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Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image Canadian Bank of Commerce * [3]: 1901 (completed) 1988 Dawson City: Bank building is one of the finest surviving structures in Canada clad in decorative pressed metal; bank played an important role in Yukon history, commencing during the Klondike Gold Rush
Yukon is the second most populous of Canada's three territories with 40,232 residents as of 2021. [1] It is the smallest territory in land area at 472,345 km 2 (182,373 sq mi). [2] Yukon's eight municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass [a] but are home to 72.2% of its population.
In 1950, the city was incorporated and by 1951 the population had doubled from its 1941 numbers. On April 1, 1953, the city was designated the capital of the Yukon Territory when the seat was moved from Dawson City after the construction of the Klondike Highway. [20] On March 21, 1957, the name was officially changed from White Horse to ...
The City of Melville retains its city status despite dropping below 5,000 people in the 1990s. Kindersley has expressed an interest in applying for city status upon reaching the 5,000 milestone. [35] Saskatchewan's newest city is Warman, which changed from town to city status on October 24, 2012. [36] Saskatchewan has 16 cities.
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.
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This article is a list of historic places in Yukon entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places or the Yukon Register of Historic Places. In Canada, historic places are formally recognized for their heritage value by a federal , provincial, territorial or municipal authority.
Canyon City is a Klondike Gold Rush ghost town and a Yukon Government Heritage Site. It is located about 7 km from downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, at the upstream end of Miles Canyon on the Yukon River. Summer tours are encouraged. Archaeological work shows evidence that First Nations people have used this area for many thousands of years. There ...