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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.
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.
The Klondike Gold rush had begun on August 16, 1896, on Bonanza Creek. This was located near Dawson, and 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the Alaskan border. [2] The Chilkoot Trail is reported to have spanned between 28 and 33 miles (45 and 53 km) from sea level at Dyea, Alaska to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, elevation 2602 ft. (642 m.).
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 ...
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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]
The site is considered to be the place where the Klondike gold rush started. It is located around 17 kilometres (11 miles) south-southeast of Dawson City . The Discovery claim was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on July 13, 1998.
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 ...