Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City, said he and the four-member council refused to take Canada’s official oath ...

This finding triggered a veritable gold rush and lured over one hundred thousand adventurers to Dawson City from 1896 to 1899. The small town on the Klondike and Yukon River, became a large city with ...

In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian ... He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...

Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City, said he and the four-member council refused to take Canada’s official oath ...

Dawson City is a town of 2,400, known for being the heart of the historic Klondike Gold Rush that began in 1896. It is the ...

the Klondike Gold Rush had symbolically ushered in an age of prosperity for Canada. Gold was discovered in the Klondike River in the Yukon in the summer of 1896. The following year, thousands of ...

It read "Gold, Gold, Gold - A Ton of Gold." Few prospectors made it rich during the Klondike Gold Rush. By the time most gold-seekers reached the region, the richest riverbeds had already been ...