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Record 1 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geographical Names
CONT

Paris of the North, it was called, and Dawson City was entitled to be so named. The bonanza kings, brokers, promoters, professional people and merchants living in this community whose lifeblood was gold, used their wealth to make life in an isolated city in the subarctic as pleasant, and even opulent as money could make it ... luxurious apartments .... French menu ... fashionably gowned women ... heavy chandeliers ... exotic plants ..., gold organ pipes ... program included Handel's Messiah.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géographiques
DEF

Nom hyperbolique de Dawson [Colombie Britannique], au début du XXe siècle.

Spanish

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