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ID: 1016187
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016187
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dawson (inhabited place)  Dawson (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 64 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 64.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 139 24 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -139.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Located at confluence of Klondike & Yukon rivers; named after geologist-explorer George N Dawson; boomed with discovery of gold at nearby Bonanza Creek in 1896; flourished during Klondike Gold Rush, but declined rapidly afterwards; known for cold climate.

Names:
Dawson (preferred,C,V,O)
Dawson City (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yukon Territory (territory)  ............  Yukon Territory (territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Dawson (inhabited place)  ................  Dawson (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established ca. 1896
town (C)
transportation center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of territory, 1896-1952; then capital was moved to Whitehorse
boomtown (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Dawson..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -563371
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 53
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 319
Dawson City..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1: 229
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -563371
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:229; 1: 229
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -563371
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 53
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 319
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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