Klondike gold rush

Placer mining in the Klondike Valley. Americans on the Yukon River worry about the effect of placer mining in salmon spawning rivers, while Canadians are concerned by overfishing on the Alaskan portion of the River. Before the Gold Rush, the Klondike River was one of the best spawning rivers in the entire Yukon Watershed. Placer mining throughout the Klondike has devastated the salmon run in the region. Placer mining on some creeks, can create wonderful salmon spawning habitats, but their has always been conflict between salmon conservationists and placer miners. Hopefully, in the future miners and fish biologists can work together to the benefit of all. (Peter Mather)

How gold mining forever transformed a river in the Yukon

Mining has left the Klondike River with some unique and bizarre-looking characteristics

Donald Trump’s ancestral brothel gets a new lease on life

There wasn’t much left of the flesh-pot that Friedrich Trump built on the road to the Klondike. Parks Canada and a Yukon First Nation are changing that.

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In the Klondike, a gold rush becomes an old rush

From 2015: Discoveries of gold and ancient fossils go hand in hand in the Yukon. But the mammoth tusk trade has a dark side.

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Remains of the Gold Rush days

Archeologist discoveries have upset some among the local First Nations