While the rush did not settle the area, as had the Fraser Canyon or the Cariboo Gold Rush in their respective regions, it did draw the attention of British Columbia’s Governor James Douglas, who petitioned the British government to create the Stikine Territory from the line of the Finlay and Skeena Rivers, which were the Colony of British Columbia's northern boundary, north to the 62nd parallel and east to the 125th meridian.
The gold rush did not conquer the region, as had the Fraser Canyon or Cariboo Gold Rush in their respective domains, but it did draw the attention of British Columbia's Governor James Douglas, who sought to create the Stikine Territory by establishing its limits from the Finlay and Skeena Rivers, which defined the northern boundary of the Colony of British Columbia, extending north to the 62nd parallel and east to the 125th meridian.