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Dawson City Telegraph Office

Dawson City Telegraph Office

The alternate name for the building is the Millen House. It was likely named after Leslie Millen who was resident in the 1950s and 1960s. The house at this time was owned by the Canadian government and used as housing for federal employees.

Leslie J. Millen moved to Dawson from Vancouver in 1927. He worked various jobs on the dredges, rural mail delivery, department store, and as a photographic processor. In 1953, began work for Canada Customs as the agent at the Alaska border on what is now the Top of the World Highway. One of his main jobs was to handle duties on gold coming out of Little Gold Creek. His hobby was photography and he is noted for processing over 400 glass plate—an early and delicate photographic medium—from E.C. Adams and E.A. Hegg which he donated to the National Archives. [10]

Citations:

10: Edmonton Journal, 30 September 1959