The Klondike Gold Rush - The Palace Grand Theatre
Most buildings in Dawson City today, look much like they did during the Klondike Gold Rush. The centrepiece to them all is The Palace Grand Theatre.
Yukon Paranormal, Episode 3- The Palace Grand- Ghosts of the Klondike
Dawson City is one of the Yukon’s most popular destinations and one of its most haunted!
Located at the end of the North Klondike Highway, and the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers in Dawson City, the Palace Grand Theatre is one of the establishments that helped Dawson earn the nickname “Paris of the North.” Built in 1899 by the larger–than-life Arizona Charlie, the Palace Grand is a stunning theatre full of many stories and more than one ghost.
Dawson City Yukon Canada
A walk around Dawson City, visiting the Dawson City Museum and Jack London's Cabin, and a vaudeville show at Diamond Gertie's. Interesting buildings include the The Court House (1901), Commissioner's Residence (1901), St Paul's Anglican Church (1902), Yukon Hotel (1898), St Andrews Presbyterian Church (1901), The Dawson Daily News, The Palace Grand Theatre (1899), The Bank Of British North America (1898). The SS Keno Is A Preserved Historic Sternwheel Paddle Steamer.
Comedian George Maratos at the Palace Grand in Dawson City
Stand up comedian George Maratos performs at the historic Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson City, Yukon as part of the 2013 Break Up Comedy Festival.
video by: Aaron Worniak
Retracing the Klondike Gold Rush - The Yukon, Canada
Known for its wilderness landscapes, wildlife and striking natural phenomena, the Yukon in north-west Canada is larger than life. This is a land rich with dramatic mountain vistas, wild rivers and crystal clear lakes. Southern Yukon has vast forests as far as the eye can see, and in North Yukon the tundra rolls on forever. In summer, you can enjoy the midnight sun extending your fun into the wee hours and in winter you won't want to miss the mystery of the northern lights. However, what makes the Yukon so well known is gold.
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush took place at the end of the nineteenth century. Thousands of people streamed into the Yukon in search of gold and, at the peak of the gold rush, Dawson City was the biggest city north of Seattle and west of Winnipeg. Writers of the time in particular helped to immortalise the heady days of the gold rush. You can still see many signs of the gold rush when you visit, whether you hike the famous Chilkoot Trail or visit the historic city of Dawson, where the Palace Grand Theatre and Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall put on nightly shows in true gold rush style.
Is it still possible to find gold in the Yukon?
Are you feeling lucky? There's still plenty of gold out there. It's just a matter of looking in the right place. Tour companies in Dawson City offer gold panning tours. If you're more serious, you'll need to check with Yukon Government about where you're permitted to pan.
Day 2 of wedding celebrations at Grand Palace Theater Dawson City YT
Dawson City ~ KVA
postcard from Dawson
Retracing the Klondike Gold Rush
Known for its wilderness landscapes, wildlife and striking natural phenomena, the Yukon in north-west Canada is larger than life. This is a land rich with dramatic mountain vistas, wild rivers and crystal clear lakes.
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Dawson, Yukon, Canada
Dawson city was the largest city north of San Francisco. The succesful gold miners spent fortunes on grand living in the hotels, dance halls,saloons,and other establishments, including those that offered the services of young ladies who were specially imported to the gold rush capital. In 1962, Canada decided to restore some of the buildings since the Gold Rush and turn the Dawson into a tourist mecca.
Yukon - The Last Rush (trailer ENG)
ENGLISH: The discovery of huge deposits of gold in Yukon (Canada) during the last years of the 1800 has drawn thousands of people from every country in the world. The documentary covers the history of gold diggers and as the activities of extraction have succeeded and modified for over a century coming to our days.
A town, called Dawson City, born from nothing in a remote area of Canadian forests following the discovery of gold, even today lives in basing its economy mostly on the mining of precious metal. During the last years it is growing the interest to all the history that passed trough these places, well described by the famous writer Jack London, and that has been actracting many tourists throughout the year.
