125th Anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush: Panning for GoldOne of the defining moments in Canadian History, The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896 sparked a mass exodus of opportunistic migrants from their hometowns to the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska. Following the discovery of Gold near the Klondike and Yukon Rivers, around 100,000 people embarked on the treacherous journey which involved crossing dangerous ice valleys and scaling rocky mountains. With roughly half of these opportunists dying from