Klondike River
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Klondike River | |
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Klondike River crossing Dempster Highway (upstream) | |
Native name | Tr'ondëk (Hän) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Yukon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Ogilvie Mountains |
Mouth | Yukon River |
• location | Dawson City, Yukon, Canada |
• coordinates | 64°03′08″N 139°26′27″W / 64.05222°N 139.44083°WCoordinates: 64°03′08″N 139°26′27″W / 64.05222°N 139.44083°W |
Length | 160 km (99 mi) |
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The Klondike River (Hän: Tr'ondëk) is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike River rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City.
Its name comes from the Hän word Tr'ondëk (/ʈʂʼoⁿdək/) meaning hammerstone, a tool which was used to hammer down stakes used to set salmon nets.
Gold was discovered in tributaries of the Klondike River in 1896, which started the Klondike gold rush, and is still being mined today.
In Jack London's story "A Relic of the Pliocene" (Collier's Weekly, 1901), this river was mentioned as "Reindeer River". (See Reindeer Lake.)
Gallery
Klondike River (left) flowing into the Yukon River (top and right) at Dawson City
Klondike River crossing Dempster Highway (downstream)
See also
References
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- ^ "Klondike River". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 5 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Klondike River". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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