Klondike Gold Rush

The Yukon gold rush of the late 1890s.

Historic places
52Historic places
Built
1869–1956Built
Provinces and territories
3Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 30
  • Provincial 3
  • Territorial 3
  • Municipal 16
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Yukon29
  • British Columbia22
  • Ontario1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1890s: 24 of the 49 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1869Hera ShipwreckNone, British Columbia
  2. 1874Malahat Building / Old Victoria Custom House National Historic Site of CanadaVictoria, British Columbia
  3. 1880DoraNone, British Columbia

The register gives no construction date for 3 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 21 of these 52 places. These names come up most often.

Names marked ↗ open their entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950.

  1. W.P. Skillings (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  2. T.W. Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  3. Robert Moncrieff (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Department of Public Works2 places

All 52 places

Often found together

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