Welcome to Skagway, Alaska, incorporated on June 28, 1900, as the first first-class city in the Territory of Alaska. During the early 1900s Skagway was known as the "Gateway to the Klondike." Skagway is located in the Upper Lynn Canal and is considered the northern-most point in Southeast Alaska, 80 air miles from Juneau and 110 road miles from Whitehorse,Yukon Territory, Canada.
