Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (partial)

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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a U.S. national historical park preserving key sites, trails, and stories of the 1897–1898 Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska and the Yukon.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf national historical park
protected area
tourist attraction
administeredBy National Park Service
category National Historical Parks of the United States
Parks established in 1976
Protected areas of Skagway, Alaska
country United States
establishedBy United States Congress
hasPart Chilkoot Trail Unit
Dyea Townsite
Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum
Moore Homestead
Seattle Unit
Skagway Historic District
Visitor Center in Seattle
Visitor Center in Skagway
White Pass Unit
hasTheme U.S.–Canada cross-border history
commerce and boomtowns
gold rush history
migration and settlement
transportation and trails
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark District
inception 1976
locatedIn Alaska
Chilkoot Trail
Dyea, Alaska
Pioneer Square, Seattle
Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED
Skagway, Alaska NERFINISHED
White Pass Trail
locatedInProtectedArea Inside Passage region of Alaska
locatedOn Lynn Canal
mainSubject Klondike Gold Rush
nearestCity Skagway, Alaska NERFINISHED
offersActivity backpacking
hiking
historic walking tours
museum exhibits
ranger-led programs
purpose interpretation of Klondike Gold Rush history
preservation of historic sites
protection of cultural resources
protection of natural resources
significantEvent 1897–1898 Klondike Gold Rush
traversedBy Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada (contiguous trail system)

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Skagway
hasHeritageDesignation
Municipality of Skagway Borough ("Skagway Historic District")
hasHistoricDistrict
Municipality of Skagway Borough ("Klondike Gold Rush gateway")
historicalSignificance

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