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The Klondike Mountain Formation is an Early Eocene geological formation located in the northeast central area of Washington state.The formation is composed of volcanic rocks in the upper unit and volcanic plus lacustrine (lakebed) sedimentation in the lower unit. the formation is named for the type location designated in 1962, Klondike Mountain northeast of Republic, Washington.
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 Yukon , the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its ...
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 ...
The Paleobiota of the Klondike Mountain Formation comprises a diverse suite of Early Eocene plants and animals recovered in North Central Washington State from the Klondike Mountain Formation. The formation outcrops in locations across the north western area of Ferry County , with major sites in Republic , north west of Curlew Lake , and on the ...
Managed as part of the 2,400-acre (9.7 km 2) Keyserkill State Forest Complex, which also includes Armlin Hill State Forest and Gates Hill State Forest. [9] Kings Park: Suffolk: Unique Area Klipnocky: Allegany: State Forest 2,634 acres (10.66 km 2) Klondike: Oswego: State Forest 867 acres (3.51 km 2) Knapp Station: St. Lawrence: State Forest ...
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.).
Klondike Peak (13,120 ft (4,000 m)) is located in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Situated 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Gannett Peak , Klondike Peak is within the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest and west of the Continental Divide .
Telegraph Creek, BC and the Stikine River (c. 1899) Map showing the Stikine route to the Klondike gold fields (c. 1897) Alexander "Buck" Choquette discovered gold on the lower Stikine in 1861, sparking the brief Stikine Gold Rush. [79] More than 800 men departed from Victoria to the Stikine River, where they traveled into the interior on ...