Emerald-Lake-Carcross-Yukon

The original discovery of gold has been attributed to two natives of the Carcross region. Skookum Jim Mason (a.k.a.) and Dawson Charlie (a.k.a. Tagish Charlie or Káa Goox), and accompanied by George Carmack, staked their first claims on Rabbit Creek, in August 1896. The group later renamed their claim “Bonanza.” More gold was soon found on Eldorado Creek, and so began …more