[English:]
The BNA, which opened Dawson City's first bank in a tent in 1898, moved into these premises in 1899. By providing the essential services of assaying, buying and shipping gold, it helped integrate the local currency of dust and nuggets into a cash economy. As larger gold companies with their own assayers and capital took over mining, the bank (since 1918 the Bank of Montreal) became a more peripheral service, providing a payroll service for the dredges. It closed in 1968 after the last gold dredge fell silent.

[French:]
La BNA, qui a fond? la premi?re banque de Dawson City dans une tente en 11898, s'est install?e ici en 1899. Gr?ce aux services essentiels qu'elle fournissait (essai, achat et exp?dition de l'or), elle a contribu? ? faire en sorte que la monnaie locale (p?pites et poussi?re d'or) puisse s'int?grer a une ?conomie mon?taire. ? mesure que les grandes compagnies, qui avaient leurs propres essayeurs et leur propres capitaux, faisaient l'acquisition de la plupart des concessions mini?res, la banque (qui est devenue en 1918 la Banque de Montr?al) a commenc? ? offrir des services compl?mentaires, tels que les services de paye pour les employ des dragues. La banque a cess? ses activit en 1968, apr la fermeture de la derni?re drague.Photo: Yukon Archives/National Museum of Canada Collection/Archives du Yukon/Collection du mus?e national du Canada

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