page_title: Northern (genre)
section_title: Examples of Northerns
hierarchical_section_title: Northern (genre) / Examples of Northerns
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Richard Simmons as Sergeant Preston and Yukon King from the television series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.
context_page_description: The Northern or Northwestern is a genre in various arts that tell stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the north of North America, primarily in Canada but also in Alaska. It is similar to the Western genre, but many elements are different, as appropriate to its setting. It is common for the central character to be a Mountie instead of a cowboy or sheriff. Other common characters include fur trappers and traders, lumberjacks, prospectors, First Nations people, settlers, and townsfolk.
  International interest in the region and the genre was fuelled by the Klondike Gold Rush and subsequent works surrounding it, fiction and non-fiction. The genre was extremely popular in the interwar period of the 20th century. Northerns are still produced, but their popularity waned in the late 1950s.
caption: Photo of Richard Simmons as Sergeant Preston and Yukon King from the television series Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
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