Place & History
The Golden Triangle
Where British Columbia's wilderness meets one of the world's great mineral frontiers.
The gold rush started in 1858 in the Fraser River and ended in 1898 in Atlin. The events changed the way people live and do business in British Columbia. It created a resource-based economy with boom and bust cycles, encouraged people to seek new opportunities, fostered independence, and helped shape the multicultural mix that still defines the province today.
The Golden Triangle is a mineral-rich district in the remote northwest corner of British Columbia. It is loosely defined, starting from Stewart and extending north toward the Stikine and the Alaska border. The belt is known for gold, copper, and silver deposits.
Producers include Premier, Eskay Creek, Snip, Granduc, Brucejack, and Red Chris. Junior exploration companies are executing new drill programs across the area.
Gold Man draws on this legacy to explore what endures when the gold runs out: family dynasties, contested titles, and the weight of an inherited world.
History & Region
Gold, Wilderness, and a Century of History
Geology
A Geology Unlike Any Other
The Golden Triangle sits on old volcanic rock. About two hundred million years ago, lava moved through the rock, leaving gold, copper, and silver behind. Between eruptions, mud and sand also settled in basins and on the seafloor.
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Wilderness at the Edge of the Ocean
Stewart sits at the head of Portland Canal, on the B.C. Alaska Line across from Hyder.
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The Golden Triangle
The first documented gold find in the Golden Triangle was in 1861. Alexander “Buck” Choquette travelled north by Tlingit canoe to Wrangell, then in Russian America. He married Georgiana, daughter of Stikine chief Shakes, and went up the Stikine River.
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Modern Mining and Indigenous Land
The district overlaps the territories of the Tahltan, Nisga’a, Tlingit, parts of Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha, and neighbouring nations.
Read more →More articles, historical essays, and photography on the Golden Triangle and BC's gold rush history coming soon.