- “The Luckiest Little Town in the West”
- ―Town slogan
Grizzly Gulch is the fictional setting of its eponymous land in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Description[]
Grizzly Gulch is a mining-town in Northern California which took gold from Big Grizzly Mountain for the Big Grizzly Mountain Mining Company. The area was densely populated with bears, and had a superstitious population obsessed with luck and the idea that the gulch is paranormally lucky. The town was located near the, "Rivers of the Far West", with notable connection to the Big Thunder region of Arizona.
Features[]
- Bath House:
- Big Grizzly Lookout: A lookout place for observing the mountain.
- Big Grizzly Mountain:
- Big Grizzly Peak:[1]
- Big Grizzly Mountain Mining Company Offices:
- Gold Mountain Bank & Trust:
- Grizzly Gulch Assay Office:
- Grizzly Gulch Growler: Offices for the town newspaper, founded in 1888.[2]
- Lucky Lange's Livery:
- Lucky Nugget Saloon/Gold Dust Hotel: These two establishments shared a building, with the hotel on the second floor where it was established in 1888.
- Rusty O'Tool Blacksmith & Toolmaker:
- Sawmill: A sawmill with employees including Tom Cutwell. Cutwell also ran the business, "Bear Necessities" selling wood-carvings of his bears.
Geyser Gulch[]
Geyser Gulch is the, "Old Town" section of Grizzly Gulch which sunk into a watery geyser area.
- Dry Goods: The old Dry Goods store which cracked and was known as the, "Wet Goods" store.
- Grizzly Gulch Jail:
- Lucky Springs Geyser: This was the central geyser of Geyser Gulch. According to local lore, if the geyser erupts during the process of making a wish, then that wish will come true. This supposedly started when it erupted, the day before the settlers of the town found gold in the mountain.
- Mighty Mountain Construction:
- Water-tower:
History[]
Background[]
Grizzly Gulch was founded on August 8, 1888 by the exploring Captain Phineas Cosgrove and various settlers. They believed the town to be lucky due to the number 8 being lucky in Chinese culture, and that he found a 130 pound heavy gold nugget in the region on the day that a geyser erupted. This nugget was moved with the, "Old 801 Lucky Nugget Mine Car" and put on display.
Cosgrove went on to found the Big Grizzly Mountain Mining Company. This company did not force off the native bears, resulting in the bears often causing accidents and otherwise mayhem around the mining-site.
Later history[]
At some point (likely in the 20th century), Ernest of the Country Bears visited Grizzly Gulch while on vacation. The record label "Grizzly Gulch Records" used by intelligent bears presumably originates from and/or is based out of Grizzly Gulch. This label made a record of the Five Bear Rugs' one-night-only performance in Grizzlyville from the Country Bears' world tour.
Development history[]
Grizzly Gulch is the Hong Kong Disneyland counterpart to Frontierland.
Appearances[]
Disneyland[]
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad[]
In Rainbow Ridge, there is a sign providing to different locations in the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad franchise. One of these towns is Grizzly Gulch.
Disneyland Paris[]
Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger[]
This newspaper mentions Grizzly Gulch as being one of the towns connected to Thunder Mesa via the Rivers of the Far West.
Hong Kong Disneyland[]
Grizzly Gulch[]
This land is set within Grizzly Gulch.
Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars[]
Geyser Gulch[]
Shanghai Disneyland[]
Whistle Stop Shop[]
The train bulletin mentions a train arriving from Grizzly Gulch being delayed due to, "More bears", more bears being than those of Grizzly Flats, a tribute to the miniature, "Grizzly Flats Railroad" railway of Ward Kimball.[3]
Tokyo Disneyland[]
Country Bear Vacation Hoedown[]
There is a sticker for Grizzly Gulch on luggage in this show.[4]
Walt Disney World[]
Magic Kingdom[]
Frontierland[]
Country Bear Musical Jamboree[]
In the queue, there is a record for the Five Bear Rugs from Grizzly Gulch Records.
Trivia[]
- Grizzly Gulch's frequent references to being connected to Big Thunder Mountain is somewhat odd due to Grizzly Gulch being in Northern California, while Big Thunder is in Arizona. This is an allusion to Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars being a counterpart to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. As a result, Grizzly Gulch is often referenced alongside the towns of Rainbow Ridge, Tumbleweed, and Thunder Mesa.
- Kenai and Koda from Brother Bear frequently appear in this land and its artwork.
- Grizzly Gulch and Grizzly Peak are both fictional locations from the Disney Parks centred around mountains shaped like bears, have histories of mining, and which are affiliated with characters from Brother Bear.
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