Joseph Francis Ladue - Dawson, Yukon, Territory
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This plaque, in tribute to Joseph Francis Ladue, is located on the dike, across from Church Street and Saint-Paul's Church. The plaque is mounted on a big boulder on which another plaque is located. Benches are present in proximity to the plaque.
Waymark Code: WM12Q4H
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 06/30/2020
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Inscription on a plaque on site:
Joseph Francis Ladue
Founder of Dawson City
Born: Schuyler Falls, New York, July 28, 1854
Yukon Years: 1882-1898
On January 11, 1897 Joseph Ladue pointed out to surveyor William Ogilvie, the southwest corner of the townsite he named for Dr. George M. Dawson, Director of the Geological and National History Survey of Canada. The boundary was established beginning at a point midway between Princess and Harper Streets, north along Front Street to Albert Street, east to Tenth Avenue, south to a point midway between Princess and Harper Streets and west to the poing of beginning.
Joseph Ladue had been a miner and trader in the Yukon since 1882. Arriving at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers mid-August 1896 and , hearing of the discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek, he immediately laid out a 160 acre town site and hurried down river to Fort Constantine at the mouth of the Forty Mile to register his application with the North West Mounted Police. Upon his return he constructed the first cabin in Dawson City.
Ladue, along with this partner, Arthur Harper, was one of the great entrepreneurs of the Klondike. In addition to owning the townsite, a sawmill and store, they held many of the riches gold claim in the District.
Joseph Ladue died of tuberculosis
June 27, 1901 in Schuyler Falls, New York
This plaque was placed August 3, 2002 by the family and friends of Joseph Ladue:
grandson, Joseph R. and Anita Ladue, great nephew, Keith and Vi La Due, John and great niece, Donna Tremblay, great-nephew Ronald Scott and Cindy Hendryx, Jane Lind and John Eidt, Bob and Mary Majni, Brain Denman, Ed and Star Jones and the Klondyke Centennial Society.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Flower Garden, Dawson Dike, across from Church Street
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