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 Dredge No. 4 - Drague-Numéro-Quatre - Dawson City, Yukon Posted by:  Weathervane
N 63° 56.635 W 139° 20.179
7V E 581530 N 7091828
This floating bucket-line dredge is located on Upper Bonanza Creek Road, near Dawson City, Yukon. Cette drague flottante à godets est située sur le chemin Upper Bonanza Creek, près de la ville de Dawson, au Yukon.
Waymark Code: WM12PY0
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 06/28/2020
Views: 4
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
This floating bucket-line dredge symbolizes the importance of Yukon’s gold dredging operations in Canada from 1899 to 1966, when the last of its kind shut down. Built in 1912 by the Canadian Klondike Mining Company, this machine worked the gravels of the Klondike River Valley. Dismantled and refurbished by the Yukon Consolidated Gold Company in 1940, it mined Bonanza Creek until 1959 and sank the next year when a dam burst. Dredge No. 4 illustrates the evolution of gold mining in this area, from the labour-intensive manual techniques of early prospectors to large-scale, corporate industrial extraction methods.
Le texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
Cette drague à godets flottante symbolise l’importance pour le Canada du dragage des champs aurifères au Yukon de 1899 à 1966, année où la dernière drague a cessé ses activités. Bâtie en 1912 par la Canadian Klondike Mining Company, elle exploitait le gravier de la rivière Klondike. Remise à neuf par la Yukon Consolidated Gold Company en 1940, elle a dragué le ruisseau Bonanza jusqu’en 1959, coulant l’année suivante après la rupture d’un barrage. Elle illustre l’évolution de l’extraction de l’or dans la région, des techniques manuelles et laborieuses des premiers prospecteurs aux méthodes industrielles d’extraction à grande échelle.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Yukon
Location - City name/Town name: Upper Bonanza Creek Road - Dawson City
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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