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ITALIAN: La scoperta di immensi giacimenti d'oro nello Yukon (Canada) durante gli ultimi anni dell'Ottocento ha richiamato migliaia di persone da tutto il mondo. Si ripercorre la storia dei cercatori d'oro e come le attività di estrazione aurifera sul posto si siano succedute e modificate per oltre un secolo arrivando fino ai giorni nostri. Una città, Dawson City, nata dal nulla in un'area sperduta delle foreste canadesi a seguito della scoperta dell'oro, vive ancora oggi basando la propria economia prevalentemente sull'estrazione del prezioso metallo ma si sta facendo tesoro anche di tutta la storia che è passata per quei luoghi, ben descritta dal famoso scrittore Jack London, valorizzando l'aspetto turistico e attraendo moltissimi turisti durante tutto l'anno.
The Road Goat 15000 [E07: Leg 7 - Whitehorse to Dawson City]
Av & Swob journey 15,000kms in 75 days oscillating around Canada.
Disclaimer: This video is made under the premise of fair use and is not made for profit. The music included remains the copyright of the respective individuals and companies that made it.
Madame Gandhi - Dawson City Music Festival 2018
Madame Gandhi at the Palace Grand Theatre
Dawson City, Yukon
July 19th, 2018
Song: Gandhi Blues by Madame Gandhi
Video by Nina Vroemen
The Future Is Female.
Kiran, who performs as Madame Gandhi, is an electronic music artist and activist based in Los Angeles. She studied mathematics at Georgetown University and worked as the first ever data analyst at Interscope Records before going on to receive her MBA from Harvard. Having gained recognition as the former drummer for artists M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, and as the viral free-bleeding runner at the 2015 London Marathon, Madame Gandhi now produces music that elevates and celebrates the female voice. In 2016, she released her EP Voices which reached number #8 on the Spotify U.S. Viral Top 50 Chart and in 2017, she toured as the opening act for Ani DiFranco. Madame Gandhi is currently working on her debut full-length album and has completed 2 more marathons since London.
Dawson City Breakdown by Brandon Isaak
Yukon Slim aka Brandon takes a walk through his home territory of Yukon in the old gold rush town of Dawson City. Filmed while in Dawson City playing 2 shows at the old Palace Grand Theatre built in 1889 by Arizona Charlie.
Haunted Places in The Yukon
From Whitehorse to Dawson, Watson Lake to Haines Junction, there is something historic and haunting to be found anywhere you go in the Land of the Midnight Sun. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our list of the most haunted places in the Yukon! Enjoy!
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PSM V55 D176 Dawson and klondike city in 1898 by Unknown (
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Diamond Tooth Gerties
Dawson City, Yukon
The Northwest Mounted Police in the Klondike
A one hour audio program with voices, music, sound and narration by Les McLaughlin describing the important role of the Northwest Mounted Police during the Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Rag preview.mov
canadianamusical.com The Klondike Rag has been seen live by over 250,000 people. When down and out vaudeville performers hear about the discovery of Klondike gold, the rush is on! But when they unearth no gold and face starvation, the Flim-Flam Brothers must resurrect their failed vaudeville show at the newly built Palace Grand Theatre in Dawson City.
With Soapy Smith, Sam Steele, Arizona Charlie Meadows, Klondike Kate, and a cast of incorrigible wheeler dealers, this rollicking Ragtime musical is a fast and furious turn of the century vaudeville comedy written by the Ragtime Kid from the Palace Grande Theatre in Dawson City: Allen Desnoyers. Clip features actors Ross Douglas and Brad Gillard.
GrammyandPaisleyplayingwithMice.AVI
Taken with digital camera (no sound, sorry) during our visit to Texas in November 2008. Grammy had a box of mice puppets that you put your fingers in the mice and the lid on the box for tons of fun! Paisley was very impressed. (Somehow the mice puppets traveled back to Canada with us... oops)
Fred Penner and friends perform Big Yellow Taxi @ 2010 Dawson City Music Festival
Fred Penner, The Good Lovelies, Dan Mangan and Pat LePoidevin perform Big Yellow Taxi at The Palace Grand Theatre during the 2010 Dawson City Music Festival
Dawson City
Klondike gold rush heritage and memories of gold diggers trying their luck in this remote territory at the end of the 19th century.