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BY MARK STEVENS
Dawson City
The town that never sleeps
P
icture this: It's after midnight
when you finally leave a bar in
Dawson City (www.dawson
city.ca). You are bewildered
by the sight of false-front
stores along the boardwalk that give you
the impression that you've just stepped
out onto the streets of a true frontier
town. The sun hasn't yet set but folks still
throng the dusty streets of the town that
was ground zero for the Klondike Gold
Rush. You are experiencing the town that
never sleeps.
NIGHT OWLS
Start your evening with dinner. Nouvelle
cuisine, Greek, local game and catch of
the day. Dawson is no frontier outpost
when it comes to dining options.
Then join an infamous club. Step up
to the bar at the Downtown Hotel—a
saloon that could be a set piece for a cow-
boy movie and order a Sourtoe Cocktail
(www.sourtoecocktailclub.com). It's a
popular tradition here. Sip your favourite
libation while ensuring the mummified
toe floating in the glass touches your lips.
Now all you have to do is sign the Sourtoe
Log Book and receive an official Sourtoe
Cocktail Club membership certificate.
Then it's on to Diamond Tooth Gerties
Gambling Hall (www.dawsoncity.ca/
klondikeattractions/diamondtooth
gerties), Canada's oldest gambling estab-
lishment. The saloon's evening shows fea-
ture vivacious can-can girls and variety
acts. Try your hand at blackjack.
Still got some stamina? Bop to the
band at Bombay Peggy's Inn & Pub (www.
bombaypeggys.com), a B&B housed in
a restored Victorian brothel. Are you ready
for a nightcap? Head to Dawson's famous
bar—the Snake Pit—housed in the circa
1898 Westminster Hotel.
Better save some energy for seeing
the daytime sights tomorrow.
DAYTIMERS
Dawson City with its period architecture
and recreated buildings is every bit as
appealing by day as it is by night. Take the
guided walking tour and check out the
Post Office and the Red Feather Saloon.
Get a helping of history from an inter-
preter in period costume.
Literature buffs will want to take in a
poetry reading featuring the work by
Robert Service, the "Bard of the Yukon,"
outside his cabin (www.dawsoncity.ca/
klondikeattractions/parkscanada
historicalsites). Just across the street is
Canadian author Pierre Berton's first
house. Down the street you'll find the
rebuilt cabin of American journalist Jack
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