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Dyea, AK

USA / Alaska / Skagway /
 place with historical importance, invisible
Dyea is a former town in Skagway Borough, Alaska. It is located at the convergence of the Taiya River and Taiya Inlet on the south side of the Chilkoot Pass.

Dyea was a Boom-town during the 1898 Yukon Klondike Gold Rush, serving as a staging point for prospectors traveling on the Chilkoot trail to Dawson.

Nothing remains of the former town today except for scraps of wood on the ground, though a few people live on small homesteads in the valley.

See also:
explorenorth.com/alaska/dyea.html
www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/skagdyea.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilkoot_Trail_tramways
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyea,_Alaska
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Coordinates:   59°30'0"N   135°21'26"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago