The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.
The population was 1,319 at the 2011 census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year. The locals generally refer to it simply as 'Dawson', but the tourist industry generally refers to it as 'Dawson City' (partly to differentiate it from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, which is at Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway).
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“This city now doth, like a garment, wear
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—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)