The Importance of Information and Misinformation in the Making of the Klondike Gold Rush
This paper examines the first mass assault on Canada’s remote northern frontier for insights into the state of long-distance communications networks at the end of the nineteenth century and the challenges facing Canadians in the efficient long-distance management of northern resource development. Wh...
| Published in: | Journal of Canadian Studies |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1987
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.21.4.95 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.21.4.95 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the first mass assault on Canada’s remote northern frontier for insights into the state of long-distance communications networks at the end of the nineteenth century and the challenges facing Canadians in the efficient long-distance management of northern resource development. While specific attention is paid to Canada’s involvement in Klondike developments, the main focus is the international context of Klondike publicity. Accordingly, it traces a long series of events—from the early probes on the Alaska-Yukon frontier through to 1898—and examines the quality, timing, and short- and long-distance movement of Klondike news and information. |
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