Dawson City, Yukon

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

That would make your blood run cold;

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

I cremated Sam McGee.

Robert Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee

In the year of 1896 gold was discovered in Rabbit Creek, an event that changed the history of the Yukon forever. The discovery triggered what was probably the world's greatest gold rush stampede. Nearly 100,000 souls descended on a muddy pasture which by 1898 would be a modern town called Dawson City.

Today it still represents the adventure and character that was the Klondike Gold Rush. The streets of this city inspired world famous authors like Jack London and the poet Robert Service.