This national historic site pays tribute to an era of riverboat transportation. Riverboats brought virtually all goods into the region, as well as many of the newcomers. The site brings to life the history and the challenge of moving freight along the Yukon River. The S.S. Klondike was first built in 1929 and sank in 1936. It was rebuilt and launched in the spring of 1937 as the S.S. Klondike II, the largest and last of the sternwheelers. Learn More…

Visitors to the Yukon in winter will marvel at the stunning displays of the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis.

They light up the winter sky like magic ribbons of light dancing and undulating across the horizon.  The Aurora appear in different forms and intensities, almost always in wavering motions, and radiating many colours from pale yellow to lime green and passionate red.