If you want a stunning location in Canada, Yukon is a great place to start. Yukon received it's name from the famous Yukon River, this name actually means Great River. Yukon is famous for many different reasons, but the one thing it is known world-wide for is the Klondike Gold Rush. Canadian holidays have benefited in a massive way thanks to Yukon’s diverse history and activities.
The Klondike Gold Rush really kicked off in the 19th century. It then became apparent that rumours were flying about that Gold could be found down the Klondike highway and in nearby rivers. Quite literally a rush, people from all over the world came to Klondike to find gold. Just because of the fact, that the amount of people in search of gold was so high, the area needed a police force set up in 1897 to bring order to the region.
The NWMP or the North West Mountain Police was created to help bring order to the Gold Rush situation. The “Mounties” as they were better known, were set up and led by a man called Constantine who was employed by the Canadian government to take care of Yukon’s Gold Rush proceedings. The Mounties were responsible for many different duties including being personal guard to the Monarch. Although they were successful at keeping the peace they did allow some illegal activities to continue such as gambling and prostitution.
Today the Mounties are still a well established force and respected throughout Canada, they are very much a large piece of Canada’s history. The Mounties motto was “We always catch our man”, because they were known to be adept at catching criminals.
Yukon’s tourism is one of its biggest money spinners and has 100’s of activities ranging from canoeing and kayaking, to skiing and snowboarding. So go to Yukon and see if you can find some gold, there is a fantastic Alaska cruise that travels from Yukon through Alaska.
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