The Short-Lived Gold Rush to Leechtown The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858 brought many miners in the British Columbia region. When gold deposits in Fraser Canyon diminished many of the miners left, but many others remained behind and began to explore rivers and creeks in the area in search of gold. In […]
If the Fraser Gold Rush is something of the “founding gold rush” of British Columbia, Cariboo is one of the longest running and most famous. The Cariboo Gold Rush is so well-known that some even confuse the details of the Fraser with its events. This is because the discoveries in the Cariboo plateau, which is […]
Adventurous men have left no place unturned in their search for Earth’s hidden wealth. One such place is British Columbia’s famous Fraser River. The place holds great history where gold mining is concerned. Lets take a look at some of the early gold mining activities around the Fraser River. While the heyday of mining is […]
The small town of Atlin, British Columbia is the location of one of the most important gold mining centers in Canadian history. While the first discover of gold in the British Columbia region occurred in 1857, it was not until the great Atlin Gold Rush of 1898 did the town grow in popularity thanks to […]
Prospecting for gold in Newfoundland and Labrador began in the late 1800s and tapered off again around 1940. In the 1980s renewed interest in mining occurred due to the increase in the price of gold. In 1983, a geological map showed there were only a very few gold discoveries in the Baie Verta area of […]
Nunavut comprises what used to be the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories and includes most of the islands reaching up toward Greenland. Extending south from Ellsmere Island to the Torngat Mountains in Labrador and Quebec is the Arctic Cordillera, which is a range of volcanic mountains that dominates eastern Nunavut. This area has not […]
Gold in Quebec is primarily found in the southern part of the province. There is a history of gold found throughout the Beauce and Eastern Townships, which was the location of the first gold rush in Canada in the 1950s. A young girl found a gold nugget the size of a hen’s egg in the […]
There are several Greenstone Belts that have produced most of the gold in Ontario, and the largest of these is the Abitibi. It stretches from Wawa on Lake Superior past Val D’or in Quebec. More than 160,000,000 ounces of gold have been recovered from this one belt since it was discovered in 1909, and this […]
Although most of the gold that can be mined was found in lode mines, many of the rivers and streams of Saskatchewan have the potential to produce placer gold. Head north, because there is very limited gold in the southern part of the province, but plenty to be found in the north. Any gold here […]
There were several notable gold rushes in British Columbia. Gold was discovered in 1858 on the Thompson River at the confluence with the Nicoamen River, which began the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush The Cariboo Gold Rush officially began in 1861, although gold was actually discovered in 1860 at Keithley Creek and at nearby Antler creek, […]