Definition of yukon Yukon
/juˈkɑˌn/ - [yukan] - Yu•kon
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| yukon - a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s | ||
| Yukon Territory | ||
| canada 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 Klondike | ||
| klondike a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | ||
| whitehorse the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory | ||
| logan, mount logan a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) | ||
| yukon - a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea | ||
| Yukon River | ||
| canada 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" | ||
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The westernmost and smallest federal territory of Canada. -
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A major watercourse of northwestern North America, running through British Columbia and Yukon, in Canada, and Alaska, in United States.
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The Yukon Territory is part of Canada, north of British Columbia, west of the Northwest Territories, and east of the American state of Alaska. Its population is 31,000. Most of the territory's people live in the capital of Whitehorse. Many of the people are native Canadians (First Nations).
The Yukon became a territory in 1898. It was part of the Northwest Territories from 1870 to 1898. Many people came to live in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890's.
Mt. Logan, at 5959 metres above sea level, is Canada's highest mountain.
The most important industry in the Yukon is mining.
