Dyea, Alaska

Skagway

Dyea / daɪ.i ː / is an abandoned gold mining town in Alaska in the north of the Inside Passage at the mouth of the Taiya River in the Taiya Inlet.

History

The region around Dyea was over millennia home to the Tlingit Indians, but moved during the Klondike Gold Rush, the late 19th century in the public eye. Dyea was for the prospectors next to the adjacent Skagway port of destination and starting point for the overland route to Dawson over the Chilkoot Pass.

1898, the marriage of the Gold Rush, Dyea had 8,000 inhabitants, 48 hotels, 47 restaurants, 39 saloons and 19 carriers. However, when the launching of Skagway White Pass and Yukon Railway was taken over the White Pass into operation on 20 July 1898 Dyea rapidly lost importance. Many buildings were dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere or used as firewood. 1903 were still alive six people in the city. Today, Dyea, are obtained from the only remains of the cemetery from the avalanche at Chilkoot Pass on 3 April 1898 part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.