Skagway Cruise Port
- Admission:Free
1:51 PM Sunday, May 27
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Nowadays Skagway is a scenic Alaskan cruise port, but 100 years ago it was the rough and ready gateway to the gold fields of the Klondike.
The gold-era history is tangible in Skagway, where downtown’s restored buildings form part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, and give the town a Wild West flavor.
Stroll the frontier-style wooden boardwalks and the main street, Broadway, lined with clapboard buildings, overlooked by snowcapped peaks and trotted along by old-style horse-led carriages.
Souvenir shops sell gold nuggets, crafts, artwork and curios, and popular cruise passenger tours head off to the Jewell Gardens and Glassworks. For destinations further afield, tours follow the Skagway River to Lower Dewey Lake.
The White Pass & Yukon Railroad narrow-gauge railway line climbs to the White Pass summit, following the route that took the pioneering gold miners to Whitehorse and the Yukon at the turn of the 20th century.
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This was an amazing experience. Bob our tour guide truley loves his job. We saw bear tracks bear scat, eagles, a brown bear and black bear. I highly recommend this excursion.( Better than sitting on a train.)
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Great Tour, our tour guide Bill was very nice and made tour a good laugh. The pick up/ drop off all went smoothly and I'd recommend the tour to anyone who is wanting to make the most out of their time in Skagway. Continue Reading »
The tour was pleasant .Bill was a good guide with good sense of humour. However, the seats were very narrow and the bus too crammed.
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The Skagway cruise port is at the bottom of Broadway, the town’s main street. Another dock is adjacent bordering the Lynn Canal.
Once you leave the ship, just follow your nose along Broadway and you’ll soon be in the heart of town.
