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Klondike: The Quest for Gold is a Canadian documentary television series, which aired in 2003 on The History Network. [1] It follows the journey of five modern-day people as they recreate the journey made over 100,000 people during the Klondike Gold Rush . [ 2 ]
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.
Klondike is a three-part miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush that was broadcast by the Discovery Channel on January 20–22, 2014. Based on Charlotte Gray 's novel Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike , it is the Discovery Channel's first scripted miniseries.
The site is considered to be the place where the Klondike gold rush started. It is located around 17 kilometres (11 miles) south-southeast of Dawson City . The Discovery claim was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on July 13, 1998.
When gold was discovered nearby in 1896, several boomtowns were founded and the landscape around the Klondike transformed into an industrial hub. [1] Nearly 30,000 people arrived in Dawson City over the next few years. [3] In mid-1901 an expedition left California hoping to prove that the Klondike was the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden.
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George Washington Carmack (September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922) was an American prospector in the Yukon.He was originally credited with registering Discovery Claim, the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush on August 16, 1896.