Accommodations
Your Place to stay in Dawson City
Accommodations have come a long way in Dawson City since the early days of the gold rush, where wall tents and ramshackle cabins were the standard. Nowadays, the standards are such that you won’t even realize just how remote from the ordinary you really are. From decadent suites in boutique hotels to serene off-the-grid camp sites with great views, Dawson City has really got it all. While accommodations have been upgraded and modernized, they’ve managed to maintain the rustic, frontiers-like spirit that makes this town so great.
Your Place to stay in Dawson City
Accommodations in Dawson City run the gamut from campgrounds and rustic cabins, to hotels, bed and breakfasts and boutique accommodations. It is suggested to book before you visit, as rooms fill up quickly, especially during the busy summer season.
We also recommend calling the accommodations directly, as hotels do not post all of their availability online.
Did You Know?
Prices in Dawson were so high during the gold rush, even a nail cost twenty-five cents.
Did You Know?
In only one year– 1900– was more than a million ounces of gold taken out of the Klondike goldfields. At that time is was only worth $22 million.
Did You Know?
Dawson City is named after George Mercer Dawson, director of the Geological Survey of Canada and leader of the expedition that explored the region in 1887, with the purpose of surveying the Alaska boundary at the Yukon River.
Did You Know?
At the height of the gold rush, Dawson was so cut off and people so hungry for news, that even months old newspapers were auctioned off. Some kind people read their papers aloud in public.
Did You Know?
Tex Rickard, who went on to build Madison Square Gardens and start the New York Rangers, worked as a bartender in Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Did You Know?
For fifty-five years between the creation of the Yukon in 1898 and 1953, Dawson City was the capital of the Yukon.
Did You Know?
Before Dawson’s first bank opened in 1898, everything was paid for in gold nuggets and gold dust, carried around in caribou skin pouches called “pokes”.
