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The Klondike Fire was a wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon. The fire had burned more than 175,258 acres (709 km 2 ). [ 2 ] During the fire, a part of the fire was merged into the Taylor Creek Fire , that specific fire, had burned 52,839 acres (214 km 2 ).
The Klondike (/ ˈ k l ɒ n d aɪ k /; from Hän Tr'ondëk 'hammerstone water') is a region of the territory of Yukon, in northwestern Canada. It lies around the Klondike River , a small river that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson City .
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 ...
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. Some became wealthy ...
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]
Prospectors were reaching the Klondike via the American route over the Chilkoot Pass, and a northern (water) route via Edmonton and the Athabasca River. Edmonton's merchants, however, promoted an overland route, which appeared shorter on the map, [1] but proved to be arduous, treacherous, and took much longer to travel.
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Discovery Claim, 2009 Map showing Discovery Claim with Dawson City upper left and Dawson City Airport upper right Maps showing location of Dawson City within Yukon. Discovery Claim is a mining claim at Bonanza Creek, a watercourse in the Yukon, Canada.