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Tr'ondëk-Klondike
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How it came to be
The banks of the Yukon River in north-western Canada have been the homeland of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in for thousands of years. In 1874 the first European fur-trading post in Yukon, Fort Reliance, was built here, and Forty Mile downstream became Yukon's first gold rush town.
The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896 and drew about 30,000 people. Dawson City grew up as its town and port, and the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in, displaced by the rush, moved to Moosehide village. In the 1910s Yukon's population fell from about 30,000 to under 5,000.
In 1998 the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in signed their final and self-government agreements. They led the nomination with the Government of Yukon and Parks Canada. The bid was withdrawn in 2018, and in September 2023 eight places along an 85-kilometre stretch of the river were inscribed.
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