Dawson City Audio Guide
Credits & References
The Dawson City Audio Guide was developed by the Klondike Visitors Association
Credits
Special Thanks
Dylan Meyerhoffer (Parks Canada)
Alex Somerville (Dawson City Museum)
Glenda Bolt (Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre)
Jody Beaumont, Georgette McLeod, Kylie Van Every, Allie Winton (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government)
Recording Technician
Matt Sarty
Script Writer
Tara Borin
Voice Actors
Liam Balmer: Fort Herchmer, KTM Building, Midnight Dome
Tara Borin: Moosehide Slide, St. Andrew's Church and Manse, St. Paul's Anglican Church
Andy Cunningham: Billy Bigg's Blacksmith Shop/West's Machine Shop, Dawson City Fire Department, Yukon Hotel
Louise Dumayne: Canadian Bank of Commerce, The Caley Building, Yukon River Crossing
Tracy Erman: Bank of British North America, Former Territorial Courthouse, Oak Hall
Jeffrey Mackie: Lowe's Mortuary, Strait's Auction House/Guns & Ammo Building
Karen Murray: Harrington's Store, Paul Denhardt Cabin, St. Mary's Catholic Church
Joey O’Neil: BYN Ticket Office, Dawson City Museum/Old Territorial Administration Building, S.S. Keno
Erin Pasloski: Minto Park, Visitor Information Centre/Northern Commercial Company Store
Asia Procee: Moosehide Village, Ruby's Place, Tr'ochëk
Krystal Profeit: Bombay Peggy’s, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Dawson City Dyke and Waterfront Park
Yasmine Renaud: Red Feather Saloon, Yukon Rose, Yukon School of Visual Arts
Paul Robitaille: Robert Service Cabin, The Westminster Hotel
Gaby Sgaga: Midnight Sun Hotel, Paddlewheel Graveyard, Third and King Intersection
Robin Sharp: KIAC/Dënäkär Zho, Third Avenue Hotel Complex/Kissing Buildings, Yukon Order of Pioneers
Grace Snider: Carnegie Library/Masonic Temple, Dawson Daily News, Yukon Sawmill Company
Amy Soloway: Diamond Tooth Gerties/Arctic Brotherhood Hall, Jack London Museum
Terrie Turai: Commissioner's Residence, Palace Grand Theatre
References
Bank of British North America
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 158-59
Billy Biggs Blacksmith Shop/West’s Machine Shop
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 184-185
Gates, Michael, "When the boiler man came to Dawson," Yukon News, Deb. 18, 2009
Bombay Peggy’s
“About Us”, Bombay Peggy’s
Purvis, Mifi, “In Search of Bombay Peggy”, Up Here Magazine, July/August 2003
BYN Ticket Office
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 133-35
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Rudyk, Mike, “Work continues to restore Dawson City’s old CIBC building”, CBC News, August 18, 2018
“Century-old cheques found in Dawson City’s historic CIBC building,” CBC News, September 29, 2015
“Dawson City settles dispute over old CIBC building,” CBC News, Feb. 9, 2013
Ashcroft, Sheila, “Historic Yukon Commerce Bank on the Ropes”, Heritage Canada, Winter 2007
Carnegie Library/Masonic Temple
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook pg 203
Eve, Dennis M., “Freemasonry in the Yukon Territory,” Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
Commissioner’s Residence
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 233-35
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
Glenda Bolt, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
“Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre,” What’s Up Yukon
“Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre,” Kobayashi+Zedda
Dawson City Dyke and Waterfront
Davidson, Dan, “Why does Dawson Need a Dike?” What’s Up Yukon, July 17, 2014
Davidson, Dan, “A Look at Dawson’s Dike”, What’s Up Yukon, May 10, 2012
Gates, Michael, “The day the United States bombed Dawson City,” Yukon News, May 5, 2017
Dawson City Fire Department
Koblun, Jayson, “Dawson City Fire,” Canadian Firefighter, June 14, 2018
“Our History,” Dawson City Firefighter Museum
Spotswood, Ken, “The History of Dawson City, Yukon,” ExploreNorth Blog
Dawson City Museum/Old Territorial Administration Building
“Old Territorial Administration Building NHS of Canada”, Canada’s Historic Places
“About the Dawson City Museum”, The Dawson City Museum
“Old Territorial Administration Building National Historic Site of Canada”, Parks Canada History eLibrary
Dawson Daily News
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 172-173
Gates, Michael, “Klondike Sun donates film photo archive to Dawson City museum,” Yukon News, Aug. 12, 2016
Diamond Tooth Gerties
Spotswood, Ken, “The History of Diamond Tooth Gerties”
Former Territorial Couthouse
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook pg 236
“Former Territorial Court House National Historic Site,” Parks Canada: Klondike National Historic Sites
“Original carpenters’ signatures uncovered in historic Dawson City building,” CBC News, Feb. 6, 2018
Davidson, Dan, “Bringing New Life into Old Buildings,” What’s Up Yukon, Sept. 24, 2015
Fort Herchmer
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 241-245
“Fort Herchmer,” Fort Wiki
Butts, Edward, "North-West Mounted Police," The Canadian Encylopedia, Last edited Dec. 6, 2016
Harrington’s Store
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 176
Jack London Museum
Spotswood, Ken, “History of Jack London’s Cabin”
