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Yukon Territory  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Yukon

Note

  • a division of northwest Canada

Scope note

  • A territory of northwest Canada, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by British Columbia, and on the west by Alaska. Its capital is Whitehorse. It takes its name from the Yukon River, the Indian yu-kun-ah, meaning big river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1367 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p608)

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