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	Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yukon or Yukon Territory or (usually) The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
		The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
		Yukon was one of eight jurisdictions in Canada to offer same-sex marriage before the passage of Canada's Civil Marriage Act, along with British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukon (1416 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yukon Territory : Geography and Climate, Canada (Canadian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The triangle-shaped Yukon territory is bordered on the N by the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean, on the E by the Northwest Territories, on the S by British Columbia and Alaska, and on the W by Alaska.
		The highest point in the Yukon is Mt. Logan, 19,850 ft (6,050 m) high, part of the Coast Ranges in the southwest.
		Although most of the territory is a watershed for the Yukon River and its tributaries, the northern and southeastern regions drain east into the Mackenzie River system.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/YukonTer-geography-and-climate.html (299 words)

	Encyclopedia: Geography of the Yukon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The City of Dawson is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at a latitude of 64° 03 45 N and a longitude of 139° 25 50 W. The current population is approximately 2,000.
		The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
		The Peel River area in the northeast is in the Taiga Plains Ecozone and the arctic coast is in the Southern Arctic Ecozone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Geography-of-the-Yukon (8283 words)

	Encyclopedia: Fort Yukon, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Fort Yukon recorded the highest temperature ever in Alaska when it hit 100 degrees F (37 degrees C) on June 27, 1915.
		Fort Yukon was first founded as a Canadian settlement in 1847, although it lay in Russian territory; it was an outpost of the Hudson Bay Company until 1869, when, after the sale of Alaska to the United States, the outpost was taken over by the Alaska Commercial Company.
		The town is located 8 miles (12.87 kilometers) north of the Arctic Circle, at the confluence of the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fort-Yukon,-Alaska (1268 words)

	Geography of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60 degrees west longitude and 141 degrees west longitude; however, this claim is not universally recognized.
		The Continental Divide, in the Rockies, separates the Pacific watershed, in British Columbia and Yukon, from the Arctic and Hudson Bay watersheds.
		This watershed is important for irrigating the rich cultures of inner British Columbia (such as the Okanagan and Kootenay valleys) and producing hydroelectricity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Canada (2472 words)

	An overview of Yukon Climate, Soil and Geography, Agriculture Branch - Department of Energy, Mines and Resources - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Yukon is part of the Canadian cordilleran region that is characterized by mountainous terrain and the presence of glaciers and icefields in some areas.
		The Yukon has a sub-arctic continental climate with temperatures reaching as high as 36.1 degrees in the summer and as low as minus 60 degrees in the winter.
		Permafrost is found throughout the Yukon varying from sporadic discontinuous in southern agriculture areas and increasing to extensive discontinuous at the northern extreme of agriculture activity in the Yukon.
	emr.gov.yk.ca /agriculture/info/geography.html (345 words)

	KidZone Geography - Yukon
		The Yukon Territory is bordered on the Western side by the U.S. state of Alaska.
		The flag of the Yukon was adopted in 1967 as the result of a territory wide design contest.
		The official bird of the Yukon is the raven (Falco rusticolus).
	www.kidzone.ws /geography/yukon (254 words)

	MSN Encarta - Yukon Territory
		To the outsider the Yukon Territory remains inextricably associated with the rush for gold in the Klondike region at the end of the 19th century.
		The Yukon’s longest lakes, Kluane and Aishihik, are at the southern end of the plateau.
		The frost-free period in the valleys of the Yukon Plateau averages only about 75 days, but the date of the first frost and the severity of the winters are highly unpredictable, depending on whether icy air masses from the Arctic or warmer currents of air coming from the northern Pacific Ocean prevail over the area.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761576299 (609 words)

	Government of Yukon - Yukon at a Glance - Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Yukon is situated in the Canadian Cordillera, a mountainous belt stretching along the Pacific coast of the North American continent.
		The broad Yukon Interior Plateau lies at 600 to 1,000 metres in the central Yukon between the western Coastal Ranges, and the Selwyn and Ogilvie Mountains on the east.
		The Yukon River is the second longest river in Canada and drains almost two-thirds of the territory.
	www.gov.yk.ca /yukonglance/geography.html (685 words)

	Yukon Territory :: oCanada.ca :: Canada's Portal
		Yukon Territory, Canada's 'last frontier,' is largely a mountainous and forested wilderness.
		It is bisected by the valley of the Yukon River, which passes to the west of the Mackenzie Mountains.
		Summers in the Yukon are warm, with almost continuous daylight during June.
	www.ocanada.ca /explore/yukon.php (290 words)

	Yukon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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		This article answers to the questions: which country is directly west of the yukon territory?,, largest lake of yukon territories, industries on the yukon river, what are the industries on the yukon river, yukon territory natural resources -book -sell, motto of yukon, motto of yukon territory
		However, a significant degree of power was devolved in 1979 from the federal government and Commissioner to the territorial legislature which, in that year, adopted a party system of responsible government.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /Yukon (1462 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yukon, Canada (Canadian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Yukon basin is one of the most sparsely populated and least developed regions of North America.
		The Yukon River is a major salmon-spawning ground, and salmon fishing is an important seasonal activity.
		The Yukon is used to generate hydroelectricity, but it remains one of the greatest undeveloped hydroelectric resources in North America.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yukon.html (369 words)

	Yukon
		Yukon, river, c.2,000 mi (3,220 km) long, rising in Atlin Lake, NW British Columbia, Canada, and receiving numerous headwater streams; one of the longest rivers of North America.
		Yukon Territory: Economy - Economy The Yukon's leading industry by far is mining; lead, zinc, silver, gold, and copper are the...
		Yukon Territory: History and Government - History and Government The territory's history began with the explorations in the 1840s of Robert...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0853192.html (375 words)

