Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada is held on August 17. Third Monday of August. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. 
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The day has both historical and cultural significance. In 1896, Skookum Jim Mason, originally named Keish by his Tagish parents, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek. This discovery triggered the Kluane gold rush in 1905, eventually establishing the Yukon as a Canadian territory.
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