By Nargis The last gold rush belongs as

By Nargis

�The last gold rush belongs as much as to Canadian history as it does to American. The discovery of gold along the Klondike River, which follow from Canada’s Yukon territory into Alaska, drew some 30, 000 fortune hunters to the north. The Yukon became a territory and its capital of the time, Dawson, would not have existed without the gold

� The gold strike furnished material for a dozen of jack London’s novels. It inspired Robert Service to the write” the shooting of “Dan Mc. Grew” and other poems, and it provided the background for the wonderful Charlie Chaplin movie “ the gold rush”. It also marked the beginnings of Modern Alaska.

1. A. B. C. D. Why did the writer write this passage ? Discuss the significance of mining in Canada and the United States Show the influences of the Klondike gold strikes on the creative arts The Yukon territory is the beginnings of modern of Modern Alaska Point out the impact of Klondike gold strikes.