Yukon goldfields

E461504

goldfield region historic mining district

The Yukon goldfields were the remote, gold-rich regions of Canada’s Yukon Territory that sparked the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, drawing tens of thousands of prospectors north.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Klondike	1
Klondike goldfields	1
Klondike region	1
Yukon goldfields canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	goldfield region ⓘ historic mining district ⓘ
associatedWith	Yukon Territory creation in 1898 ⓘ
attracted	tens of thousands of prospectors ⓘ
characterizedBy	harsh subarctic climate ⓘ remote location ⓘ
climate	subarctic ⓘ
contains	Bonanza Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominion Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Eldorado Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunker Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
continuedActivity	small-scale mining into 20th century ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
governedBy	Dominion of Canada authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Klondike National Historic Sites context ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus	major gold rush destination ⓘ
hydrology	Klondike River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	development of transportation routes to the North ⓘ opening of Yukon to large-scale settlement ⓘ rapid growth of Dawson City ⓘ
influenced	North American economic development ⓘ popular culture depictions of the Klondike ⓘ
knownFor	Klondike Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ rich placer gold deposits ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Yukon Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Canada ⓘ
mainAccessPoint	Dawson City NERFINISHED ⓘ Skagway NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainAccessRoute	Chilkoot Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ White Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
miningMethod	dredge mining ⓘ hydraulic mining ⓘ placer mining ⓘ
partOf	Klondike region NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakActivity	late 1890s ⓘ
presentStatus	historic mining area with ongoing limited mining ⓘ
regulation	mining claims system ⓘ
resource	alluvial gold ⓘ
significantEvent	Klondike Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1896 ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ river valleys ⓘ
tourism	heritage tourism site ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chilkoot Trail → associatedWith → Yukon goldfields ⓘ

To Build a Fire → setting → Yukon goldfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Klondike region

Pierre Berton → notableWork → Yukon goldfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Klondike

Klondike Highway → connects → Yukon goldfields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Klondike goldfields