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Skagway

Skagway

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A town in southeast Alaska known as a gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush
  • proper noun
  • /ˈskæɡweɪ/
: Skagway
  • Many hardier souls pass through Skagway on their way to backpack the grueling 33-mile Chilkoot Trail, a route famous from the Gold Rush era.
  • the town of Skagway
  • Skagway, Alaska
  • Skagway, the Klondike

Examples

  • And in 1897, the first wave of fortune seekers swept through Port Henry on their way to Skagway, the Chilkoot pass and the Yukon gold fields.

    Limbo (1999)

  • The result was that Bob had to find a new deckhand, which he did by steaming up to Skagway.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • And on the cover of Skagway for today is this train, and we're going to go on it.

  • You didn't buy that map in Skagway, did you? - No.

    The Call of the Wild (2020)

  • I've got to pick him up in Skagway.

    Limbo (1999)

  • Skagway, Alaska.

    The Call of the Wild (2020)

  • The Fearless left Skagway with her quarters stocked with gear and her fuel tanks topped off with diesel oil.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Shortly after 2 PM, while fishing at Skagway Reservoir, D. McGown spotted an ominous cloud formation developing in the west.

    Blog text (2)

  • IF WE ARE GOING TO CATCH THAT BOAT IN SKAGWAY, WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE SOON.

    White Fang (1991)

  • The Skagway Railway was a trip back in time to the gold rush days—quite a history lesson to help one appreciate the lives lost to bring civilization to the great northwest.

    Blog text (12)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Skagway comes from a Tlingit word like Shgagwèi, which means 'where the north wind blows' or 'windy place'. That's why the coastal town is called Skagway — it is a windy gateway that welcomed miners during the Klondike Gold Rush.