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Pierre Nolasque “Jack” Tremblay (¬1860 - 1935)
Jack Tremblay was born in St. Ann Checoutini, Quebec.1) Tremblay, Joe Lemay, Joe King, and Louis Boucher located claims on Miller Creek in 1892. Miller Creek was a six-mile creek and the richest creek in the Yukon until the Klondike broke all the records. C. Miller discovered gold here in 1891 and a stampede ensued.2) By 1893, Tremblay, Lemay, King, and Boucher had recovered about $10,000.3)
Madam Tremblay described life on the creeks in those early days. One hundred men worked summer and winter to produce $300,000 worth of gold in 1894. From 1894 to 1896, $50,000 worth of gold was consistently recovered from just one claim.4)
The Trembleys were in New York state in 1895 and looked after Mme Tremblay’s sick mother until they returned to the Yukon in 1898. Jack prospected from 1898 to 1913 and was well-off, if not rich. Jack obtained title for Mme Tremblay's store in October 1915 and the Tremblays moved upstairs.5) Jack Tremblay is buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Dawson.
1)
Dawson City Mortuary Records, 1898 – 1939. AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://www.alaskaweb.org/dawmort/t-z.html.
2)
Michael Gates, Gold at Fortymile Creek: Early Days in the Yukon. UBC Press, 1994: 60.
3)
Fr. Marcel Bobillier, Une Pionnière du Yukon, Madam Emilie Tremblay. Chicoutimi : Société historique du Saguenay, 1948.
4)
Michael Gates, Gold at Fortymile Creek: Early Days in the Yukon. UBC Press, 1994: 69.
5)
Victoria Faulkner, “Historic Buildings.” National Historic Site Division, National Parks Branch.
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