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Klondike

Klondike

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A cold, remote area in northwest Canada where gold was found in 1896
  • proper noun
  • /ˈklɒn.daɪk/
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  • Everybody rushed to Klondike at that time.
  • Klondike gold

Examples

  • Starting in 1901, dredges transformed gold mining in the Klondike.

    Saltwater (2023)

  • By reading old newspaper accounts, students may find that some Americans were more interested in the gold rush in the Alaskan Klondike than the charge up San Juan Hill.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Hey, when it's 50 below in the Klondike, a man needs a partner.

    American Heart (1992)

  • More gold in that river than there is in the Klondike.

    The Misfits (1961)

  • Rather than exploring the entire world, the map in Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs focuses on the Pacific Northwest in 1897, associated with the Klondike gold rush.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Like the Klondike or the California gold rush settlements, the diamond fields of South Africa were places of dirty clothes and filthy faces, of chapped skin, yellowed teeth, and alcoholic reek.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Explores the Klondike Gold Rush through the tumultuous life of a Tagish Indian woman, born Shaaw Tlaa, who was wife, sister, and aunt to the men who made the initial find in 1896 that sparked the stampede.

    Academic text (2016)

  • In 1896, the discovery of gold in the Klondike region led to a massive influx of fortune seekers.

  • The Klondike Gold Rush changed the landscape of northwestern Canada forever.

  • Many adventurers left their homes in search of riches during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Surface Forms

Klondike main

Etymology

Klondike comes from a local Indigenous Hän name Tr'ondëk meaning 'hammerstone', a stone tool people used near the river. That's why the place kept the name Klondike, and the word now brings to mind the 1896 gold rush in northwestern Canada.