Also up Bonanza Creek where we went panning was the Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site. For me this was the highlight of our time in Dawson City.
When the gold rush was over, big corporations moved in to rework the ground. They built the dredges which were like a big floating factory. Dredge No. 4 was the largest Ddredge ever built and operated from 1919 to 1959. It could process a dumptruck load of gravel in one minute. It only required 5 men to operate but it employed a camp of 100 people to maintain it.
To get inside the dredge you have to take the tour. We'll worth it.
The last dredge in the Klondike shut down in 1966.
The bank swallows love Dredge No. 4 too
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