Editing Skagway, Alaska

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 | image_caption            = Aerial view of Skagway in 2009
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 | nickname                 = "Gateway to the Klondike"
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 | established_date         = 1897
 | established_title1       = Incorporated (city)
 | established_date1        = June 28, 1900
 | established_title2       = Incorporated (borough)
 | established_date2        = June 5, 2007
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 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_name              = Sam Bass<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skagway.org/clerksoffice/page/election-information|title=Municipality of Skagway Borough| publisher=skagway.org|access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>
 | leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
 | leader_name1             = [[Jesse Kiehl]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
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 | elevation_ft             = 33
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 | leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
 | leader_name2             = [[Sara Hannan]] (D)
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The '''Municipality and Borough of Skagway''' is a [[borough (Alaska)|borough]] in [[Alaska]] on the [[Southeast Alaska|Alaska Panhandle]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 1,240,<ref name="2020 Census Data">{{cite web | url = https://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/cen/2020-census-data.html | title = 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places | format = Web | publisher = State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development | access-date = October 31, 2021}}</ref> up from 968 in 2010.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/skagwaymunicipalityalaska|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large number of summer tourists each year.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007, it was previously a city (urban Skagway located at {{coord|59|27|30|N|135|18|50|W|scale:10000}}) in the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (now the [[Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]]).<ref name="autogenerated1">June 5, 2008, election, Skaguay News, summer edition, 2008. Page 17.</ref> The most populated community is the [[List of census-designated places in Alaska|census-designated place]] of Skagway.

[[File:Rail car in Skagway, Alaska.jpg|thumb|Rail car of the [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] in Skagway, Alaska]]

Skagway, on the [[Taiya Inlet]], was an important saltwater port during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]].  The [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge railroad]], part of the area's mining past, now in operation purely for the tourist trade and running throughout the summer months, has its starting point at the port of Skagway. Skagway is a popular stop for [[cruise ship]]s, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway.

Skagway is also the setting for part of [[Jack London]]'s book ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'', [[Will Hobbs]]'s book ''Jason's Gold'', and [[Joe Haldeman]]'s novel, ''Guardian''. The [[John Wayne]] film ''[[North to Alaska]]'' (1960) was filmed nearby.

The name ''Skagway'' (historically also spelled '''Skaguay''') is the English divergent of ''sha-ka-ԍéi'', a [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]] [[idiom]] which [[Literal and figurative language|figuratively]] refers to rough seas in the [[Taiya Inlet]], which are caused by strong north winds.<ref name="Thornton"/>  (''See'', "[[#Etymology and the Mythical Stone Woman|Etymology and the Mythical Stone Woman]]", below.)

==History==
{{See also|Skagway Historic District and White Pass|Alaska boundary dispute}}

===Etymology and the Mythical Stone Woman===
''Skagway'' is the English adaptation of ''sha-ka-ԍéi'',<ref name=SkagwayKrause>The earliest phonetic spelling was \Schkaguḗ\.  {{cite book|title=To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians 1881/1882|author=[[Aurel Krause|Krause, Aurel]], and Arthur Krause|publisher=University of Alaska Press|year=1993|isbn=978-0-912006-66-6}}, at page 202 (map).</ref> a Tlingit [[idiom]] which [[Literal and figurative language|figuratively]] refers to ''rough seas in the Taiya Inlet, that are caused by strong north winds''.<ref name=Thornton>"Most [1995-2002 Tlingit-speaking] informants … agreed that the name [''Skagway''] refers to the effect of the strong north wind on the waters of [[Lynn Canal]], which generates rugged seas and 'wrinkled up' waves."  {{cite book|title=Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment|author=Thornton, Thomas F.|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Interior|year=2004}}, at page 53.  The word which literally means ''rough seas'' is ''jiwsitaan''.  The phrase which means ''home of the north wind'' is ''xóon neili''.  {{cite book|url=https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dictionary-of-Tlingit.pdf|title=Dictionary of Tlingit|pages=231 (''TAAN jiwsitaan''), 446 (rough); 287 (''xóon''), 486 (wind); 197 (''neil''), 404 (home); 16 (When possessed, [[Inalienable possession|alienable nouns]] require the [[Possessive affix|possession suffix]] ''[y]i'')|author=Edwards|year=2009|access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref>  [[Literal translation|Literally]], ''sha-ka-ԍéi'' is a [[gerund|verbal noun]] which means ''pretty woman''.<ref name=Emmons>"[S]he was simply called Skagway ('the beautiful one')."  [[George T. Emmons|Emmons, George T.]] (unpublished, 1916).  ''History of Tlingit Tribes and Clans''.  [https://archive.today/20121127091129/http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-F0E601/view/Fonds/find%2Bemmons%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 B.C. Archives], ''reproduced in'', {{cite book|title=Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment|author=Thornton|year=2004}}, at page 19.</ref>  The verbal noun was derived from the Tlingit [[finite verb]] theme ''-sha-ka-li-ԍéi'', which means, in the case of a woman, ''to be pretty''.<ref name=Edwards1>''See'', {{cite book|url=https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dictionary-of-Tlingit.pdf|title=Dictionary of Tlingit|page=107 (This verb is used to describe a beautiful woman)|author=Edwards, Keri|publisher=Sealaska Heritage Institute|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9825786-6-7|access-date=September 14, 2015}}. The verbal noun was created by omitting the verb classifier "-li-". Without an adjacent verb classifier, a Tlingit verb root will become a verbal noun.  ''See'', ''Id.'' at page 328 ( | .áa | [without classifier] = ''sitting'' [verbal noun]).</ref>

