Dyea, Alaska

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Dyea, Alaska is a historic ghost town and former boomtown near Skagway that served as a major gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush via the Chilkoot Trail.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dyea, Alaska canonical 3
Dyea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost town ⓘ
historic townsite ⓘ
access gravel road from Skagway ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
associatedWithTrail Chilkoot Trail ⓘ
boomPeriod late 1890s ⓘ
climate maritime subarctic climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
declineCause completion of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway to Skagway ⓘ
declinePeriod around 1900 ⓘ
era American frontier period ⓘ
formerInfrastructure general stores ⓘ
hotels ⓘ
saloons ⓘ
wharves ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalValue yes ⓘ
hasFeature Chilkoot Trail trailhead ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
remains of townsite foundations ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site (U.S. portion) ⓘ
linked to: Chilkoot Trail
hasViewOf Taiya Inlet tidal flats ⓘ
heritageStatus protected historic landscape ⓘ
historicalRole gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
trailhead of the Chilkoot Trail ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Lynn Canal region ⓘ
linked to: Lynn Canal

Skagway Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Skagway Borough

Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
locatedNear Skagway, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Skagway
locatedOn Taiya Inlet ⓘ
Taiya River ⓘ
managedBy U.S. National Park Service ⓘ
namedFor Taiya River (variant spelling Dyea) ⓘ
originalEconomicBase gold rush transportation and outfitting ⓘ
partOf Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park ⓘ
peakFunction supply and staging center for stampeders ⓘ
populationStatus uninhabited townsite ⓘ
servedAs port town for gold rush stampeders ⓘ
transportRole starting point for overland route to Yukon goldfields ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park → locatedIn → Dyea, Alaska ⓘ
Chilkoot Trail → terminus → Dyea, Alaska ⓘ
Taiya Inlet → hasNearbySettlement → Dyea, Alaska ⓘ
Taiya River → nearbySettlement → Dyea ⓘ
linked to: Dyea, Alaska