📆 Canada by Year

📅 Events in 1898

Jun 20, 1898

Klondike Gold Rush at Its Peak

The Klondike Gold Rush is at its height with over 100,000 prospectors attempting the journey to Dawson City, Yukon, transforming the isolated northern territory and prompting Canada to assert sovereignty over the region.

Economics Yukon

Jun 27, 1898

Yukon Territory Created

Parliament passes the Yukon Territory Act, separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories and creating a separate territorial government to manage the region during the Klondike Gold Rush.

Politics Yukon