Dawson City has been one of my favourite areas to explore, because if you enjoy the outdoors, fishing, hiking, hunting, exploring and history, there are fewer places with equal opportunity. History in Dawson started back in the gold rush, but unlike most boom and bust towns, the miners never completely abandoned this area. From the day gold was first discovered, miners have been traveling to this area in search of their riches. Even the great Jack London go his start, and his inspiration from the Klondike. I was fortunate last year to get out and spend some time on a gold mine, moving dirt and testing my Gold Fever. This year, I wanted to get deep into the gold fields and search for some relics of the past, and sure enough, we found them.
The gold dredge completely revolutionized gold mining, because prior to these mega machines, men were still using pics and shovels. Hardly an inch of land was left untouched in the Klondike after the dredges went through, but they weren't the most efficient machines. Today many miners go back and work the old tailings left behind from the dredges, and some folks actually do quite well.
I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to see some of these dredges before time and mother nature eliminate them forever, but still left in the valleys are dozens more still waiting to be discovered.
If you are aching for some more Dawson City content, you're in luck. Here is my video last year from the gold mine: https://youtu.be/HprDLSiHq7I
And my video from the amazing Paddle Wheeler Graveyard: https://youtu.be/Vota-15uHVs
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