Talk:Klondike, Yukon
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[edit]What does Klondike mean? Rich Farmbrough 00:47, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Klondike comes from Tr'ondëk in the Han language spoken in the Dawson City area. It means hammerstone.
From the Tr'ondëk Hwë'chin First Nation's web site: http://trondek.com/history/ "In comparison to the mighty Yukon and its silty waters, the Klondike - the miners' rendition of the Han name Tr'ondek - was a much more modest stream. The river derived its name from the hammerstones First Nations people used to pound stakes for their fish traps into the riverbed." Luigi Zanasi
I have been reading a lot of Calgary Herald Microfilms from 1897 and 1898, and I noticed somthing really interesting. In some articles and advertisements refering to the Klondike, were spelled Clondyke [1] --Cloveious 03:27, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
From Google Earth, I can see a lot of peculiar crescent gravel formations in Bear Creek, just East of Klondike/Dawson. Is there any article describing their origin or purpose? 98.251.151.63 (talk) 05:41, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
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