Dawson

Daw·son

D0043700 (dô′sən) A town of western Yukon Territory, Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers. A boom town during the Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s, it was the territorial capital from 1898 to 1951.

Dawson

(ˈdɔːsən) n (Placename) a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)

Daw•son

(ˈdɔ sən)

n. 1. Sir John William, 1820–99, Canadian geologist. 2. William Levi, 1899–1990, U.S. composer and conductor.

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Dawson - a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the KlondikeYukon Territory, Yukon - a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s

Dawson

Dawson City,

city (1991 pop. 972), W Yukon, Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers. It is the trade center of the Klondike mining region and a tourist center. During the gold rush of 1898 Dawson was a boomtown, reported to have a population of about 20,000. It was named for George M. Dawson (see under Dawson, Sir John WilliamDawson, Sir John William,
1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator, b. Pictou, N.S., studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh. After serving (1850–55) as superintendent of education in Nova Scotia, he was from 1855 to 1893 principal of, and professor of geology at, McGill
..... Click the link for more information. ), the Canadian geologist. The territorial capital was moved from Dawson to Whitehorse in 1952.

Dawson

Daw·son

(daw'sŏn), James R., 20th-century U.S. pathologist. See: Dawson encephalitis.

Dawson

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noun a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River

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Yukon Territory
Yukon

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