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the town of grand forks yukon

During the gold rush days, the town of Grand Forks, also known as Bonanza, was the second-largest town in the Yukon. Dawson City, of course, was bigger. It was located at the junction of Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks, where millions of dollars in gold were
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During the gold rush days, the town of Grand Forks, also known as Bonanza, was the second-largest town in the Yukon. Dawson City, of course, was bigger.

It was located at the junction of Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks, where millions of dollars in gold were mined.

A lot of the Klondike gold kings lived and mined there.

Belinda Mulrooney built one of the first businesses there, called the Grand Forks Hotel.

A dredge appears to the foreground of the above photograph. Most of the town was evidently dredged over.

This is a Yukon Archives photo. A.K. Schillenger Foundation.

Anyone with information about this subject, please write Jim Robb: The Colourful Five Per Cent Scrapbook - Can You Identify? c/o the Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Yukon,

Y1A 2E4, or e-mail through the News website, www.yukon-news.com.