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  2. Klondike Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    The Klondike Gold Rush [n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon in northwestern Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.

  3. Klondike Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Klondike Trail or Chalmers Trail was an overland route to the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon, Canada. Prospectors were reaching the Klondike via the American route over the Chilkoot Pass , and a northern (water) route via Edmonton and the Athabasca River .

  4. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a national historical park operated by the National Park Service that seeks to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Though the gold fields that were the ultimate goal of the stampeders lay in the Yukon Territory , the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes ...

  5. Klondike Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Klondike Highway is a highway that runs from the Alaska Panhandle through the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada, linking the coastal town of Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon. Its route somewhat parallels the route used by prospectors in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.

  6. Chilkoot Trail - Wikipedia

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    Chilkoot Pass during gold rush, March–April 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) transformed the Chilkoot Trail into a mainstream transportation route to Canada's interior. The gold rush was primarily focused in the region around Dawson City in Yukon and the Yukon River. Of the several overland routes, the Chilkoot Trail was the most ...

  7. Skagway Historic District and White Pass - Wikipedia

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    This area includes surviving fragments of three historic routes used during the Gold Rush, as well as the route of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad. [3] Almost 100 buildings remain from the Gold Rush period. Portions of the district are preserved as part of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Skagway Bazaar shop in 2017

  8. I've been on 4 Alaskan cruises, and it's the only route I ...

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    Leaving Juneau, I like routes that head north to Skagway, a town with a rich history tied to the Klondike Gold Rush. Nestled in a glacial valley, Skagway's steep valley walls and snow-covered ...

  9. Overland Trail (Yukon) - Wikipedia

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    The Overland Trail was a Klondike Gold Rush-era transportation route between Whitehorse, Yukon and Dawson City in Yukon, Canada.It was built in 1902 at a cost of CDN$129,000 after the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad won a contract to deliver mail to the Dawson City gold fields from the Canadian government.