Skagway is a first-classboroughin Alaskaon theAlaska Panhandle.The port of Skagway is a popular stop forcruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. TheWhite Pass and Yukon Routenarrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is now in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months. Skagway is also part of the setting forJack London's bookThe Call of the Wildand forJoe Haldeman's novelGuardian.
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