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Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park was formally established in 1998 by the United States and Canada, the centennial of the gold rush it commemorates.
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Klondike and Gold
* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
The Klondike is famed because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1896 and ended the following year.
* July 25 – Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.
He is best remembered as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories " To Build a Fire ", " An Odyssey of the North ", and " Love of Life ".
On July 12, 1897, London ( age 21 ) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush.
This area now consists of the provinces of Manitoba ( admitted after negotiation between Canada and a Métis provisional government in 1870 ), Saskatchewan, and Alberta ( both created in 1905 ), as well as the Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territory ( created 1898, following the start of the Klondike Gold Rush ), and Nunavut ( created in 1999 ).
He was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse, Yukon, where his father had moved for the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
That same year, he also narrated the Academy Award-nominated National Film Board of Canada documentary City of Gold, exploring life in his hometown of Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Klondike and Rush
Klondike and International
In 1998, the centennial of the gold rush, Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in British Columbia merged with the U. S. park to create the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
In 1969, the U. S. and Canadian governments jointly declared their intention to make Chilkoot Trail a component of a Klondike Gold Rush International Historic Park.
But not until the centennial of the gold rush, in 1998, was the dream of an international park realized, when Klondike Gold Rush NHP and Chilkoot Trail NHS were merged to form Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
In the summer of 1998, the Site and the Park united to form Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
In 1998, Klondike Gold Rush NHP joined with Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site, and other Parks Canada sites to form the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
In 1969, the US and Canadian governments jointly declared their intention to make Chilkoot Trail a component of a Klondike Gold Rush International Historic Park.
But it wasn't until the centennial of the gold rush, in 1998, that the dream of an international park was realized, when Klondike Gold Rush NHP and Chilkoot Trail NHS joined to form Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
Klondike and Historical
The Skagway area today is home to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and White Pass and Chilkoot Trails.
Today, Pioneer Square is home to art galleries, internet companies, cafés, sports bars, nightclubs, bookstores, and a unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, the other unit of which is located in Skagway, Alaska.
White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad Building is now a museum and home of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
The park comprises Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Washington and Alaska, and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in British Columbia.
The U. S. portion was eventually established in 1976 as Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, comprising part of Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington, various sites throughout Skagway, Alaska, the abandoned town site of Dyea, Alaska, and the U. S. portion of the Chilkoot Trail.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park commemorating the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s.
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