The story behind the name is that ''Sha-ka-ԍéi'' or ''Skagway'' ["Pretty Woman"] was the [[nickname]] of Kanagoo, a [[Mythology|mythical]] woman who [[Shapeshifting|transformed]] herself into stone at Skagway Bay and who (according to the story) now causes the strong, channeled winds which blow toward [[Haines, Alaska]].<ref name=Krause>"A local myth is connected with a rock in the [Taiya] Valley which is supposed to be a woman turned to stone who, under the name of Kanuga [i.e., Kanagoo], is regarded as the bringer of wind.  In the months of February and March, 1882, when there were exceptionally strong winds, it was said among the Chilkat that Kanuga was angry ..." {{cite book|title=The Tlingit Indians|author1-last=Krause|author1-first=Aurel|author1-link=Aurel Krause|translator=Erna Gunther|translator-mask=Erna Gunther (translated 1956)|publisher=Univ. of Washington Press|year=1956}}, at page 185.  ''See'', ''also'', {{cite book|title=To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians|author1-last=Krause|author1-first=Aurel|author2-last=Krause|author2-first=Arthur|name-list-style=amp|year=1993}}, at pp. 158, 230 (note 22: “goddess Kanuga – A mythical woman who is supposed to have turned to stone and unleashes winds when angry; the rock is in the Taiya Valley.”); 120, 158, 202 (“Kanuga, the personified river that empties into the [Taiya] Valley” is also shown on the maps as ''Schkaguḗ'' [Skagway]); 195 (two bays in Taiya Inlet), 197-98 (Kanagu lives in the first bay); [[George T. Emmons|Emmons]] (1916). ''History of Tlingit Tribes and Clans'', ''reproduced in'', {{cite book|title=Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment|author=Thornton|year=2004}}, at page 19 ("[T]he name ''Skagway'' is reportedly derived from the following legend … 'The rock wall opened and she disappeared forever. But when the North wind blows down from the White Pass, laden with the chill of the north, it was believed to be the breath of her spirit …' ").  It is apparent that Kanagoo and Skagway are the same personage, and that ''Skagway'' is her nickname.  Tlingit given names were proprietary.  A phrase meaning ''pretty woman'' would not be proprietary, because it is a common and generic description that is applied to many people.  For that reason, ''Skagway'' [“pretty woman”] would be a nickname, and ''Kanagoo'' would be her given name.  ''See'', {{cite book|title=The Tlingit Indians|author=Emmons, George T.|publisher=University of Washington Press|year=1991|isbn=0-88894-744-5}}, at page 35 (“Personal names are the property of the clan …  Nicknames …  were given to men and women, derived from what they liked most …”).</ref>  The rough seas caused by these winds have therefore been referred to by the use of Kanagoo's nickname, ''Sha-ka-ԍéi'' or ''Skagway''.<ref name=MooreSkagway>“Ben” Moore described ''Skagway'' as “an Indian name the meaning of which would take too long to explain in detail.  ….  [T]he explanation of it, would require our English word called ‘wind’ to be used frequently.”  Ben certainly would have known the meaning of ''Skagway''.  He and [[William Moore (steamship captain)|his father]] founded Skagway, he was married to the daughter of a Tlingit chief from [[Klukwan, Alaska|Klukwan]], and he did business with the Tlingits.  For these reasons, Ben’s description of ''Skagway'' ’s meaning as “long”, “detail[ed]”, and “wind”-related is undoubtedly accurate.  And, the Kanagoo-related idiom definitely meets the criteria of “long”, “detail[ed]”, and “wind”-related.  ''See'', {{cite book|title=Skagway in Days Primeval: The Writings of J. Bernard Moore, 1886-1904|author=Moore, James Bernard|publisher=Lynn Canal Publishing|year=1997|isbn=0-945284-06-3}}, between pp. 96-97 (Aug. 2, 1904 Skagway speech: “S-k-a-g-u-a – Skagua, used to be spelled without the ‘w’ and ‘y’ ….  It is, of course, an Indian name …”).</ref>

