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Gold discovered in a tributary of the Klondike River more than a century ago triggered a stampede that forever changed the Yukon and Alaska. More than 100,000 people headed north during 1897 and 1898, transforming the Klondike from a little-known region into a world-famous mining centre. Thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot Pass hauling their supplies. In 1996, the governments of Canada and the United States officially recognized the international significance of the Klondike Gold Rush by creating the Klondike Gold Rush International Park, and the official designation took place on August 5, 1998. Important sites within the park include Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park in Skagway and, in Canada, Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Sites, and the Thirty Mile Heritage River, all jointly administered and managed by the two countries.
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