April 17, 2023

Dawson City: A Ruby in the Rough

34 minutes

Welcome to Ruby's Place in Dawson City, Yukon, “the Paris of the North.” Through the remarkable lives of Madam Ruby Scott and her employees, we’ll hear about Dawson’s Gold Rush heyday and the boom/bust cycle of both the mining and sex work industries. At the heart of the story is Ruby's Place, an elegant false-front building conserved as part of the Klondike National Historic Sites… despite the threats from climate change.

Learn More:

Klondike National Historic Sites: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike

Plan your visit: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike/visit

Google Arts and Culture Exhibition: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/PwWxfnGFmjSquw

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Tentative List): https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6255/

Tr'ochëk National Historic Site: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1970&i=65024

The Other Little House: The Brothel as a Colonial Institution on the Canadian Prairies, 1880–93 by L. K. Bertram: https://academic.oup.com/jsh/article/56/1/58/6554394?login=false

Do you have a suggestion for a new National Historic Person, Site or Event? We’d love to hear it! Visit https://parks.canada.ca/commemorate for details on how to submit a nomination.

A transcript and bibliography for this episode is available on our website: https://parks.canada.ca/recollections

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