Yukon Gold: High Hopes and Dashed Dreams

High hopes and Dashed dreams celebrates the centennial of the Klondike Gold rush. One of Canada's great stories is that of the Klondike Gold Rush. When news of gold struck the cash-strapped economically depressed world of the 1890's, Canada was suddenly the place to be. Imagine the desperation that ripped men and women from the comforts of hearth and home and drove them into the frozen ferel hinterland. What yearning possessed them, giving them the strength to surmount the barriers of a hostile …