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What is the Klondike Gold Rush associated with?
- Gold discoveries in Ontario that led to the founding of mining towns
- A gold rush in British Columbia in the 1850s
- A gold rush in Alberta that preceded the oil sands development
- A major gold rush in the Yukon in 1896-1899 that brought thousands of prospectors to northern Canada
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Starting in 1896, the discovery of gold in the Klondike region of the Yukon triggered a massive rush of prospectors from around the world hoping to strike it rich. At its peak in 1898, the boomtown of Dawson City briefly became one of the largest cities in western Canada.