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Congratulations to the winners of the Trivia Game!
Dianne Borin, Chris Bookless, Winnie Chung, Kang Chen and Steve
Bilyea, were the first five people to submit the correct response
for the trivia game in the last issue. The photo corresponds
to a street in downtown Dawson City, Yukon. Thank you to all
the other participants who submitted their guesses.
The townsite was named in January
1897 after noted Canadian geologist
George
M. Dawson, who had explored and mapped the region in 1887.
Dawson City was incorporated in 1902 when it met the criteria
for "city" status
under the municipal act of that time and then as a "town" in
the 1980s, although with a special provision to allow it to continue
to use the word "City", partially for historic reasons,
partially to distinguish it from Dawson
Creek, a small city in
northeastern British
Columbia which is at mile 0 of the Alaska
Highway. Dawson Creek is also named in honour of George
M. Dawson.
This led the territorial government to post the following signs
at the boundaries of the town: "Welcome to the Town of the
City of Dawson".
The current population is approximately
2,022. Most of Dawson's buildings look old-fashioned; all new
construction must follow this policy. The area draws some 60,000
visitors each year.
Learn more about Dawson City: http://www.cityofdawson.com/
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