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The Klondike is an area of the Yukon in northwest Canada. The Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897, and lasted until 1899. Gold has been mined continuously in that area except for a short time in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

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They needed the gold to pay for their Klondike bars.

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It comes from the Han word Tr'ondek meaning Hammerstone. The stones were used to hammer down the stakes across the river to trap Salmon

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