“Jack London,” Wikipedia
Grant, Richard, “Gold Fever! Deadly Cold! And the amazing true adventures of Jack London in the wild,” Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2019
KIAC/Dënäkär Zho
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 209
“History of KIAC,” Klondike Institute of Art and Culture
“Dawson arts and culture building gets new Hän language name,” CBC News, Aug. 17, 2019
KTM Building
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 174-5
Lowe’s Mortuary
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 160-61
Midnight Dome
“Midnight Dome,” Sights and Sites of the Yukon
Midnight Sun Hotel
Rudyk, Mike, “Midnight Sun Hotel to rise again in Dawson City,” CBC News, May 9, 2019
Dawson City Blast from the Past Facebook group
Minto Park
“Minto Park,” Yukon Register of Historic Places, http://register.yukonhistoricplaces.ca/Place/4198
Skaarup, Harold, “Artillery in Canada, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory and Nunavut,” Military History Books, Dec. 21, 2020
Moosehide Slide
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Heritage Department
“Moosehide Slide”, Yukon Register of Historic Places
“Dawson City – 9th Ave Trail”, Sights and Sites of the Yukon
Moosehide Village
Moosehide Community Plan
Isaac, Pat, “The Goldrush Move to Moosehide,” and “Life at Moosehide,” Chief Isaac’s People of the River
Oak Hall
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 181-83
Paddlewheel Graveyard
Lundberg, Murray, “The Yukon River Sternwheeler Graveyard,” ExploreNorth Blog
Palace Grand Theatre
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 139-155
Paul Denhardt Cabin
“Paul Denhardt Cabin,” Yukon Register of Historic Places
Red Feather Saloon
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 156-7
Robert Service Cabin
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 188-189
“Robert Service Cabin,” Canada’s Historic Places
Ruby’s Place
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 162
“Ruby’s Place,” Parks Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations
S.S. Keno
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 89-97
St. Andrew’s Church and Manse
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 198
“St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,” Parks Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 200
“Dawson City: St. Mary’s Catholic Church,” Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse
St. Paul’s Anglican Church
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook pg 196-197
“Yukon Hostels: Dawson City and Whitehorse,” The Anglican Church of Canada
“St. Paul’s Hostel (Dawson City),” National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Keevil, Genesee, “Dawson residential school finally recognized by feds,” Yukon News, June 30, 2007
Strait’s Auction House/Guns & Ammo Building
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 202
Spotswood, Ken, “A History of Strait’s Auction House”
The Caley Building
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 208
Gates, Michael, "Mystery object shines light on Dawson's history," Yukon News, June 10, 2016
Third & King Intersection
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 164-171
"Post Office," Parks Canada Directory of Federal Heritage Designations
Third Avenue Hotel Complex/Kissing Buildings
McIntosh, Jil, “One Cool Thing: Abandoned hotel complex in Dawson City”, Toronto Star, June, 3, 2015
Tr’ochëk
Glenda Bolt, Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre
"Tr'ochëk," Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Heritage Department
McLaughlin, Les, “The Klondike Mines Railway,” Yukon Nuggets
Archibald, Margaret, “Grubstake to Grocery Store: Sypplying the Klondike, 1897-1907” Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 26
Visitor Information Centre/Northern Commercial Company Store
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 186
Westminster Hotel
Files from Parks Canada
Yukon Hotel
Parks Canada 1989 Guidebook, pg 206
Yukon Order of Pioneers
Lundberg, Murray, "Yukon Order of Pioneers," ExploreNorth Blog
MacBride Museum, "The law before there was law," Yukon News, June 23, 2020
Jones-Gates, Kathy, “Farewell to a true pioneer,” Yukon News, Mar. 19, 2010
Yukon River Crossing
Lundberg, Murray, “The Yukon River Ferry George Black”, ExploreNorth Blog
Davidson, Dan, “It’s Ice Pool Time”, What’s Up Yukon, April 11, 2018
Lundberg, Murray, “The Cassiar Asbestos ‘Skyline’ at Dawson City Yukon”, ExploreNorth Blog
Bennett, Gordon, “Yukon Transportation: A History”, Parks Canada History
Gates, Michael, “History Hunter: The old Dawson ferry and the man who built it”, Yukon News, Nov. 7, 2019
Yukon Rose
Lundberg, Murray, “Yukon Rose,” Explore North Blog
Gates, Michael, “One man’s efforts to keep the past afloat,” Yukon News, July 6, 2012
Yukon Sawmill Company
“Yukon Sawmill Company,” Yukon Register of Historic Places
Potoroka, Wayne, “Yukon Timber Rush,” Canadian Forest Industries, Nov. 30, 2011
Yukon School of Visual Arts
"About Us," Yukon School of Visual Arts
“History of KIAC,” Klondike Institute of Art and Culture
Davidson, Dan, “Congratulations SOVA!” What’s Up Yukon, Sept. 13, 2017