëk-Klondike and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Yukon volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Tr'ondëk-Klondike before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Yukon volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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