The Kanagoo stone formation is now known as [[Face Mountain]], which is seen from Skagway Bay. The Tlingit name for Face Mountain is ''Kanagoo Yahaayí'' [Kanagoo's Image/Soul].<ref name=image>Arthur Krause had reported that "Kanagu … lives in [Skagway] bay."  {{cite book|title=To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit Indians|author=Krause and Krause|year=1993}}, at pp. 195, 197-98. Face Mountain's Tlingit name is ''Kanagoo Yahaayí''.  {{cite book|url=https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/placenames.pdf|title=Haa Léelk'w Hás Aaní Saax'ú|page=58|author=Thornton|year=2012|access-date=February 22, 2017}}  ''Yahaayí'' is an [[Inalienable possession|inalienable noun]], which may mean the ''image'' of the noun that precedes it, or the ''soul'' of the noun that precedes it.  {{cite book|url=https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dictionary-of-Tlingit.pdf|title=Dictionary of Tlingit|pages=317, 406, 460|author=Edwards|year=2009|access-date=September 14, 2015}} Face Mountain is a little of each.  From 1897 to 1985, the official name of Face Mountain was ''Parsons Peak''.  {{cite book|title=Dictionary of Alaska Place Names|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_0y48AQAAMAAJ|author=Orth|year=1967}}, at page 740 (Parsons Peak).  Nevertheless, people usually called it “Face Mountain” and therefore, in 1985, ''Face Mountain'' became the official name.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=hl83AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA11-PA1 ''Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States October through December 1985: Decision List No. 8584''. U.S. Dept. of Interior, at page 1] (Face Mountain).</ref>

===Early Skagway===
[[File:Skagway showing the wharves and harbor area, Alaska, ca 1898 (HEGG 665).jpeg|thumb|Skagway wharves and harbor {{circa|1898}} photo by [[Eric A. Hegg]]]]
One prominent resident of early Skagway was [[William Moore (steamship captain)|William "Billy" Moore]], a former steamboat captain. As a member of an 1887 boundary survey expedition, he had made the first recorded investigation of the pass over the [[Coast Mountains]], which later became known as White Pass. He believed that gold lay in the Klondike because it had been found in similar mountain ranges in [[South America]], [[Mexico]], [[California]], and [[British Columbia]]. In 1887, he and his son, J. Bernard "Ben" Moore, claimed a {{convert|160|acre|m2|adj=on}} homestead at the mouth of the [[Skagway River]] in Alaska. Moore settled in this area because he believed it provided the most direct route to the potential [[Gold mining|goldfield]]s. They built a log cabin, a sawmill, and a wharf in anticipation of future gold [[Prospecting|prospectors]] passing through.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

The boundary between Canada and the United States along the [[Alaska Panhandle]] was only vaguely defined then (see [[Alaska boundary dispute]]). There were overlapping land claims from the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 and British claims along the coast. Canada requested a survey after British Columbia united with it in 1871, but the idea was rejected by the United States as being too costly, given the area's remoteness, sparse settlement, and limited economic or strategic interest.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

