. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ushotels providing ample first-class accommodation for tourists. In the principal business and residential sections of thecity are wide and substantially built sidewalks, upon whichpedestrians can walk along the different avenues from one endof the city to the other. The Canadian Yukon Telegraph lineextends from the boundary line 100 miles north of Dawson toVancouver, a distance of over 2,000 miles. There is a morningand an evening newspaper, and each issue contains a greateramount of telegraphic despatches than can be found in anypaper on the
. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ushotels providing ample first-class accommodation for tourists. In the principal business and residential sections of thecity are wide and substantially built sidewalks, upon whichpedestrians can walk along the different avenues from one endof the city to the other. The Canadian Yukon Telegraph lineextends from the boundary line 100 miles north of Dawson toVancouver, a distance of over 2,000 miles. There is a morningand an evening newspaper, and each issue contains a greateramount of telegraphic despatches than can be found in anypaper on the American continent published in a city of twicethe population of Dawson. There is telephonic communica-tion with all the principal creeks in the Klondike district, andiiiiiiors fifty miles from Dawson can at once connnunicate withany of the hnsiiicss houses in the city. From Diiwsoii tourists cau visit any part of the Klondikegold-fielils, and see tlic famous claims on Bonanza and Eldoradowhich liavc pioduced such enonnous wealth. Within a short. Gi:]SrERAL IXFOKMATIOX ]]!• distnnce of Dawson tlic visitor cnn sec the vai-ious modes ofplacer mining-, Inige dredges handling every day thousands ofcubic yards of auriferous gravel, and hillsides being washeddown by hydraulicking. A splendid trip can also Ik- made iipthe Stewart river as far as Fraser falls on the steamer Vrus-pector. If, however, the time of the traveller is limited, a fewdays can be spent in Dawson, and the journey down the Yidvoncan be resumed on some of the lower river steamers to On the 21st of June hundreds of people climb themountain behind Dawson to see the midnight sun, which dis-appears only for a short time. On the lower river, however, assoon as the steamerenters the Arctic circle, the sun can be seenthe whole twenty-four hours. The scenery on the lower riversomewhat resembles the scenery between Whitehorse andDawson, with the exception of the Yukon flats. On this stretchof the route the r
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