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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 Yukon , the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its ...
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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.
A notable cultural and tourist feature is the legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1899), which inspired contemporary writers of the time such as Jack London, Robert W. Service, and Jules Verne, and which continues to inspire films and games, such as Mae West's Klondike Annie and The Yukon Trail (see Cultural legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush).
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Klondike is a board game released in 1975 by Gamma Two Games based on the gold rush in the ...
Klondike, Yukon, a region in the Yukon; Klondike (electoral district), a district of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon; Klondike Highway, connecting Skagway, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon; Klondike River, the landmark after which is named: Klondike Gold Rush, a historical migration to this part of the Yukon; Klondike Gold Rush National ...
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