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Yukon was split from the Northwest Territories by a federal statute in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The current governing legislation is a new statute passed by the federal Parliament in 2002, the Yukon Act. [9] That act established Yukon as the territory's official name, although Yukon Territory remains in popular usage.
A map of Yukon. Yukon (population as of the 2021 census 40,232 [1]) is in the northwestern corner of Canada and is bordered by Alaska, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. The sparsely populated territory abounds with natural scenery, snowmelt lakes and perennial white-capped mountains, including many of Canada's highest mountains.
Mount Saint Elias (Was'eitushaa also designated Boundary Peak 186), [2] [4] the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, stands on the Yukon and Alaska border about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Mount Logan, [5] the highest mountain in Canada.
Topo map: NTS 115F2 Mount Macaulay: ... Mount Macaulay is a mountain peak in Canada, located in Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon. [2] [3] See also
A large number of apparently human modified animal bones have been discovered in the Old Crow area, notably at Bluefish Caves, about 380 km (240 mi) south, and the Old Crow Flats, located about 14 km (8.7 mi) south, that have been dated to 25,000–40,000 years ago by carbon dating, several thousand years earlier than generally accepted human habitation of North America.
Keele Peak, in Yukon, Canada is the highest peak in the Mackenzie Mountains at 2,952 metres (9,685 ft). With a prominence measure of 2,157 m (7,077 ft) it is one of Canada's most prominent peaks. It is located about 25 km from the Canol Road not far from the Northwest Territories border.
Mount Atherton is a mountain in Canada. [1] [2] It is located in the province of Yukon, in the western part of the country, 4,100 km west of the capital Ottawa. [3]The peak of Mount Atherton [4] is 1,892 metres above sea level, or 625 metres above the surrounding terrain.
Faro Mine was once the largest open-pit lead-zinc mine in the world. Today, it is the site of one of the most complex abandoned mine remediation projects in Canada. The mine spans 25 km 2, an area roughly the size of the city of Victoria, British Columbia. —