Yukon Gold | |
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Genre | Documentary, Reality |
Written by | Michael Lavoie (Season 1) Aynsley Vogel (Season 2) |
Narrated by | Bill Courage |
Opening theme | "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage the Elephant |
Composer(s) | Adam Lastiwka |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | Canadian English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 50 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | David Paperny Cal Shumiatcher Audrey Mehler Beth Wichterich |
Producer(s) | David Paperny Cal Shumiatcher Vera Lubimova Christine Brandt |
Location(s) |
Klondike region, Yukon (Season 1 – present) Atlin Mining District, Atlin, British Columbia (Season 4) Cassiar Country, British Columbia (Season 1) |
Cinematography | Simon Schneider |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Paperny Entertainment (Entertainment One) |
Release | |
Original network | History Television |
Original release | March 13, 2013 – present |
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
Yukon Gold is a Canadian reality television series produced by Paperny Entertainment that airs on History Television. The series follows four or five placer mining crews as they search for gold over the four-month Yukon mining season.
The series was acquired in the United States by the National Geographic Channel and aired starting in 2013.
In the first season, miners Ken Foy, Al McGregor, Bernie Kreft, and Karl Knutson each led one of the crews.
Cam Johnson’s group replaced Bernie Kreft’s crew in the second season.
Nika Guilbault & Chris St. Jean’s group replaced "Big Al" McGregor’s crew in the third season.
In the fourth season, the Bernie Kreft and "Big Al" McGregor crews rejoined the show, alongside the operations of Ken Foy & Guillaume Brodeur, Karl Knutson, and Nika Guilbault & Chris St. Jean.
In the fifth season, the operations of Karl Knutson, Bernie Kreft, and Ken Foy & Guillaume Brodeur left the show, while the crews of "Big Al" McGregor and Nika Guilbault & Chris St. Jean returned. They were joined by the crews of Riley Gibson & Ed Long, and Andy Tai & Paul "P.J." Joseph.