Klondike Fields
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| location | Alaska (USA), Yukon Territory (Canada) |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 4 ′ N , 139 ° 26 ′ W |
 Hunker Creek Valley, Klondike |
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Klondike Fields is a mountainous region near the city of Dawson in the Yukon in northwestern Canada . The region lies in the border zone between Alaska and Yukon in Canada on the Klondike River , a small river that flows into the Yukon River from the northeast in Dawson . Gold was found on the Klondike Fields in 1897 . This started the largest gold rush in American history. As a reminder, there is the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Seattle and Skagway .
The Klondike gold rush
Gold prospectors at Chilkoot Pass on the way to Klondike
Klondike on the Yukon
Registration queue
See also
- Gold Rush (1925) - film with Charlie Chaplin