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''This article is about Yukon Territory in Canada. See Yukon (disambiguation) for other uses.''
Yukon or Yukon Territory or (usually) The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest. It has a population of about 31,000, and its capital is Whitehorse, with a population of 19,000. People from Yukon are known as ''Yukoners''.
Geography
The very sparsely populated territory abounds with natural scenic beauty, with snowmelt lakes and perennial whitecapped mountains. Although the climate is arctic and subarctic and very dry, with long cold winters, the long sunshine hours in short summer allow hardy crops and vegetables, along with a profusion of flowers and fruit to blossom.
The territory is the approximate shape of a right triangle, bordering the American state of Alaska to the west, the Northwest Territories to the east and British Columbia to the south. Its northern coast is on the Beaufort Sea. Its ragged eastern boundary mostly follows the watershed between the Yukon Basin and the Mackenzie River watershed to the east in the Mackenzie mountains.
Canada's highest point, Mount Logan (5959 m), is found in the territory's southwest. Mount Logan and a large part of the Yukon's southwest are in Kluane National Park and Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other National Parks include Ivvavik National Park and Vuntut National Park in the north.
Most of the territory is in the watershed of its namesake, the Yukon River. The southern Yukon is dotted with a large number of large, long and narrow glacier-fed alpine lakes, most of which flow into the Yukon River system. The larger lakes include: Teslin Lake, Atlin Lake, Tagish Lake, Marsh Lake, Lake Laberge, Kusawa Lake, Kluane Lake. Lake Bennett, B.C., on the Klondike Gold Rush trail is a smaller lake flowing into Tagish Lake.
Other watersheds include the Mackenzie River, the Alsek-Tatshenshini as well as a number of rivers flowing directly into the
Yukon
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Is postcode realy YK? ISO 3166 is CA-YT.
Name Question
Does anyone call this Canadian Territory "Yukon"? I've heard "The Yukon Territory", "The Yukon", and sometimes "Yukon Territory" as a label on a map. I can't imagine someone saying they're "going to Yukon" or "live in Yukon". --Anonymous1
The government uses "Yukon" (no article), and I've heard Yukoners use it. - Montréalais
Old-timers call it "The Yukon" , which highlights uniqueness of our territory. Government and Politically Correct types use "Yukon"..definitely uncool. --Anonymous2
In the '80's the Penikett government committed to officially naming the territory "The Yukon," but never delivered. At the time the definite article was the standard, but since then there has been a general trend away from its use. --Anonymous3
A few years ago the government officially changed the name from "Yukon Territory" to "Yukon". It passed an omnibus bill that changed the name in every statute that ever mentioned Yukon Territory. That is the correct name, though, as you say -- not widely used yet. -- User:Sesmith
Whitehorse, Yukon
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Whitehorse is a Canadian city, the territorial capital of the Yukon. Its population is 23,205 (Yukon Bureau of Statistics Dec 2004).
Whitehorse is at kilometre 1489 of the Alaska Highway and was the terminus of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway from Skagway, Alaska. At the head of navigation on the Yukon River, the city was an important supply and stage center during the Klondike Gold Rush. It has been the territorial capital since 1952, when the seat was moved from Dawson City after the construction of the Klondike Highway.
The city gets its name from the Whitehorse rapids, which were said to look like the mane of a white horse. The rapids have disappeared under Schwatka Lake behind a hydroelectric dam.
Nowdays Whitehorse is a government town, with excellent facilities for visitors and locals to enjoy. A CAN$20 million Multiplex centre is being built for the Canada Winter Games in 2007.
Some of the tourist attractions in Whitehorse include Miles Canyon, the S.S. Klondike sternwheeler, the MacBride Museum, the Beringia Centre, Yukon Gardens, "Log Skyscrapers," the Whitehorse fish ladder, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve and the Takhini Hot Springs.
Whitehorse is served by the Whitehorse International Airport and has scheduled service to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Fairbanks and Frankfurt (summer months). During the
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North America. Over half of the river lies in Alaska, USA, with the other portion lying in and giving its name (meaning ''great river'' in Gwich'in) to Canada's Yukon Territory. The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 to 1899. Paddle-wheel riverboats continued to ply the river until the 1950s, when the Klondike Highway was completed.
''Yukon'' means ''big river'' in Athabaskan. The river was called ''Kwiguk'', or ''large stream'' in Yupik.
