RPPC Skagway Alaska street scene H Boas General Merchandise Gold Rush Photo

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RPPC Skagway Alaska street scene H Boas General Merchandise town being built
Skagway
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ˈ
s
k
æ
ɡ
w
eɪ
/
is a first-class
borough
in
Alaska
, on the
Alaska Panhandle
. As of the
2010 census
, the population was 920.
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2
]
However, the population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with more than 900,000 visitors.
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3
]
It was formerly a city (urban Skagway located at
59°27′30″N
135°18′50″W
) first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007.
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The port of Skagway is a popular stop for
cruise ships
, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. The
White Pass and Yukon Route
narrow gauge railroad
, part of the area's mining past, is now in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months. Skagway is also part of the setting for
Jack London
's book
The Call of the Wild
and for
Joe Haldeman
's novel
Guardian
.
Skagway
is derived from
shԍagéi
, a
Tlingit
idiom
which
figuratively
refers to rough seas in the
Taiya Inlet
, that are caused by strong north winds
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