[[File:Kirmses advertisement Skagway 2009.jpg|thumb|left|Gold Rush-era advertisements made on one of the mountains forming the eastern wall of the valley]]
The [[Klondike gold rush]] changed everything. In 1896, [[gold]] was found in the [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]] region of [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]]. On July 29, 1897, the steamer [[Queen (steamship)|''Queen'']] docked at Moore's wharf with the first boat load of prospectors. More ships brought thousands of hopeful miners into the new town and prepared for the 500-mile journey to the gold fields in Canada. Moore was overrun by lot jumping prospectors and had his land stolen from him and sold to others.<ref>{{citation|title=Skaguay News|edition=summer|year=2008|page=16<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed, if any -->}}</ref>
[[File:Cementerio de la fiebre del oro, Skagway, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-26, DD 42-44 PAN.jpg|thumb|Gold Rush Cemetery]]
The population of the general area increased enormously and reached 30,000, composed largely of American prospectors. Some realized how difficult the trek ahead would be en route to the gold fields, and chose to stay behind to supply goods and services to miners. Within weeks, stores, saloons, and offices lined the muddy streets of Skagway. The population was estimated at 8,000 residents during the spring of 1898 with approximately 1,000 prospective miners passing through town each week. By June 1898, with a population between 8,000 and 10,000, Skagway was the largest city in Alaska.<ref name="alaskatrekker">{{cite web|url=http://alaskatrekker.com/skagway.htm|title=Skagway Alaska|work=Alaska Trekker|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127072456/http://alaskatrekker.com/places-go/skagway-alaska/|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Due to the sudden influx of visitors to Skagway, some town residents began offering miners transportation services to aid them in their journeys to the Yukon, often at highly inflated rates. A group of miners upset with the treatment organized a town council to help protect their interests. But as the members of the council moved north to try their own hands at mining, control of the town reverted to the more unscrupulous, most notably [[Soapy Smith|Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith]].{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
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[[File:Red Onion Saloon.jpg|thumb|right|Corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue, built 2005]]
[[File:Broadway Avenue, Skagway, Alaska.jpg|thumb|right|Broadway Avenue, Skagway, in the early 1980s. [[Mount Harding (Alaska)|Mount Harding]] on right]]
[[File:Princess Cruiise Lines.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Diamond Princess (ship)|Diamond Princess]]'' (left) and ''[[Pacific Princess]]'']]

Between 1897 and 1898, Skagway was a lawless town, described by one member of the [[North-West Mounted Police]] as "little better than a hell on earth." Fights, prostitutes and liquor were ever-present on Skagway's streets, and con man "Soapy" Smith, who had risen to considerable power, did little to stop it. Smith was a sophisticated swindler who liked to think of himself as a kind and generous benefactor to the needy. He was gracious to some, giving money to widows and halting lynchings, while simultaneously operating a ring of thieves who swindled prospectors with cards, dice, and the [[shell game]]. His telegraph office charged five dollars to send a message anywhere in the world. Consequently, unknowing prospectors sent news to their families back home without realizing there was no telegraph service to or from Skagway until 1901.<ref>{{citation|title=Collier's Weekly|date=November 9, 1901}}</ref>

Smith also controlled a comprehensive [[spy]] network, a private militia called the Skaguay Military Company, the town newspaper, the Deputy U.S. Marshal's office and an array of thieves and con men who roamed about the town. Smith was finally shot and killed by Frank Reid and Jesse Murphy on July 8, 1898, in the famed [[Shootout on Juneau Wharf]]. Smith managed to return fire&nbsp;— some accounts claim the two men fired their weapons simultaneously&nbsp;— and Frank Reid died from his wounds twelve days later. Jesse Murphy is believed by some to be responsible for killing Smith, but the official coroner's inquest ruled "that said Smith [died] by reason of pistol wound piercing the heart. The said wound was the result of a pistol shot fired by one Frank H. Reid."<ref>Inquest Records, 1898–1935, Historic Records of the Office of the Magistrate, City of Skagway, Volume 55, Microfilm 176, Alaska State Archives, Juneau: "Inquest of Jeff R. Smith," p.&nbsp;6</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Jeff|title=Alias Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel|location=Juneau, Alaska|publisher=Klondike Research|year=2009|isbn=978-0-9819743-0-9}}</ref>

Smith and Reid are now interred at the Klondike Gold Rush Cemetery, also known as "Skagway's [[Boot Hill]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southeasttours.com/skagway_sightseeing_tours_yukon_skagway_alaska_tour_info.php|title=Skagway Spectacular Sightseeing Tours, Skagway Tours, Skagway Alaska Tours, Skagway Tour, Skagway Train Ride, White Pass, White Pass Railroad Train Ride, AK|work=southeasttours.com|access-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908074259/http://www.southeasttours.com/skagway_sightseeing_tours_yukon_skagway_alaska_tour_info.php|archive-date=September 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The prospectors' journey began for many when they climbed the mountains over the [[White Pass]] above Skagway and onward across the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] to [[Bennett Lake]], or one of its neighboring lakes, where they built barges and floated down the [[Yukon River]] to the gold fields around [[Dawson City]]. Others disembarked at nearby [[Dyea, Alaska|Dyea]], northwest of Skagway, and crossed northward on the [[Chilkoot Pass]], an existing Tlingit trade route to reach the lakes. The Dyea route fell out of favor when larger ships began to arrive, as its harbor was too shallow for them except at high tide. Officials in Canada began requiring that each prospector entering Canada on the north side of the White Pass bring with him one [[ton]] (909&nbsp;kg) of supplies, to ensure that he did not starve during the winter. This placed a large burden on the prospectors and the pack animals climbing the steep pass.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

