THE YUKON TERRITORY

 

 

 

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The Yukon's location in the north.

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Map of the Yukon. Click to enlarge. yukon_relief.jpg (109595 bytes) Relief map

© 2000. Government of Canada with permission from Natural Resources Canada.

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Yukon- the Land

Yukon Community Populations 

 

 

TOTAL

Yukon

31,070

Beaver Creek

129

Burwash Landing

82

Carcross

427

Carmacks

438

Dawson City

1,953

Destruction Bay

45

Faro

500

Haines Junction

774

Mayo

457

Old Crow

286

Pelly Crossing

291

Ross River

384

Tagish

161

Teslin

454

Watson Lake

1,662

Whitehorse

22,879

Other

148

Most Yukon residents live in Whitehorse

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YUKON NW TERR. NUNAVUT CANADA CITIES

 

 

 

 

For more information, see Graphs and Tables Based on Canadian Statistics


Where the names came from

YUKON TERRITORY

The territory was established on June 13, 1898, although the name, of Amerindian origin, was first applied to the river and is from Yu- kun-ah, meaning "great river". It was first noted in 1846 by John Bell (1799-1868) an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, "who called it by what he understood to be its Indian [name]".

WHITEHORSE

The capital of Yukon since 1953. Named for the Whitehorse Rapids which are said to resemble the mane of a white horse.

 

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