Performing this task, and contending with the mountainous terrain and cold climate, meant those who persisted did not arrive until summer 1898. In all, the Klondikers' equipment weighed close to a ton, which most carried themselves, in stages. The Canadian authorities required each of them to bring a year's supply of food, in order to prevent starvation. Here, the "Klondikers" could follow either the Chilkoot or the White Pass trails to the Yukon River, and sail down to the Klondike. To reach the gold fields, most prospectors took the route through the ports of Dyea and Skagway, in Southeast Alaska. It has been immortalized in films, literature, and photographs. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain.
Gold was discovered there by local miners on Augwhen news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 18.
The Call of the Wild, The Spell of the Yukon, The Cremation of Sam McGee Prospectors ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898ĭawson City at Klondike River, Yukon, Canada
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