Big Island, Nova Scotia is a peninsula located in

Pictou County, Nova Scotia Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermo ...

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Robert Henderson Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Henderson may refer to: Sports *Robert Henderson (Welsh cricketer) (1865–1931), Welsh cricketer * Robert Henderson (Middlesex cricketer) (1851–1895), English cricketer * Robert Henderson (footballer), English f ...

of Big Island brought the first gold out of the Klondike in 1896, leading indirectly to the Klondike Gold Rush.Tappan Adney,
The Klondike Stampede
', New York: Harper and Brothers, 1900, pp. 277-287

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