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To ensure a fair and accurate count, my Proclamation 7114—Designating administration has supported the 2000 cen- Klondike Gold Rush International sus plan developed by the experts at the Cen- Historical Park sus Bureau that was based upon rec- August 5, 1998 ommendations by the National Academy of Sciences. It is a plan that will correct the By the President of the United States inaccuracies of the 1990 census, which of America missed millions of Americans and dispropor- tionately undercounted children, minorities, A Proclamation and residents in urban and rural commu- A century ago, the Klondike Gold Rush nities. This is the first census of the 21st cen- began a migration that forever changed Alas- tury, and we must ensure that the census, ka and the Yukon Territory. More than the single most important source of informa- 100,000 people headed north during 1897 tion about the American people, is accurate. and 1898, catapulting a little-known region Congress must remove these restrictions. from obscurity to the center of the world It is critically important that the Census Bu- stage. While the Klondike was not the first reau have the funding it needs to implement or largest western gold rush, coming nearly its 2000 census plan—a plan that will 50 years after the 1848 gold discovery at Sut- produce the most accurate census in history ter’s Mill, California, it is remembered for using the best, most up-to-date scientific the sheer drama by which it was announced methods. to the world and for its century-long influ- ence on Alaska and the upper Yukon River basin. The United States and Canada have been Executive Order 13095—Suspension engaged for 30 years in joint planning and of Executive Order 13083 cooperation to commemorate the Klondike August 5, 1998 Gold Rush and preserve historic structures and trails on both sides of the international By the authority vested in me as President boundary. In 1976, the Government of the by the Constitution and the laws of the United States established Klondike Gold United States of America and in order to en- Rush National Historical Park, consisting of able full and adequate consultation with a Seattle unit, a Skagway unit, a Chilkoot Pass State and local elected officials, their rep- unit, and a White Pass unit, to preserve the resentative organizations, and other inter- historic structures and trails. The Govern- ested parties, it is hereby ordered that Execu- ment of Canada has recognized the national tive Order 13083, entitled ‘‘Federalism,’’ is significance of the Chilkoot Trail and Daw- suspended. son Historical Complex by designating them as National Historic Sites. It has also des- William J. Clinton ignated a section of the Yukon River as a Canadian Heritage River and taken other The White House, steps to commemorate the rich history of this region. August 5, 1998. It is the desire of the United States to join our Canadian neighbors in celebrating our [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, shared history on the occasion of the centen- 8:45 a.m., August 6, 1998] nial of the Klondike Gold Rush and to reaf- firm the commitment of the United States NOTE: This Executive order was published in the to continuing the joint efforts of both nations Federal Register on August 7. to preserve our shared Klondike history.

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