Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Seattle Gateway to Gold

Gold! read the headlines in July of 1897. After years of struggling through a depression, the people of the nation were intrigued by the possibility of riches. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves the story of the 1897-98 stampede to the Yukon gold fields and Seattle’s role in this event. The park offers a glimpse at the stories of adventure and hardship of the gold rush.

Visiting Seattle

Things to Do and See at the Park

Yukon Alaska Pacific Exposition

Beginning sometime in June the park will host an exhibit coinciding with the centennial celebration of Seattle's first world fair.
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		Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park In 1996 the international significance of the Klondike Gold Rush was officially recognized by Canada and the United States with the creation of the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park. The Seattle unit, located in the Pioneer Square Historic District, commemorates the origin for many of the stampeders who headed off to the Klondike region. Other units making up the international park include the Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska and the Canadian parks, Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site and Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Sites.

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319 Second Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone

Visitor Information
(206) 220-4240

Fax

(206) 381-0664

Climate

Moderately warm dry short summers mid-July - Early September, cool cloudy and occasionally wet weather the rest of the year. Normal summer temperatures mid-70's to 55. Winters are cool and wet mid-40's to high 20's. Snow in downtown rarely last a day or two, but within a few miles of downtown snow depths can be over 10 feet deep.

Often confused with the wetter coastal Northwest climate, Seattle's annual precipitation ranges from 30 to 36 inches. Most of this falls from mid-September till June often as light to moderate showers.