Category: Klondike Gold Rush
Categories: Yukon | Yukon Territory | Dawson City, Yukon | North-West Mounted Police | Canada, Gold Miners
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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)
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John Aitken
04 Nov 1873 Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 1959
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Isaac Brown
1839 Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada - 08 Aug 1899
John Brown
14 Sep 1864 Oxford County, Canada West - 27 Oct 1943
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George Carmack
24 Sep 1860 Contra Costa County, California, United States - 05 Jun 1922
Ellen Cashman
May 1844 Midleton, An Cóbh, County Cork, Ireland - 04 Jan 1925
George Clazy
15 Jun 1860 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 30 Jul 1919
Ernest Collyer
06 Sep 1876 Durham, Grey, Ontario, Canada - 28 Jul 1938
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Alice Freeman
abt 14 Jan 1858 Bowmanville, Canada West - 10 Jan 1936
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Charles Gates
Apr 1855 Minerva, Essex, New York, United States - 13 Feb 1933
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Andrew Grant
abt 10 Oct 1860 La Guerre, Huntingdon, Quebec - 22 Jul 1935
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Michael Heney
abt 24 Oct 1864 Stonecliffe, Head Clara and Maria, Renfrew, Canada West - 11 Oct 1910
Robert Hurdman
10 Jul 1869 Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada - 25 Jun 1920
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Harvey Leas
10 Nov 1847 Euphemia, Preble, Ohio, United States - 17 Jun 1898
James Livingston
abt 22 Jan 1858 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States - 15 Jan 1935
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John Marchbank
abt 1868 DeSable, Queens, Prince Edward Island - 01 Dec 1947
Robert Mason
22 Feb 1859 Taita, Lower Hutt, New Zealand - 03 Dec 1904
William McGee
1868 Fenelon Township, Ontario, Canada - 05 Sep 1940
Archibald McLean
22 Oct 1848 Vankleek Hill, Champlain, Prescott and Russell, Canada West - 05 Mar 1942
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Herman Nichols
05 Apr 1851 Fort Plain, Montgomery, New York, United States - 02 Nov 1907
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William Ogilvie
07 Apr 1846 Bytown, Carleton County, Canada West - 13 Nov 1912
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Percy Reid
abt Aug 1874 Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Nov 1927
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Francis Slaven
1861 Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Oct 1929
John Stanley
24 Sep 1875 Chesley, Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario, Canada - 27 May 1928
Samuel Steele
05 Jan 1849 Purbrook, Medonte, Canada West - 30 Jan 1919
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Joseph Tyrrell
01 Nov 1858 Weston, Toronto, York, Canada West - 26 Aug 1957
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James Walsh
22 May 1840 Prescott, Grenville County, Upper Canada - 25 Jul 1905
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