Dawson City
Population 1,577 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Canada
- January: 5 h 26 of daylight
- February: 8 h 39 of daylight
- March: 11 h 42 of daylight
- April: 15 h 04 of daylight
- May: 18 h 22 of daylight
- June: 20 h 58 of daylight
- July: 19 h 42 of daylight
- August: 16 h 25 of daylight
- September: 13 h 04 of daylight
- October: 9 h 51 of daylight
- November: 6 h 33 of daylight
- December: 4 h 16 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Dawson City Firefighters Museum Museum · 80 m
- S.S. Keno Museum · 480 m
- Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre Attraction · 310 m
- Father Judge Memorial Memorial · 390 m
- Casino Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall Attraction · 600 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Yukon Quest
February
The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, switching directions each year.
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Golf Tournaments
June, August
Dawson City Golf Course organizes some summer golf tournaments
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Discovery Day Celebrations
August
This weekend festival in Dawson City typically includes these activities: a parade (route: Front St., Church St., Fifth Avenue, King St.) of floats with an after parade at the Front St.
3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Dawson City); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.