In 1898, a 14-mile, steam-operated [[aerial tramway]] was constructed up the Skagway side of the White Pass, easing the burden of those prospectors who could afford the fee to use it. The [[Chilkoot Trail tramways]] also began to operate in the Chilkoot Pass above Dyea. In 1896, before the Klondike gold rush had begun, a group of investors saw an opportunity for a railroad over that route. It was not until May 1898 that the [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] began laying [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge railroad]] tracks in Skagway. The railroad depot was constructed between September and December 1898. This destroyed the viability of Dyea, as Skagway had both the deep-water port and the railroad. Construction of [[McCabe College]], the first school in Alaska to offer a college preparatory high school curriculum, began in 1899. The school was completed in 1900.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

By 1899, the stream of gold-seekers had diminished and Skagway's economy began to collapse. By 1900, when the railroad was completed, the gold rush was nearly over. In 1900, Skagway was incorporated as the first city in the Alaska Territory. Much of the history of Skagway was saved by early residents such as [[Martin Itjen]], who ran a tour bus around the historical town. He was responsible for saving and maintaining the gold- rush cemetery from complete loss. He purchased Soapy Smith's saloon (Jeff Smith's Parlor) from going the way of the wrecking ball, and placed many early artifacts of the city's early history inside and opened Skagway's first museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/historyculture/jeffsmithsparlor.htm|title=Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)|website=nps.gov|access-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref>

In July 1923, President [[Warren G. Harding]] visited Skagway while on his historic tour through Alaska. Harding was the first President of the United States to travel and tour Alaska while in office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skagway, Alaska&nbsp;... Then & Now|date=May 31, 2008 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/66733752@N00/2539667749|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Warren G. Harding - Life Facts|url=http://americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=28|publisher=C-SPAN|access-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000708130148/http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=28|archive-date=July 8, 2000}}</ref> The [[Canol pipeline]] was extended to Skagway in the 1940s where oil was shipped in by sea and pumped north.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

==Geography==
[[File:Holland America Lines Cruise Ship.JPG|thumb|A cruise ship docked in Skagway]]
Skagway is located at {{Coord|59|28|7|N|135|18|21|W|type:city}} (59.468519, −135.305962).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Skagway is located in a narrow glaciated valley at the head of the Taiya Inlet, the north end of the [[Lynn Canal]], which is the most northern [[fjord]] on the [[Alaska's Inside Passage|Inside Passage]] on the south coast of Alaska.<ref name="USDA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_037857.pdf|publisher=[[USDA]]|access-date=May 18, 2018|title=Skagway – Forest Service}}</ref> 
It is in the [[Alaska Panhandle|Alaska panhandle]] 90 miles northwest of [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], Alaska's capital city.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|464|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|452|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (2.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1"/> It is currently the smallest borough in Alaska, having taken the title away from [[Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska|Bristol Bay Borough]] at its creation.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

===Adjacent boroughs===
* [[Haines Borough, Alaska]]&nbsp;– south, west
* [[Stikine Region]], [[British Columbia]]&nbsp;– north, east

===National protected areas===
* [[Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park]] (part, also in [[Seattle, Washington]])
* [[Tongass National Forest]] (part)

[[File:Panorama of Skagway, Alaska, 1915.jpg|thumbnail|center|800px|Panoramic photograph of Skagway, c. 1915]]

===Climate===
Skagway has a humid continental climate ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dsb''). It is in the [[rain shadow]] of the coastal mountains, and though not as pronounced as the rain shadow in [[Southcentral Alaska]] in the valley of the [[Susitna River]], this still allows it to receive only half as much precipitation as [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] and only a sixth as much as [[Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska|Yakutat]]. Although winters are too cold for the classification, precipitation patterns resemble a [[mediterranean climate]] due to the summer precipitation minimum. The highest temperature recorded in Skagway is {{convert|92|F|C|1|disp=or}} in three separate years, most recently in 2019, and the lowest is {{convert|-24|F|C|1|disp=or}} on February 2, 1947.

