Klondike River
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Key facts
- Native name
- Tr'ondëk ( Hän )
- Country
- Canada
- Territory
- Yukon
- Source
- Ogilvie Mountains
- Mouth
- Yukon River
- Location
- Dawson City , Yukon , Canada
- Length
- 160 km (99 mi)
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 320
- Image
- Klondike River crossing Dempster Highway 1.JPG
- Length
- 168
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- Klondike River
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- Klondike River
- watershed area
- 8000
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The Klondike River (Hän: Tr'ondëk) is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush and the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory. The Klondike River rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City.
Its name comes from the Hän word Tr'ondëk ( IPA: [ʈʂʼoⁿdək]) meaning hammerstone, a tool which was used to hammer down stakes used to set salmon nets.
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Yukon
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Dawson City
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Canada
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gold
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Jack London
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Q455
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Yukon River
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tributary
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province or territory of Canada
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river mouth
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salmon
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Klondike Gold Rush
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Klondike
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Reindeer Lake
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Hän
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Ogilvie Mountains
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Collier's
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Dempster Highway
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hammerstone
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