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Typical Month
July
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Duration
3 days
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Size
small
About Skagway Municipality Fair
The Skagway Municipality Fair in Skagway celebrates the gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush — Skagway's Chilkoot Trail carried 100,000 gold seekers over the coastal mountains in 1897-1898, and today the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park's remarkably preserved Victorian boomtown buildings and the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway define one of America's most dramatic heritage tourism destinations.
What to Expect
Expect a small community fair with Klondike Gold Rush heritage exhibits, White Pass & Yukon Route Railway displays, local food vendors, and the frontier spirit of a community that welcomes cruise ship visitors while maintaining a year-round population under a thousand.
Visitor Tips
Skagway's Broadway Street is an extraordinarily intact 1897-1900 boomtown streetscape preserved by the National Park Service. The White Pass & Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway still runs over the White Pass on the historic route, offering one of North America's most spectacular train excursions. The Chilkoot Trail is a 33-mile backcountry experience through gold rush history.
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