North winds [[Prevailing winds|prevail]] at Skagway from November to March. South winds prevail from April to October.<ref name=PrevailWind>{{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435001070630&view=1up&seq=490&skin=2021|title=United States Coast Pilot: Alaska: Part I|page=474|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce|year=1932|access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Skagway, Alaska, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1898–present
| single line = Y

| Jan record high F = 55
| Feb record high F = 55
| Mar record high F = 63
| Apr record high F = 76
| May record high F = 82
| Jun record high F = 90
| Jul record high F = 92
| Aug record high F = 92
| Sep record high F = 83
| Oct record high F = 68
| Nov record high F = 56
| Dec record high F = 57
| year record high F =

| Jan avg record high F = 45.8
| Feb avg record high F = 46.1
| Mar avg record high F = 50.5
| Apr avg record high F = 62.5
| May avg record high F = 73.4
| Jun avg record high F = 79.0
| Jul avg record high F = 77.8
| Aug avg record high F = 77.0
| Sep avg record high F = 67.1
| Oct avg record high F = 56.6
| Nov avg record high F = 47.3
| Dec avg record high F = 45.3
| year avg record high F = 82.3

| Jan high F = 29.2
| Feb high F = 32.8
| Mar high F = 38.3
| Apr high F = 50.4
| May high F = 60.6
| Jun high F = 66.3
| Jul high F = 67.1
| Aug high F = 65.0
| Sep high F = 56.9
| Oct high F = 47.3
| Nov high F = 36.5
| Dec high F = 31.5
| year high F =

|Jan mean F = 24.7
|Feb mean F = 27.5
|Mar mean F = 31.6
|Apr mean F = 41.2
|May mean F = 50.4
|Jun mean F = 57.1
|Jul mean F = 59.1
|Aug mean F = 57.4
|Sep mean F = 50.4
|Oct mean F = 41.8
|Nov mean F = 31.8
|Dec mean F = 27.5
|year mean F =

| Jan low F = 20.2
| Feb low F = 22.2
| Mar low F = 24.9
| Apr low F = 32.0
| May low F = 40.1
| Jun low F = 47.7
| Jul low F = 51.1
| Aug low F = 49.7
| Sep low F = 44.0
| Oct low F = 36.2
| Nov low F = 27.1
| Dec low F = 23.5
| year low F =

| Jan avg record low F = 4.0
| Feb avg record low F = 9.3
| Mar avg record low F = 14.0
| Apr avg record low F = 25.6
| May avg record low F = 33.8
| Jun avg record low F = 41.4
| Jul avg record low F = 46.2
| Aug avg record low F = 43.9
| Sep avg record low F = 35.1
| Oct avg record low F = 27.7
| Nov avg record low F = 16.3
| Dec avg record low F = 9.3
| year avg record low F = -0.3

| Jan record low F = -21
| Feb record low F = -24
| Mar record low F = -10
| Apr record low F = 7
| May record low F = 22
| Jun record low F = 25
| Jul record low F = 35
| Aug record low F = 24
| Sep record low F = 20
| Oct record low F = 8
| Nov record low F = -6
| Dec record low F = -22
| year record low F = 
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 2.65
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.98
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.98
| Apr precipitation inch = 1.67
| May precipitation inch = 1.14
| Jun precipitation inch = 1.42
| Jul precipitation inch = 1.62
| Aug precipitation inch = 2.65
| Sep precipitation inch = 4.51
| Oct precipitation inch = 4.42
| Nov precipitation inch = 3.42
| Dec precipitation inch = 4.02
| year precipitation inch = 
| Jan snow inch = 9.2
| Feb snow inch = 8.1
| Mar snow inch = 8.6
| Apr snow inch = 1.5
| May snow inch = 0.0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 1.1
| Nov snow inch = 5.9
| Dec snow inch = 10.5
| year snow inch = 
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 13.8
| Feb precipitation days = 10.5
| Mar precipitation days = 9.5
| Apr precipitation days = 11.5
| May precipitation days = 9.0
| Jun precipitation days = 11.2
| Jul precipitation days = 12.2
| Aug precipitation days = 14.9
| Sep precipitation days = 17.4
| Oct precipitation days = 18.2
| Nov precipitation days = 13.6
| Dec precipitation days = 13.1
| year precipitation days = 
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 7.4
| Feb snow days = 4.8
| Mar snow days = 4.2
| Apr snow days = 0.9
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.3
| Nov snow days = 3.3
| Dec snow days = 6.6
| year snow days = 
|source 1 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=ajk
| title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = June 25, 2021
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00508525&format=pdf
| title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = June 25, 2021
}}</ref> }}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 3117
|1910= 872
|1920= 494
|1930= 492
|1940= 634
|1950= 758
|1960= 659
|1970= 675
|1980= 768
|1990= 692
|2000= 862
|2010= 968
|2020= 1240
|estyear=2023
|estimate=1095
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

