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A Klondike derby is an annual event held by some Boy Scouts of America and Scouts Canada districts during the winter months and is based on the heritage of the Klondike Gold Rush. [1] BSA units have been running Klondike derbies since 1949. [2] The event varies by district, but the typical Klondike derby consists of several stations where ...
Klondike is a three-part miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush that was broadcast by the Discovery Channel on January 20–22, 2014. Based on Charlotte Gray 's novel Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike , it is the Discovery Channel's first scripted miniseries.
Fraser grew up in Grande Prairie, Alberta, the son of Joan (née Dorchester) and step-son to former World and Calgary Stampede Champion Chuckwagon Driver Dave Lewis.He started his chuckwagon racing career as an outrider when he was 16 in 1976, and began driving when he was 22 in 1982 on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) circuit.
Dredges were used in the Klondike River valley from 1910-1950. [8] A dredge could do the work of 2,400 [9] persons while operated by 10-12. [10] It would create a pool of water that moved along with it as it dug up gravel in front and deposited it behind itself. Inside sand and gold particles were separated from rocks and then gold from sand.
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About 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of the dredge's current site, further into the Klondike Valley, is the Discovery Claim [3] where gold was found in August 1896 by prospector George Carmack, his Tagish wife Kate, her brother Skookum Jim, and their nephew Dawson Charlie. [4] This is considered the site where the Klondike Gold Rush began. [5]