Grand Forks
Grand Forks was a town and former community at the confluence of Bonanza Creek and Eldorado Creek in the Canadian territory of Yukon. First settled about 1896, it became the second-largest settlement in the Klondike.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Yukon, Canada
- Also known as: “Grand Forks, Yukon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Discovery Claim.
Discovery Claim
Mine
Photo: JKBrooks85, Public domain.
Discovery Claim is a mining claim at Bonanza Creek, a watercourse in the Yukon, Canada. It is the site where, in the afternoon of August 16, 1896, the first piece of gold was found in the Yukon by prospectors.
Grand Forks
- Category: locality
- Location: Yukon, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Grand Forks” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grand Forks”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جراند فوركس”
- French: “Grand Forks”
- Japanese: “グランド・フォークス”
- Ukrainian: “Гранд-Форкс”
- Ukrainian: “Ґранд-Форкс”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spring Gulch and Gauvin Gulch.
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