St Mary's Catholic Church in Dawson City, Yukon Territory

Saint Mary's Catholic Church









Built by Father William Henry Judge, this church has served Dawson City since it's earliest days in 1896. Father Judge also built a hospital in Dawson City.

This is the second St. Mary's Church.

The first one burnt to the ground

in June 1898.

Father Judge worked tirelessly to look after the community's spiritual needs as well as tending to the sick and dying in the hospital.  Exhaustion drove him to his bed, where he died on pneumonia on January 16, 1899.  Father Judge is known as the Saint of Dawson.

The church proper is on
the second floor of
the building.

The Stations of the Cross

line the walls.

The Altar

A statue of St. Joseph & the 

Baby Jesus is to the left

 of the altar.

A statue of St. Anthony holding
Jesus is to the right
of the altar.