The California Gold Rush is well known and much studied but the Alaskan Gold Rush is far less talked about. In his new book The Floor of Heaven, bestselling author Howard Blum tells the story of the ...

The Yukon gold rush really began in early July of 1897, when a ship docked in Seattle, Washington. The local press had broadcast to the world that miners returning from Alaska were toting “bags of ...

Stephanie Pearson is a contributing editor to Outside, a 2023 National Geographic Explorer, and the author of 100 Great American Parks. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming ...

Adventure on ice: Visitors camp and ski on Kluane’s vast ice fields, with guided support and sustainable, no-impact practices ...

In 1896, a small group of prospectors discovered a stunningly rich pocket of gold at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, and in the following two years thousands of individuals traveled ...

Vancouver-based Ethos Capital Corporation says it's excited about results emerging from its gold exploration property in the White Gold district, south of Dawson City. Ethos bought the property from ...