Klondike Facts

The Dawson City Nuggets were a hockey team from Dawson City that challenged the reigning champion Ottawa Senators, also known as The Silver Seven in January, 1905, for the Stanley Cup.  Unfortunately, they suffered the most lopsided single-game defeat in the history of Stanley Cup play.

Images of Dawson City Events

Calendar of Events

Discovery Days Festival
Aug 11-16, 2010
A week of special events celebrating Dawson City including games, races, movies, a parade, and much more!
www.dawsoncity.ca

10th Annual Yukon Riverside Arts Festival
Aug 12-15, 2010
An annual summer event that is part of Dawson City's Discovery Days weekend. The venue is parkland adjacent to the mighty Yukon River with participating artists coming from across the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
www.kiac.org/artsfest

Authors on Eighth
Aug 12, 2010
Writers' contest prior to the event with the winners receiving prizes and awards at Robert Service, Jack London and Pierre Berton residences.
www.dawsoncity.ca

Tombstone Mammal Days
Tombstone Park Interpretive Centre; KM 72.5 of the Dempster Highway
Aug 19-21, 2010

www.dempstercountry.ca

Weekend on the Rocks
Tombstone Mountain Campground - Km 72 Dempster Highway
Sep 3-5, 2010


Great Klondike International Outhouse Race
Sep 4, 2010
If you don't happen to own one, that's okay - we can rent one to you! Teams race and perform a scavenger hunt in decorated outhouses on wheels through the streets of Dawson City. Arrive at the finish in speed or style.
www.dawsoncity.ca

Tombstone Lichen and Fungi Weekend
Tombstone Park Interpretive Centre; KM 72.5 of the Dempster Highway
Sep 4-5, 2010

www.dempstercountry.ca

Dawson City Events 2010

For a look at the upcoming events in 2010, click the photo below.