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Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon and its only city. The remaining seven municipalities are towns, of which four were villages that were continued as towns upon adoption of the 2001 Municipal Act. [5] Over two-thirds of the population of Yukon (28,201 residents; 70.1%) reside in Whitehorse, the largest municipality in the territory. [1]
The highway begins 40 km (25 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway.There are no highway or major road intersections along the highway's route. It extends 736 km (457 mi) in a north-northeasterly direction to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, passing through Tombstone Territorial Park and crossing the Ogilvie and Richardson mountain ranges.
In addition to numbered highways, Yukon has several other roads that are maintained by the territorial government. Aishihik Road (pronounced aysh-ee-ack) is an 84-mile road from the Alaska Highway at Canyon Creek (historic mile 996) to the former airfield of Aishihik at the north end of Aishihik Lake. [1]
One of the first highly publicised events that EarthCam produced, labelled "Webcast of the Century", featured celebrations from around the world at the turn of the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999 / New Year's Day 2000. 100 cameras were located across the world, taking pictures every 30 seconds, viewed using an interactive world map on ...
Atlin Road: 42.4 26.3 Hwy 8 south of Jake's Corner: British Columbia border north of Atlin, BC: 6 Tagish Road: 54 34 Hwy 1 in Jake's Corner: Hwy 2 in Carcross: 3 Top of the World Highway: 105 65 Hwy 2 in Dawson City: AK-5 near Little Gold Creek: 10 Nahanni Range Road: 134 83 Hwy 4 north of Tuchitua: Northwest Territories border near Tungsten ...
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.
A grizzly bear charged at a trail camera in Canada’s Yukon territory, footage captured on August 9 shows.This video uploaded to Facebook shows the bear enjoying a back scratch against a tree ...
It is part of the National Airports System, and is owned and operated by the Government of Yukon. [1] The airport was renamed in honor of longtime Yukon Member of Parliament Erik Nielsen on December 15, 2008. [5] The terminal handled 294,000 passengers in 2012, representing a 94% increase in passenger traffic since 2002. [6]