Skagway first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census, having incorporated as a city that same year. It was the 2nd largest city in Alaska, behind fellow Gold Rush boomtown Nome. It reported 3,117 residents, of which 2,845 were White, 113 were Native Americans, 98 were Black and 61 were Asian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch07.pdf |title=Census data |website=www2.census.gov }}</ref> It rapidly declined to 872 residents by 1910, falling to the 8th largest city. It reported 802 Whites, 61 Native Americans and 9 Others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033927n358-359ch10.pdf |title=Census data |website=www2.census.gov }}</ref> It would be 90 years (until 2000) before it would almost reach that population again (862). It fell to 15th largest community overall in 1920. By 1930, it bottomed out at 492 residents, although it rose to 13th largest in the state. In 1940, it fell to 16th. By 1950, 19th. 1960, it tied for 29th place (16th largest incorporated). In 1970, it dropped to 45th (24th largest incorporated). In 1980, it rose to 35th place. In 1990, it fell to 53rd place. In 2000, it was at 60th place overall (29th largest incorporated). In 2007, with the creation of the Skagway Municipality out of Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon, it ceased to be an incorporated city and became a census-designated place (CDP). As of 2010, it is the 71st largest community in Alaska.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 862 people, 401 households, and 214 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 502 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.1|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 3.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.0% from two or more races. 2.1% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 401 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.4% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city, the population was distributed with 20.5% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years old. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.7 males.

==Government and Politics==
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Skagway has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2004; further, it is one of the most Democratic boroughs in the state.

==Economy==

===Personal income===
The median income for a household in the city was $49,375, and the median income for a family was $62,188. Males had a median income of $44,583 versus $30,956 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $27,700. About 1.0% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

===Tourism===
[[File:Centro histórico de Skagway, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-18, DD 41.jpg|thumb|Wooden building in the historic center of Skagway.]]
[[File:Centro histórico de Skagway, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-18, DD 45.jpg|thumb|left|Broadway Avenue, in the summer during the tourist season (2017).]]
There are visitors to the [[Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park]] and [[White Pass Trail|White Pass]] and [[Chilkoot Trail]]s. Skagway has a historical district of about 100 buildings from the gold rush era. It receives about a million tourists annually,{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} most of whom (about three quarters) come on [[cruise ship]]s. The [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] operates its narrow-gauge train around Skagway during the summer months, primarily for tourists. The WPYR also ships copper ore from the interior. ''[[The Days of '98 Show]]'' is performed in Skagway's [[Fraternal Order of Eagles]] Hall.<ref>{{cite book |last=Spude |first=Robert L. S. |date=1983 |title=Skagway, District of Alaska, 1884–1912: Building the Gateway to the Klondike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvvuKT9MjH0C&pg=PA158 |location=Fairbanks, Alaska |publisher=Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=158 |number=36 |accessdate=2024-04-27 }}</ref>

==Transportation==
{{see also|List of Airports in the Municipality of Skagway Borough}}
[[File:Puerto de Skagway, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-18, DD 16-20 PAN.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The port of Skagway provides sea access to cruise ships and ferries.]]
[[File:White Pass Trains.JPG|thumb|right| A tourist train arriving in Skagway at the cruise ship dock]]
Skagway is one of three [[Alaska Panhandle|Southeast Alaskan]] communities that are connected to the road system; Skagway's connection is via the [[Klondike Highway]], completed in 1978. This allows access to the [[Continental United States|lower 48]], [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]], [[Yukon]], northern [[British Columbia]], and the [[Alaska Highway]]. This also makes Skagway an important port-of-call for the [[Alaska Marine Highway]] &mdash; Alaska's ferry system &mdash; and serves as the northern terminus of the important and heavily used Lynn Canal corridor. (The other Southeast Alaskan communities with road access are [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]] and [[Hyder, Alaska|Hyder]].)

The [[White Pass and Yukon Route]] is a railway that formerly linked [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]], [[Yukon]] in Canada to Skagway, the railway's southernmost terminus. Today{{when|date=April 2021}}, trains travel several times a week from May through September from Skagway to the small community of [[Carcross]], approximately 45 miles south/southwest of Whitehorse. There, passengers (mostly tourists) can make connections via bus to Whitehorse.

{{Adjacent stations|header0=Current services at White Pass Summit station {{anchor|station}}|system=White Pass and Yukon Route
|line=Bennett Scenic Journey|note-mid='''Major stops'''|right=White Pass
|line2=Steam Excursion|note-mid2='''Major stops'''|right2=White Pass
|line3=White Pass Summit Excursion|note-mid3='''Major stops'''|right3=White Pass
|line4=Skagway-Denver|right4=Denver|note-mid4='''Major stops'''
|line5=Skagway-Laughton|right5=Denver|note-mid5='''Major stops'''}}

[[Skagway Airport]] receives service the city with commercial airline service on:Alaska Seaplanes (not to be  confused with [[Alaska Airlines]]).

