Yukon
Yukon Fourth-longest river in North America, deriving its name from a Native American word for ‘great’. It rises at Lake Tagish on the border of British Columbia, Canada, and flows
n and
nw through Yukon Territory across the border into Alaska. It then flows
sw to enter the Bering Sea. The Russians explored the lower course of the river in 1836–37; Robert Campbell explored the upper course in 1843. It was a major transportation route during the
Klondike Gold Rush. It is navigable for
c.2858km (1775mi) of its 3185km (1980mi) course, but is ice-bound from October to June. The river teems with salmon.
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Constitutional development in the Yukon Territory: perspectives on the "(Jake) Epp letter".
Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...triggered a debate in the Yukon legislature and the media over whether the Territory was moving "too far...The anomaly of the Yukon's constitutional status...were launched in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and a settlement was...
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Grasslands of the Aishihik-Sekulmun Lakes Area, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Sekulmun Lakes area, southwest Yukon Territory, are dominated by Artemisia frigida...to other grasslands in southwest Yukon, but twelve species that have not...composite species list from southwest Yukon grasslands was compared to those...
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Northern temperatures rising.(Oil and gas development in Yukon Territory (protection))
Magazine article from: Canadian Dimension; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sector. Perversely, too, the Yukon will create academic and industry...War and Development in the Yukon Before people had much of...and-gas development, the Yukon experienced a previous brush...the Second World War, the territory was crisscrossed with oil...pipeline ran from the Northwest ...
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Charity trek will cross frozen Yukon territory.(News)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 1/8/2007; 679 words
; Byline: Katie Campling , * Yukon has a population of about 31,600, and its...population of around 23,600. * People from the Yukon are known as Yukoners. * The territory is named after the Yukon River which means great river. * It had a...
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Morphology of Gold Crystals from the Yukon Territory, Canada.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...locality information of the Yukon Territory gold fields and of the...surrounding areas in the Yukon Territory and Alaska...gold fields in the Yukon Territory, as defined in the placer...reports published by the Yukon Geological Survey (e...
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Yukon Gold Corporation, Inc. Announces Negotiation to Acquire Zinc Project in the Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 7/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...entered into negotiations with a Yukon based prospector to acquire a 100...in the Mayo Mining District of the Yukon Territory, Canada. The Andrew property is...approximately 200 kilometres southeast of Yukon Gold's copper-lead- zinc deposit...
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Yoga dans le Yukon; A new million-dollar cultural centre serves the territory's tiny francophone minority.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine; 2/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; The entire Yukon Territory has just 1,200 speakers of the French...to English] is very strong in the Yukon." She defends the expenditure of public...Francophones do have a long history in the Yukon. Dawson City was founded by Joseph Ladue...
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Best Left as Indians: Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territory, 1840-1973. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...on Native-white relations in the Yukon territory. Meticulously researched using primary...shaped Indian-white relations in the Yukon. While this approach excludes much...State, and the Native people in the Yukon Territory." The fourth section...
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Canada's New Government Funds Yukon Territory to Provide More Online Resources to Help Immigrants Integrate
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 5/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...several provinces and territories to enhance online information...Canadian society. The Yukon will receive $800...that will promote the territory as a destination and...and outreach. The Yukon may also choose to...in each province and territory over the last three...ii)Northwest ...
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Faunal and Archaeological Remains as Evidence of Climate Change in Freezing Caverns, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...caverns (glacieres) of northern Yukon Territory. Radiocarbon dates show that the...Holocene than they are now. Key words: Yukon Territory, Porcupine River, Ogilvie...glacieres du nord du Territoire du Yukon. Leur age radiocarbone indique que...
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Yukon Territory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The triangle-shaped Yukon territory is bordered on the...E by the Northwest Territories, on the S by British...highest point in the Yukon is Mt. Logan, 19...2006 elections. The territory sends one senator and...A. McCourt, The Yukon and Northwest Territories (1969); J. R...
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Yukon Region
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...as part of the Northwest Territories. The famous gold rush in...thousands of people to the Yukon. This great influx prompted...government to pass in 1898 the Yukon Act, which created a separate Yukon Territory with its capital at Dawson...
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Yukon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Yukon Fourth-longest river in North America, deriving its name from a Native...on the border of British Columbia, Canada, and flows n and nw through Yukon Territory across the border into Alaska. It then flows sw to enter the Bering Sea...
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The Northwest Territories
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces
...represents the territory's lakes and...the Northwest Territories is a registered...Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and Nunavut...the Northwest Territories included all of...parallel, except the Yukon and portions of...becoming the new territory of Nunavut. The...name "Northwest ...
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Northwest Territories
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Northwest Territories territory (2001 pop. 37...Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut...deg;N, and E of Yukon. Until 1999, when...now the Northwest Territories and Nunavut was part...60°N. The Yukon Territory had become separate...
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