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Bonanza Creek

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Bo·nan·za Creek  (b-nnz)
A stream of western Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing about 32 km (20 mi) to the Klondike River near Dawson. The first gold strike in the Yukon occurred here in 1896.


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The ball had recently been held at Bonanza Creek Ranch.
1896: Gold was discovered at Bonanza Creek on the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory.
1896: Skookum Jim Mason pulls a nugget out of Bonanza creek in Klondike, north-west Canada.
 
 
 
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