Category: Klondike Gold Rush

Categories: Yukon | Yukon Territory | Dawson City, Yukon | North-West Mounted Police | Canada, Gold Miners

Landing level category

This category contains profiles of persons who took part in the Klondike gold rush.

The Klondike Gold Rush (also known as Klondyke) was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by George Washington Carmack (1860-1922) and Skookum Jim on August 16, 1896, and, when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. It has been immortalized in photographs, books, films, and artifacts.

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Person Profiles (36)

A

04 Nov 1873 Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 1959 photo

B

11 Nov 1863 Lake George, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 31 Aug 1899
1839 Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 08 Aug 1899
14 Sep 1864 Oxford County, Canada West - 27 Oct 1943

C

24 Sep 1860 Contra Costa County, California, United States - 05 Jun 1922 photo
07 Jan 1893 Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada - 25 Mar 1963
May 1844 Midleton, An Cóbh, County Cork, Ireland - 04 Jan 1925 photo
15 Jun 1860 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 30 Jul 1919
06 Sep 1876 Durham, Grey, Ontario, Canada - 28 Jul 1938
22 Nov 1877 Ontario, Canada - 26 Apr 1924

F

abt 14 Jan 1858 Bowmanville, Canada West - 10 Jan 1936 photo

G

Apr 1855 Minerva, Essex, New York, United States - 13 Feb 1933
07 Jan 1865 Antigonish, Nova Scotia - 28 Aug 1928

G cont.

abt 10 Oct 1860 La Guerre, Huntingdon, Quebec - 22 Jul 1935 photo

H

abt 24 Oct 1864 Stonecliffe, Head Clara and Maria, Renfrew, Canada West - 11 Oct 1910
abt 1869 Canada - 28 Aug 1903
10 Jul 1869 Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada - 25 Jun 1920

L

10 Nov 1847 Euphemia, Preble, Ohio, United States - 17 Jun 1898
abt 22 Jan 1858 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States - 15 Jan 1935

M

abt 1868 DeSable, Queens, Prince Edward Island - 01 Dec 1947
22 Feb 1859 Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand - 03 Dec 1904
1868 Fenelon Township, Ontario, Canada - 05 Sep 1940
22 Oct 1848 Vankleek Hill, Champlain, Prescott and Russell, Canada West - 05 Mar 1942 photo

N

05 Apr 1851 Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York, United States - 02 Nov 1907 photo

O

07 Apr 1846 Bytown, Carleton County, Canada West - 13 Nov 1912 photo

P

23 Oct 1864 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 17 Mar 1937

R

abt Aug 1874 Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Nov 1927 photo

S

abt 1874 California, United States - 30 Jan 1942 photo
1861 Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Oct 1929 photo
24 Sep 1875 Chesley, Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario, Canada - 27 May 1928
05 Jan 1849 Purbrook, Medonte, Canada West - 30 Jan 1919 photo

T

abt 1862 Bennett Lake, Yukon - 29 Mar 1920 photo
01 Nov 1858 Weston, Toronto, York, Canada West - 26 Aug 1957 photo

U

1855 Bennett Lake, Yukon - 11 Jul 1916 photo

W

22 May 1840 Prescott, Grenville County, Upper Canada - 25 Jul 1905 photo
28 Sep 1866 Okaihau, Northland, New Zealand - 09 Jul 1949




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