Yukon who is who

Frederick John Johnson (b.1881)

Fred Johnson was born in England.¹⁾ He staked discovery claim on Johnson Creek, a trib. of the McQuesten River, in 1898. About thirty-eight men stampeded in the fall and stayed there for the winter but high water in the shafts discouraged them. Johnson was still mining the ground in 1915 and recovered a reported 47.5 ounces that year.²⁾ He enlisted for service in the First World War in June 1916.³⁾ He was recruited by Captain George Black and was in England in August 1917. ⁴⁾ He remained in active service in 1917-18.⁵⁾ Johnson returned to the Mayo area after the war and mined on Haggart Creek into the 1940s.⁶⁾