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Tent city at Lake Bennett, 1898
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, 1898

In early spring 1898, roughly 10,000 gold seekers were camped on the shore of Lake Bennett waiting for the ice to clear. They assembled their supplies and built boats and scows to take them down the Yukon River. Until the railroad was completed in 1900, Bennett continued to be a major jumping off spot for the Klondike gold fields. This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows part of the tent city at Bennett. Lumber and unfinished boats can be seen near many of the tents. Original title: Lake Bennett British Columbia *Subjects (LCTGM): Camps; Gold rushes; Tents

Date
1898
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
700 × 489 pixels

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"Tent city at Lake Bennett, 1898" (1898). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tent_city_at_Lake_Bennett,_1898_(MOHAI_7325).jpg

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