Yukon Territory

Abbr. YT A territory of northwest Canada east of Alaska. It became a territory in 1898 at the height of the Klondike gold rush. Whitehorse is the capital and the largest city.

Yu′kon′er n.

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Yukon Territory - a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890sYukonCanada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"Dawson - a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the KlondikeKlondike - a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910Whitehorse - the provincial capital of the Yukon TerritoryLogan, Mount Logan - a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory

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Yukon Territory

a territory in the northwestern part of Canada, along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Bordering on Alaska (United States) in the west, the Yukon Territory has an area of 536,000 sq km and a population (1976) of 21,400. The administrative and economic center is Whitehorse. Other cities and towns include Watson Lake, Dawson, and Mayo. The territory occupies the eastern part of the Yukon Plateau.

The territory’s development was linked to the discovery of gold deposits in 1896 (the Klondike gold rush). Various minerals are extracted: copper at New Imperial, asbestos at Clinton Creek, silver and complex ores at Keno Hill and Anvill, coal at Carmacks, gold at Dawson, and tungsten at Tungsten. Salmon, trout, grayling, and whitefish are caught commercially.

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noun a territory in northwestern Canada

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