Does anyone remember the Walt Disney Donald Duck comics? In them, Donald's rich uncle Scrooge McDuck was given a backstory: he made his fortune in the Yukon Gold Rush, and they carefully explained how he found no gold, but made his fortune selling luxury goods to the miners (no mention of whorehouses, of course). That was the first I heard of the Yukon, as a kid. Then there were Jack London's stories, and the catchy poems of Robert Service, both of whom had experienced the rush. Canadian historian and journalist Pierre Berton was born in Whitehorse, and spent his early childhood in Dawson city in the 1920s, when it was nothing but a huge ghost town of abandoned buildings surrounding the few remaining inhabitants. His books about the Klondike are fabulous... every Canadian should read them. Finally, as an adult, I had the pleasure of hitchhiking to the Yukon with a friend, going all the way up to Dawson city, and then continuing north along the lonely Dempster Road all the way to Inuvik in the NWT. The Yukon remains my favourite part of Canada. It was still a bit of a challenge to get there when I visited. Now, much of the old ruined town has been fixed up, and there are regular flights from Germany, where it is considered a very romantic destination (by Germans who read books about the Yukon in their childhood).
The Porcupine Gold Rush was both later and far more lucrative and contained (contains) far more gold than the Klondike. The Porcupine lead the the KL Camp, and Val D'Or Camps as well. The Porcupine is the last Gold Rush as we think of them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Gold_Rush
You must live around Haines! Not even close to the Klondike, either in people involved, money invested, or certainly the suffering involved. But it has a modestly-interesting story.
Man this channel is gold. Thanks a lot for your efforts, am going through your videos and gaining so much knowledge about this beautiful country
Does anyone remember the Walt Disney Donald Duck comics? In them, Donald's rich uncle Scrooge McDuck was given a backstory: he made his fortune in the Yukon Gold Rush, and they carefully explained how he found no gold, but made his fortune selling luxury goods to the miners (no mention of whorehouses, of course). That was the first I heard of the Yukon, as a kid. Then there were Jack London's stories, and the catchy poems of Robert Service, both of whom had experienced the rush. Canadian historian and journalist Pierre Berton was born in Whitehorse, and spent his early childhood in Dawson city in the 1920s, when it was nothing but a huge ghost town of abandoned buildings surrounding the few remaining inhabitants. His books about the Klondike are fabulous... every Canadian should read them. Finally, as an adult, I had the pleasure of hitchhiking to the Yukon with a friend, going all the way up to Dawson city, and then continuing north along the lonely Dempster Road all the way to Inuvik in the NWT. The Yukon remains my favourite part of Canada. It was still a bit of a challenge to get there when I visited. Now, much of the old ruined town has been fixed up, and there are regular flights from Germany, where it is considered a very romantic destination (by Germans who read books about the Yukon in their childhood).
Really, was unaware of the German flights to the Yukon. Kind of awesome that Disney even incorporated the gold rush! Thanks for the awesome comment!
You mean no more gold by 1898 not 1998 right? Great videos about Canada keep it up 👍
can we speculate what route , Fredrik Trump use , and did he venture there to swindle prosecutors ?
We can speculate pone anything like we can speculate. Your parents are secretly drug dealers.
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The Porcupine Gold Rush was both later and far more lucrative and contained (contains) far more gold than the Klondike. The Porcupine lead the the KL Camp, and Val D'Or Camps as well. The Porcupine is the last Gold Rush as we think of them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Gold_Rush
You must live around Haines! Not even close to the Klondike, either in people involved, money invested, or certainly the suffering involved. But it has a modestly-interesting story.