Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush happened in the 1890s when many people went to the Klondike region of the Yukon, in Canada. They hoped to find gold there and become rich. Many of these prospectors came from the United States. Gold was first found in Klondike in a creek called Rabbit Creek. Prospectors named the creek "Bonanza Creek" because of the gold (bonanza means a lucky source of wealth). Four million dollars worth of gold was found.
Going to the gold fields was difficult. Most people who started the journey did not arrive. Very few who arrived found any gold. The city that likely profited most from the Klondike Gold Rush was Dawson City, Yukon in Canada.
Klondike Gold Rush Media
Klondikers carrying supplies ascending the Chilkoot Pass, 1898
Yukon at the time of discovery
Skookum Jim, one of the discoverers, 1898
Seattle newspaper announcing the arrival of gold from Klondike, July 17, 1897
Routes to the Klondike (red spot). For details see Charts and tables.
Dead horses on White Pass trail, 1898
Prospectors with supplies at the Chilkoot Pass. In front: The Scales, left: Golden Steps. c. March 1898.[n 1]
Prospectors in a tent camp at Bennett Lake waiting for the ice on Yukon River to break up, May 1898
Klondikers sailing toward Dawson on the upper Yukon River, 1898
A tent-camp along the Pelly River a Canadian tributary to the Yukon River, 1898
- ↑ Winslow 1952, p. 116.
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