National Historical Parks
See also: List of areas in the United States National Park System#National Historical ParksIn the United States, sites are "historic", while parks are "historical". The National Park Service explains that a site can be intrinsically historic, while a park is a modern legal invention. As such, a park is not itself "historic", but can be called "historical" when it contains historic resources. It is the resources which are historic, not the park.
Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park was formally established in 1998 by the United States and Canada, the centennial of the gold rush it commemorates. The park comprises Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Washington and Alaska, and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in British Columbia. It was this trail which so many prospectors took to fortunes in the Klondike River district of Yukon.
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