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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Skagway and White Pass District NHL
Dyea and Chilkoot Trail District NHL
Historic Chilkoot Trail of the Kondike Gold Rush.
1800's
In August 1896, Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. The trio had no idea they would set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history. Stampeders faced their greatest hardships on the Chilkoot Trail out of Dyea and the White Pass Trail out of Skagway. There were murders and suicides, disease and malnutrition, and deaths from hypothermia, avalanche, and possibly even heartbreak.
Site connection to the National Historic Preservation Act
Includes two National Historic Landmark designations and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Read aloud by the Juneau Community Charter School 4/5 grade class.
Retrace the Steps of the Last Grand Adventure- The Klondike Gold Rush