Ruby's Place: Setting and Architecture

Welcome to Ruby's Place in Dawson City, Yukon, “the Paris of the North.” Through the remarkable lives of Madam Ruby Scott and her employees, we’ll hear about Dawson’s Gold Rush heyday and the boom/bust cycle of both the mining and sex work industries. At the heart of the story is Ruby's Place, an elegant false-front building conserved as part of the Klondike National Historic Sites… despite the threats from climate change.

Learn More: 

• Klondike National Historic Sites: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike
• Plan your visit: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike/visit
• Google Arts and Culture Exhibition: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/PwWxfnGFmjSquw
• UNESCO World Heritage Site (Tentative List): https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6255/
• Tr'ochëk National Historic Site: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1970&i=65024
• The Other Little House: The Brothel as a Colonial Institution on the Canadian Prairies, 1880–93 by L. K. Bertram: https://academic.oup.com/jsh/article/56/1/58/6554394?login=false

Do you have a suggestion for a new National Historic Person, Site or Event? We’d love to hear it! Visit https://parks.canada.ca/commemorate for details on how to submit a nomination.

A transcript and bibliography for this episode is available on our website: https://parks.canada.ca/recollections