Dyea, Alaska

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Taiya River estuary and site of Dyea at the beginning of the Chilkoot Trail (October 2005)

Dyea is a mostly-abandoned town in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located at the convergence of the Taiya River and Taiya Inlet on the south side of the Chilkoot Pass, at [59°30′16″N, 135°21′36″W]. During the Klondike Gold Rush prospectors disembarked at its port and used the Chilkoot Trail, a Tlingit trade route over the Coast Mountains, to begin their journey to the gold fields around Dawson City, Yukon, about 800 km (500 miles) away.

The port at Dyea had shallow water, while neighboring Skagway had deep water. Dyea was abandoned when the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad chose the White Pass, which ended at Skagway, instead of the Chilkoot Pass, for its route.

Dyea is now within the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park.

See also

• Skagway, Alaska

External links

• [Guide to Dyea, Alaska from ExploreNorth]
• [Dyea page at Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park]

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