==Media==

===Local radio and newspapers===
Skagway is served by its local semimonthly newspaper, ''[[The Skagway News]],'' as well as regional public radio station [[KHNS]], which has its principal studios in nearby [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]] but also has studios and programs based in Skagway. Juneau radio station [[KINY]] operates a translator in Skagway which serves the entire town.

Skagway also receives copies of the free regional newspaper ''[[Capital City Weekly]].''

===Featured in media===

Skagway and the surrounding goldfields in 1897-8 is the main setting for George Markstein's 1978 novel 'Tara Kane′, which also features fictionalised versions of Jefferson 'Soapy' Smith and his gang, along with photographer Eric A. Hegg (called Ernst Hart in the novel).

In the [[Three Stooges]] short ''[[In the Sweet Pie and Pie]],'' Skagway receives a humorous mention: "Edam [[Neckties]], with three convenient locations: Skagway, Alaska; [[Little America (exploration base)|Little America]]; and [[Pago Pago]]."

Skagway is a featured setting in the 1946 film ''[[Road to Utopia]]'', starring [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]].

In Jack London's short story "The Unexpected," the main characters spend the winter of 1897–98 in "the mushroom outfitting-town of Skaguay" before moving on to stake a gold-mining claim elsewhere.

Skagway is featured in the 1955 Western ''[[The Far Country (film)|The Far Country]]'', directed by [[Anthony Mann]].

Skagway is a town featured in the computer game ''[[The Yukon Trail]]''.

Skagway and the surrounding region is a campaign available in a modification of the helicopter combat simulator "Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs. Hokum" (version 1.16.0)

In an episode of ''[[Homeland Security USA]]'', the border crossing in Skagway was featured as being the least-used crossing in the United States.

Chief Inspector Fenwick often dryly referred to nearby "big city" "Skagway" when sending his mounty, [[Dudley Do-Right]], to capture the show's evil nemesis, [[Snidely Whiplash]].

Skagway's [[Mo Mountain Mutts]] came to prominence in 2023, when its "puppy bus" video went viral.

==Health care==
Skagway is served by Dahl Memorial Clinic, the only primary health clinic in the area. The facility is usually staffed by three advanced nurse practitioners and three medical assistants. It is it open Monday through Friday year-round with limited Saturday hours during summer.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} The clinic also operates after hours in emergency situations. The borough is also served 24/7 by local EMS. Individuals in need of dire medical attention are transported by air via helicopter or air ambulance to [[Bartlett Regional Hospital]] in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] (an approximately 45-minute flight). [[Whitehorse General Hospital]] in [[Whitehorse, Yukon]] is the nearest hospital to Skagway that is accessible by road (approximately a two-hour drive).

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category multi|Skagway, Alaska|Skagway Borough, Alaska}}
{{wikivoyage|Skagway}}
{{EB1911 poster|Skagway}}
* [http://www.skagway.org The Municipality of Skagway Borough]
* [http://www.skagwaychamber.org Skagway Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.skagway.com Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190825/http://labor.alaska.gov/research/census/tract/sha.pdf Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area map, 2000 census: Alaska Department of Labor]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721032843/http://labor.alaska.gov/research/alari/images/maps/5_23_0map.pdf Borough map, 2000 census: Alaska Department of Labor]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141217232355/http://labor.alaska.gov/research/census/borcamaps/5_23_0map.pdf Borough map, 2010 census: Alaska Department of Labor]
* [https://www.skagwaynews.com The Skagway News local newspaper]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016124356/http://www.soapysmith.net/ Soapy Smith Preservation Trust]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120930092922/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Skagway Alaska Community Database Community Information Summaries]
* [https://content.lib.washington.edu/heggweb/index.html University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Eric A. Hegg Photographs] 736 photographs from 1897 to 1901 documenting the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes, including depictions of frontier life in Skagway and Nome, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon Territory. Keyword search on "Skagway".
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/75skagway/75skagway.htm ''”Skagway: Gateway to the Klondike”'', a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]

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|North     = [[Stikine Region, British Columbia]], Canada
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|East      = [[Stikine Region, British Columbia]], Canada
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|South     = [[Haines Borough, Alaska|Haines Borough]]
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|West      = [[Haines Borough, Alaska|Haines Borough]]
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