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Yukon Dan - Gold Panning in the Classroom
Yukon Dan was the silver medalist for Canada's National Team at the 1998 World Gold Panning Championships held in Coloma, California!

Dan Moore, better known as "Yukon Dan", is a professional gold panner who spent many years in the wilds of the Yukon perfecting the craft of gold-panning !

It's from these experiences that he has developed this unique, hands-on presentation about gold panning. He teaches his award-winning style and techniques to students and audiences of all ages while offering a glimpse of what it took to be a successful panner in the heady days of the gold rush!
Workshops include a gold panning station where they'll pan for real gold, a session on learning how to separate minerals with a magnet made of fools gold and a word search about mining terminology. Also on display will be Dan's extensive collection of gold related items such as pans, real gold nuggets and flakes, rare coins, and minerals such as silver, quartz, copper, platinum, and fools gold!

The historical knowledge the students receive on the Gold Rush era and the art of gold panning is overwhelming and the atmosphere in the presentation room will be buzzing with Gold Fever!

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Teachers and Educators! Bring Dan into your classroom!

Whether teaching about our Canadian History, Social Studies, Rocks & Minerals, the Gold Rush(es) or Earth & Science, Yukon Dan's presentation will both entertain and enlighten students of all ages.

Cost is only $9.00 per student in the Vanvouver area, $10.00 per student outside of Vancouver.

Presentations can be done indoors or outdoors, and if you apply for a subsidy through MineralsED, you could receive up to 35% off!

You can find out more here, but don't hesitate - book you presentation today!


The 2023 Fraser River Gold Panning Championships

Thank you to all our sponsors!

The 2023 FRGPC was a huge success, and Yukon Dan would like to thanks all his sponsors for all their support!

We look forward to seeing you at Tuckkwiowhum Campground in Boston Bar, July 13 to 14, 2024, when we get the whole thing up and running again!

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Dan takes Gold in Dawson City!
Dan Comes in First at the 2019 Yukon Gold Panning Championship!

That's right! Dan Moore took home the first place trophy from the 2019 Yukon Gold Panning Championships (YGPC), held in Dawson City! Along with the trophy, Dan also won the $2000 first place prize money that will go towards his trip to Tankavaara, Finland to represent Canada at the 2019 World Gold Panning Championships!

This win was extra special for Dan, as Dawson City was where it all began for him as a gold-panner. It was in the rivers of the Yukon where Dan honed his skills and developed his craft!

Also adding to the sweetness of the victory is the fact that this was the first year that the competition was open to contestants from all across Canada - not just the Yukon! Although his reputation as a world class panner had already been cemented, Dan was competing against the BEST gold-panners Canada has to offer - and he won it all!

Check out Dan in action below.

photos courtsey of Reine Mihtla © 2019    
 

Back in the day...
1st prize won by Yukon Dan at Barkerville's
"2012" Gold Panning Championships.
2007 BC Open Gold Panning Champions - 1st place!
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