The
Klondike Gold Rush was a
migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the
Klondike region of the
Yukon in north-western
Canada between 1896 and 1899.
Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896 and, when news reached
Seattle and
San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of would-be prospectors. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. The Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1899 after gold was discovered in
Nome,
Alaska prompting an exodus from the Klondike. It has been immortalized by photographs, books, films, and artifacts.