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Old 11-01-2016, 03:07 AM
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I saw this on UK tv on sunday, someone uploaded it to youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uq01DeQMZk
Did anyone see this?

Mention is made of a Frederick Wombwell a brit who went there at the time and wrote a book A year in the Klondyke after some google searches found a site with the text, still reading his diary.......
I tried to find a biography of F. Wombwell no luck yet....still searching.....anyone know what happened to him later on........? Did he live to old age ?
Has anyone in modern times walked these trails? Any youtube videos?
Any books or other diaries that are interesting to read?
I am always interested in historical things not sure if this can be double posted at History also?
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Old 11-01-2016, 03:12 AM
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Link to diary/book by F. Wombwell https://issuu.com/historyhit/docs/wo...tampeder_diary
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Old 11-02-2016, 09:25 AM
 
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Thanks for the link. Looks good, so I look forward to viewing it.
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Old 11-14-2016, 07:21 AM
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Episodes 2 lakes and rivers and 3 digging for gold are viewable same youtube channel as the one in link above.
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Old 11-15-2016, 05:27 AM
 
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Clicked on link intending to watch a few minutes and wound up watching the entire first episode. Thank you for posting this, can't wait to start episode 2...
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Old 11-15-2016, 09:33 AM
 
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Thanks for the link. Just watched 1 and 2. 2 in particular was like old home week for me. Been there, done most of that. I have spent a fair bit of time on Lake Bennett, had a cabin at Carcross, and floated down the Stewart and Yukon Rivers to Dawson City in a canoe. Lived in Dawson City for 2 summers.


Back in the 1970s, National Geographic made a film about 4 guys who built a raft at the headwaters of Lake Bennett and floated all the way to where the Yukon flows into the Bering Sea. I met those guys (and their support crew) in Dawson City - and even was in the film for about 3 seconds on the dock there as they prepared to take off again heading north.
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Old 11-20-2016, 07:46 PM
 
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Finished all three episodes!


I had no idea of the statistics and hardships of the Klondike Gold Rush, the statistics are quite shocking. I knew many did not make much or any money and faced many hardships and even death in some cases, but not to the extent quoted in the narrative of the show below.


"Of an estimated 100,000 people, less than 4,000 found any gold, and only a few 100 became rich. Coming to the Yukon cost most of them everything, some even losing their lives, and many of those who survived the harsh conditions returned home destitute and physically broken".


And here's a passage from a Stampeder's diary:


"Men became excited, giving up good jobs, and leaving their wives and children, after mortgaging all they possessed. And for what? For many disillusionment, hardship, poverty, death".


Diary of William Olive
Cornish Stampeder, 1898


I'm guessing it was a combination between poor economic times for some looking to take this huge gamble on a better life, combined with the aura of romance, excitement and adventure surrounding the event...
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Old 11-20-2016, 09:49 PM
 
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It was and is called "Gold fever"!
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