Gold Rush
Robert Service
One of the first people to make Canadian
stories international
First poems were published in1907
Wrote poems about the prospectors and
and the mining he observed in Yukon
Worked at Canadian Bank of Commerce in Dawson City
Sometimes called the "Bard of the Yukon"
British-Canadian poet/writer
Dawson City
Sometimes referred to as Paris in the North
The "heart" of the Klondike gold rush
$100 Million dollars were mined in Dawson City
100,000 prospectors went to Dawson City
when word spread there was gold
Located in Yukon
People still mine for gold
Very popular for mining gold
Prospectors
The prospectors scared away all the fish and moose
that the First Nations rely on because they are burning down forest and destroying river banks, So this gold rush have major affect on the life's of the First Nations that lives there.
Barely any woman were miners
20% woman and 80% men were miners
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They earned around $2,000 per two days
Worked 9 hour shifts
Prospectors wore loose trousers or jeans, a
loose fitting shirt and very durable mining boots
Some also came from America
Came in around 1896 and 1899
Prospectors had to bring a years supply of food and
other belongings when they went to Yukon
People who mined for gold in the Yukon
First Nations are still fighting for compensation
for how the prospectors damaged their land
They destroyed the land to find gold
Burned forest to find gold
Used harmful chemicals that traveled
into water systems
Destructive to First Nations People
Cariboo Gold Rush
Barkerville
Most of the golds are found in William lighting and Lowhee creeks
Took place in the Cariboo mountains
It is British Columbia's most famous gold rush
People began arriving there after the prospectors from the Fraser river found gold there.
Cariboo gold rush took place between 1860 and 1863
Fraser River
The First Nations have been living on this river basin for over 10,000 years. They have been living off this land so easily because all of its rich land and resources. All of this was going well for a long time untill 1808. In 1808 Simon Fraser explored most of the river basin and then he settleted down near the river for all of the gold to the south. With a whole bunch of europeans this was bad because the eurpeans were distrupting the First nations commities. The Europeans over fished the river and also killing off all of the animals for fur trade. After that the First Nations got diesies from having no food. Those deiasies were measles, influenza, scarlet fever and smallpox.
The Fraser river was first found by explorer Simon Fraser that area became a selltelment. After that the river became a transportation route for food and supplies for indegiounes villages around the river. Until explorers found gold in the south side of the river. Kicking off the Fraser river gold rush
Around the river there was lots of vegitation for growing plants and food. The animals around the river are grizzly bears moose, wolfs,sheeps and goats.
In the fraser river there were many diffrent types of fish species some of them were rainbow and brook trout, and Pacific lamprey and salmon.
The reason why people came to this river in the gold rush because there were know one that settled down on the river out skirts. And their were lots of gold sandbars in the river.
The river is
1,375 km long
The fraser river is the longest river in British Columbia
Yukon
Sour toe cocktails
Toes with frost bite get cut off and sent to saloon's and bars where they are kept in boxes
When you order a sour toe cocktail they open a box with toes you pick the one you want. They plop it in a drink and if you drink it and the toe touches your lip, you become part of the sour toe cocktail club
People pressured the federal government to split the Northwest territory into two
The government agreed and that's how the Yukon Territory as created in 1898
In 1899 gold was found in Alaska, so many stampeders moved on from the Yukon
The Klondike gold rush was over
The trek was hard for men, but it was harder for woman
Woman were required to wear corsets, ankle-length skirts, and high-heeled boots. Woman who discarded these clothes for men's clothes or more practical clothes were considered immoral
Woman who had children also had to care for them in the harsh conditions
Seattle newspaper published a report talking about "a ton of gold" in Klondike
100 000 stampeders went on their way to Klondike, only 30000 made it there successfully
Gold rushes in the Yukon affected the lives of our aboriginal peoples
They destroyed the Han people
Worldwide publicity of the discovery of large gold nuggets
Klondike
Klondike gold rush: 1897-1898
The quickest way to get to Klondike was by boat to Alaska, then stampeders had to cross the mountains, this was also the most expensive way
Gold seekers moved to Yukon with their suppliers