The generally accepted source of the Yukon River is the Llewellyn Glacier at the southern end of Atlin Lake in British Columbia. Others suggest that the source is Lake Lindeman at the northen end of the Chilkoot Trail. Either way, Atlin Lake flows into Tagish Lake, as eventually does Lake Lindeman after flowing into Lake Bennett. Tagish Lake then flows into Marsh Lake. The Yukon River proper starts at the northern end of Marsh Lake, just south of Whitehorse. Some argue that the source of the Yukon River should really be Teslin Lake and the Teslin River,which has a larger flow when it reaches the Yukon at Hootalinqua. The upper end of the Yukon river was originally known as the Lewes River until it was established that it actually was the Yukon. North of Whitehorse, the Yukon River widens into Lake Laberge, made famous by Robert W. Service's The Cremation of Sam McGee. Other large lakes that are part of the Yukon River system include Kusawa Lake (into the Takhini River) and Kluane Lake (into the Kluane and then White River).Total drainage area - 840,000 square kilometers (327,600 square miles). Of that, 323,800 square kilometers (126,300 square miles) is in Canada. As a comparison, the total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta.
The river passes through the communities of Whitehorse, Carmacks, and Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, and into Circle, Fort Yukon, Stevens Village,
Yukon, Oklahoma
Yukon is a suburban city located in Canadian County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. As of July 1, 2003, the city had a total population of 21,152.
Yukon is the hometown of superstar country singer, Garth Brooks. The Czech Hall, a national and state historic site, is devoted to preserving Czech customs, heritage, and culture. Community events include the Czech Festival in October, and the Chisholm Trail Festival in June.
Geography
Yukon is located at 35°30'8" North, 97°44'57" West (35.502255, -97.749120).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 66.7 km² (25.8 mi²). 66.7 km² (25.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.04% is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 21,043 people, 7,830 households, and 5,989 families residing in the city. The population density is 315.4/km² (816.8/mi²). There are 8,135 housing units at an average density of 121.9/km² (315.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 90.93% White, 0.84% African American, 2.68% Native American, 1.87% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.22% from other races, and 2.41% from two or more races. 3.01% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 7,830 households out of which 39.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.1% are married couples living together, 11.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% are non-families. 20.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 3.06.
In the city the population is spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are
Yukon (Solitaire)
Yukon is a version of solitaire similar to standard Klondike solitaire, but with the following additions:
Groups of cards can be moved, the cards below the one to be moved do not need to be in any order, yet the starting and target cards must be built in sequence and in alternate color. For example, a group starting with a Red 3 can be moved ontop a Black 4, and the cards below the Red 3 can differ.
There is no active deck in Yukon. All cards are dealt at the beginning, however some are face down.
Solitaire terminology
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Faro, Yukon
Faro is a small town in central Yukon, Canada, formerly the home of the largest open pit lead-zinc mine in the world as well as a significant producer of silver and other natural resource ventures.
Though these industries have declined over the past decade, Faro is attempting to attract eco-tourists to the region to view such animals as Dall's Sheep. Several viewing platforms have been constructed in and around the town.
Lorne Greene, famous for his work in Bonanza, once narrated a film about Faro called A New World In the Yukon.
The town is served by the Faro Airport.
The area was prospected in the 1950s and 1960s, discovering several significant deposits of lead and zinc ore. The Cyprus Anvil Mining Corporation established the first operations to mine the deposits, and established the town of Faro. A forest fire in 1969 destroyed the beautiful newly-built homes, and work had to start all over again. The mine remained in more-or-less constant production until 1982. Trucks carried the ore concentrate from the mill by highway to Whitehorse, where the buckets were lifted from the trucks and lowered onto cars of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway. The trains took the buckets another 106 miles to Skagway, Alaska, where the contents were poured out into the holds of ships.
During the years, Cyprus Anvil was purchased by Dome Petroleum.
World prices for metals fell in 1982, and the mine owners announced in May a two-month halt to production starting in June, 1982. In July, the mine owners extended the shutdown to four months. In September, the owners announced that the shutdown would be indefinite.
Under new ownership, and with government funding, a waste-rock stripping operation began in 1985, and under new owners, Curragh Resources, production resumed in 1986. This time, ore was trucked in ore pots from Faro directly to Skagway, bypassing the railway. This operation ended not long after Curragh Resources suffered a coal mining disaster at Westray,
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