Where is the Klondike River?
Klondike River Klondike River 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 has its source in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City. Its name comes from the Hän word "Tr'ondëk" (//) 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
Klondike, Oregon 11, 1899. The office closed on November 30, 1951. Klondike, Oregon Klondike is an unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. It is near the Wasco, Oregon site of the Klondike III Wind Project, Oregon's largest wind energy farm with 176 turbines for wind energy. When the Columbia Southern Railroad was being built in 1898, the line got to this location when word of a gold discovery in the north was received. Most of the construction crew deserted and headed north to the Klondike. So they decided to name the place after that river. A.B. Potter was first postmaster