Native Americans settled in the Skagway area long before people started using Indian trails to get to gold in the Yukon territory. Click here for history of the area. We were docked in Skagway about 8 hours.
At the height of the gold rush in 1898 Skagway swelled to a population of about 20,000. As the gold supply dwindled, people left Skagway for new gold fields. About 1,000 people live in Skagway today. 
Approaching Skagway - lots of other ships had the same idea!
Below - our ship, Ruby Princess is on the left
Ruby Princess
Most of the downtown is an historic district
top - Railroad building
Camp Skagway No. 1 Building, established in 1899.
This was an association of gold speculators & miners.
The facade has more than 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Our son and his family had an adventure on a glacier
Glacial ice is blue because ... click here
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Click here for interesting information about Skagway. It popped up when I searched on "what do people in Skagway do in the winter?"
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