back to Alaska map TRANSLATE 7. Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory with a population of 22.000 inhabitants is situated at the shore of the Yukon River. For the first time the Klondike-Goldrush brought people in the lowlands nearby the notoriously Whitehorse-Rapids, which owe the city her name. The paddle steamer "SS-Klondike". 200 of these consorted between 1866 and 1955 on the Yukon and his tributaries.

Whitehorse (Photo by Gerhard Lang 6.9.2009)

move on:    1. Anchorage   2. Katmai N.P.   3. Homer    4. Seward  5. Denali N.P.   6. Dawson City    7. Whitehorse      8. Kluane N.P.    9. Valdez

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