Michael Gates
Autor von Gold at Fortymile Creek: Early Days in the Yukon
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Michael Gates first came to the Yukon in 1971, and fell in love with the north. He was Curator of Collection for Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson City and later, Cultural Resource Manager for the Yukon field unit of Parks Canada in Whitehorse. Gates is the author of the book Gold at mehr anzeigen Fortymile Creek and writes the "History Hunter" column in the Yukon News. He lives in Whitehorse. weniger anzeigen
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Finding some organization to finance the preservation and eventual storage and distribution of salvaged films was quickly solved with the participation of the National Library and Archives and the National Film, Television and Sound Archives in Ottawa.
To explain why and how these films were in Dawson City in the first place, Gates gives a lengthy history of the Klondike Gold Rush right up to the present and the need of miners and support people for entertainment during the long severe winters. The why of how all these films had been put in the permafrost was solved when a participant to the dumping explained it was too expensive to ship them back south and they were consider refuse as they had been seen many times so they were used as back fill when filling in a swimming pool.… (mehr)