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When a group of men arrived in San Francisco with gold dust they panned out of a creek in the Yukon, the world’s eyes fell on Canada and the Klondike Gold Rush began. In that year, 1897, millions of people began to think about striking it rich in the Klondike, altering the history of Canada. Prince Albert was no different in Klondike fever but what many people do not realize is that there was a brief gold rush in the area in 1896. Located 40 kilometres to the southeast, dozens of residents made their way down to the creek to pan for gold and strike it rich. Within Prince Albert, the hardware stores were cleaned out of their picks and shovels by residents heading down there. It may have not been the Klondike, but it was a gold rush for the area all the same. That isn’t to say that Prince Albert didn’t have its own part to play in the Klondike Gold Rush. Before any people from town even made the journey up to the Klondike, local merchants were jumping on the bandwagon, hoping for a financial bonanza. Around Prince Albert, the cry of “The Prince Albert Route to the Klondike” could be heard, with merchant describing it as “the best, safest, and withal the poor man’s route to the El Dorado of the north.” The trail to the Klondike from Prince Albert began with a path that led for 140 miles over a wagon road to Green Lake, and then winding down the Beaver River to the Churchill. At this point, the road led from Churchill to Methy Portage, which had been abandoned five years pervious by the Hudson’s Bay Company. At this point, Methy Portage descended the Clearwater, to McMurray, following the Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie Rivers nearly to the Arctic Ocean. At this point, one would climb the rivers of the Yukon to the heart of the Klondike. Not exactly a quick trip, but a route nonetheless. Boosters in Prince Albert though cited that the route was 287 miles shorter than the route from Edmonton and with the completion of the Manitoba and North-West Railway, it would be 550 miles short. The Board of Trade sprang into life and was granted $800 for advertising from the town. In the winter of 1898, Capt. J.M. Smith began to build a 28-foot boat designed specifically for the Prince Albert route. Other townspeople built canoes, and merchants began to buy mining equipment and prospector’s clothing. One merchant event offered to take Klondike gold on par. In Regina, citizens and the government of the Territorial Government, took notice and it was suggested at the Legislature that Prince Albert be included as one of the routes to the Yukon region in maps published for gold miners making the trip. The Territorial Commissioner of Public Works even inspected the Green Lake Trail and had $800 spent to clear trees and begin making bridges. Unfortunately, the rush never got under way, and did not reach the expected proportions when the ice on the Churchill broke up. Yes, there were prospectors who came through, but most who came through already had all the equipment they needed because they believed prices would be high in Prince Albert. In addition, the Prince Albert route’s season was much shorter and more difficult than the prospectors had previously thought. The boats built by Capt. Smith were too heavy for a route that canoes had previously taken and only those who actually left Prince Albert to follow the ice down the Clearwater in 1898, actually reached Dawson before the freeze-up. Whatever prosperity brought to Prince Albert in 1898 from the Klondike Gold Rush, quickly disappeared.
Klondike Gold Rush is a quick foldable for Canadian Grade 4/5 students. All you need to do is print a couple pages for each student! You can use this foldable to introduce the topic or as a review to check understanding. Either way, your students will enjoy this activity. Feedback is appreciated! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're looking for other Canadian History activities, you might be interested in: • Britain's Influence on Canada (1600-1700s) Reader's Theatre • Early European Explorers • Loyalists in Canada Envelope Foldable • Go West! Settling the Canadian Prairies • Canadian History Timeline Activity • Canadian Confederation QR Code Activity • Vikings Arrive in Canada Mini Booklet • NWMP Foldable • Canadian Pacific Railway Booklet • Voyageurs • Influential Canadians Keep up with Top Priority Teaching! Blog Instagram Pinterest
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Images for Klondike gold rush (Canadian history)
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Yukon Territory in north-western Canada. Gold was first discovered in Bonanza Creek by the local miners on August 16, 1896. When the news of the discovery reached Seattle and San Francisco roughly 100,000 men traveled up north in search…
Snapshots of Canada’s Past: History is more than just words on a screen or from a textbook; this series is a thematic look back at Canadian history through visual imagery. If you were alive d…
The Klondike Gold Rush set off the wild excitement of discovery. Finding "gold" can really help kids understand the lure of the gold rush experience.
Snapshots of Canada’s Past: History is more than just words on a screen or from a textbook; this series is a thematic look back at Canadian history through visual imagery. If you were alive d…
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Yukon Territory in north-western Canada. Gold was first discovered in Bonanza Creek by the local miners on August 16, 1896. When the news of the discovery reached Seattle and San Francisco roughly 100,000 men traveled up north in search…
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Yukon Territory in north-western Canada. Gold was first discovered in Bonanza Creek by the local miners on August 16, 1896. When the news of the discovery reached Seattle and San Francisco roughly 100,000 men traveled up north in search…
Snapshots of Canada’s Past: History is more than just words on a screen or from a textbook; this series is a thematic look back at Canadian history through visual imagery. If you were alive d…
Snapshots of Canada’s Past: History is more than just words on a screen or from a textbook; this series is a thematic look back at Canadian history through visual imagery. If you were alive d…
A group of prospectors that included Shaaw Tláa, along with her brothers and common-law husband, discovered gold in the Klondike in 1896. She was the first of many women who became part of gold rush history. Others made their way north to take advantage of the gold rush for riches, freedom, and adventure in a time where few women had control over their own lives.Without Shaaw Tláa there would be no Klondike Gold Rush, and of course, no Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park. In 1896, Tl&...
He was the penniless itinerant who, after stints as a sailor, a pirate and a gold digger, became a literary star – before the excesses of adventure cut his...
