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Skagway is a city in Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle.
This city is part of the setting for Jack London's book The Call of the Wild. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 862. The port of Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the city's business. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow 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 (originally spelled Skaguay) is from the Tlingit name for the area, "Skagua." The name has several meanings, "the place where the north wind blows," "stiffly wind-rippled water," etc. (...) more....

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