What is Dawson City, Yukon?
[[File:Yukon hotel, Dawson.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Dawson, Yukon]] '''Dawson City''' is a place in [[Yukon]]. It used to be a city, but is not one anymore. It is the second-largest place in Yukon, after [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]], and has 1,577 people. Dawson was at its biggest during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]] of 1898, and served as a base for mining. Many people became rich not from finding gold, but from running boarding houses/general stores because of good business from all of the miners. It was the capital of Yukon from 1898 to 1952. {{multistub|Geo|Canada}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Settlements in Yukon]]