Friday, July 4, 2014

The Jack London Cabin & Center in Dawson City, Yukon Territory in







Just up the street is the
Jack London Cabin & Center.







Jack London, like many hoping to strike it rich came to the Yukon in search of gold.
He staked his claim on October 6, 1897 and recorded it on November 5, 1897 in
Dawson City.

On April 5, 1969, Jack London's Cabin was located by Dick North, Museum Consultant on Jack London Memorabelia for Alaska and Yukon Territory; Actor Eddie Albert; Sgt. Ralph Godfrey, Handwriting Expert with the Oakland County Police Department; Fred Reiker, Public Relations for the Port of Oakland; and Jack Williamson, motion picture producer.








This replica cabin is built with half
the logs from Jack London's cabin,
which was located on the North





The other half of Jack London's cabin is in his hometown of Oakland, California.







The cabin is furnished with
the necessities of a
prospector's life.












Eric took a picture of me on
 the porch of the Museum.






We received one free $6.00 admission because we had passes to Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling House.







Photos of Jack London
as a young prospector.












A photo of Dawson City
taken during the height of






Jack London's writings on the Yukon Territory and Gold Rush inspired and amazed the readers of his day. The stories he penned have survived the test of time and continue to enthrall new readers.  Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf and other stories have been made into TV mini series, TV movies and feature films.

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