	Beaver Creek, Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beaver Creek is a community in Yukon, Canada.
		Located at Kilometre 1,934 of the Alaska Highway, close to the Alaska-Yukon border, it is Canada's westernmost community.
		In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Beaver Creek Airport.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beaver_Creek,_Yukon (210 words)

	Yukon Vacation Information from Fresh Tracks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Yukon is blessed with an abundance of wildlife, natural resources and very few people- an adventurers dream.
		The Yukon is in northern Canada between Alaska and the Northwest Territories.
		The Yukon is sparsely populated with only 27,000 inhabitants, most of them living in towns.
	www.freshtracks.ca /resources/yukon_info.shtml (484 words)

	wiki/Dawson, Yukon Definition / wiki/Dawson, Yukon Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Yukon or The Yukon or Yukon Territory is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
		It served as the Yukon's capital from the territory's founding in 1898 Events January January 1 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York.
		Like most of the Yukon, Dawson City has a subarctic climateRegions having a subarctic climate (also called boreal climate) are characterized by very cold winters, and brief, warm summers.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Dawson,_Yukon (1467 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Yukon River
		The Yukon River village of Circle, population 99, was nearly $250,000 in arrears.
		JUNEAU, Alaska The Yukon River town of St. Marys, broke and with nothing left in the budget to cut, is shutting down what is left of its police department at the end of the month...
		The Yukon Flats refuge sits on the Arctic Circle, is crossed by the Yukon River and dotted with lakes, ponds, sloughs and muskeg.
	geography.surfwax.com /files/Yukon_River.html (5072 words)

	Agriculture Branch - Department of Energy, Mines and Resources - Government of Yukon
		The total amount of land devoted to agriculture in the Yukon is approximately 12,500 hectares.
		Seventy percent of the Yukon's farms are located within 100 km of Whitehorse.
		If you are a Yukon farmer or producer and would like to add your name to the directory listing, please email your request to agproducts@gov.yk.ca.
	www.emr.gov.yk.ca /agriculture (689 words)

	Klondike, Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Klondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border.
		It lies around the Klondike River, a small river that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson.
		The Klondike is famed because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1897 and ended the following year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Klondike,_Yukon (100 words)

	yukon social studies geography
		The YAUL has been created by the Yukon Council of Archives with the assistance of the Archives Association of British Columbia.
		This prompted two Yukoners to organize the first Storytelling festival in the Yukon in 1988.
		For the first Festival, storytellers came from six countries on four continents and joined Yukon native elders to tell and sing stories in 23 different languages, 16 Native languages, Dutch, French, Danish, English, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Ukranian.
	www.archaeolink.com /yukon_social_studies_geography.htm (659 words)

	SurfWax Archives: News, Reviews and Articles On Yukon River
		The village government of Galena, an Athabascan Indian village on the Yukon River which is about 880 kilometers northwest of Anchorage, supports the plan to install the reactor, which Toshiba says would be run for 30 years without refueling and is suitable for an isolated small town, the sources said...
		The news is similar to the north, on the Yukon River.
		Nelson said Yukon River salmon, which are concentrated in the area of western Alaska, have not been available in the lower 48 states for the last several years due...
	news.surfwax.com /geography/archives/Yukon_River.html (5763 words)

	Yukon Territory Guide - Canada - General Information - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		GEOGRAPHY: The Yukon Territory, Canada’s ‘last frontier’, is a largely mountainous and forested wilderness located in the northwest of the country.
		The Yukon Territory is bisected by the valley of the Yukon River, which passes to the west of the Mackenzie Mountains.
		Mount Logan, in the St Elias Range on the border with Alaska, is the second-highest peak in North America at 5959m (19,550ft).
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/yuk/yuk.asp (148 words)

	Yukon Territory -> Geography and Climate on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Yukon Territory -> Geography and Climate on Encyclopedia.com 2002
		The highest point in the Yukon is Mt. Logan, 19,551 ft (5,959 m) high, part of the Coast Ranges in the southwest.
		Transport Canada: Government of Canada and Yukon Territory Contribute $3.6 Million to Highway Improvement Project in Yukon.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/YukonTer_GeographyandClimate.asp (493 words)

	Geography
		Geography Open Directory: The Open Directory follows in the footsteps of some of the most important contributor projects of the 20th century.
		Geography in Action: This website has sections on sand dune ecosystems, the urban structure of Belfast, the ethnic geography of Belfast and landscapes of Northern Ireland (including peat bogs and deciduous woodland).
		Geography in the News: This brand new site from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) provides free learning resources, for teachers and students, focusing on the geography in and behind the news.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVgeography.htm (8615 words)

	Yukon book, buy Yukon books - Map Town Ltd. Travel guides, language guides, phrase books for Yukon, Canada.
		The Yukon Territory is absolutely fascinating for the person who enjoys the outdoors.
		Our literature for the Yukon is mostly in the outdoor recreation category.
		More information on the Yukon can be found in the Canada Travel Guides done by the major publishers.
	www.maptown.com /yukontravelguides.html (137 words)

	Yukon map, buy Yukon maps - Map Town Ltd. Also: Yukon travel books and Yukon travel guides.
		The Yukon Territory is one of the last frontiers, with an area of 286,800 sq.
		Whitehorse, population 21,800, is home to 60% of the total residence in the Yukon.
		Buy a map of the Yukon and Yukon travel book to ensure you get the most out of your holiday.
	www.maptown.com /yukonmaps.html (162 words)

	Geography
		Because its field of study is the entire planet, geography cannot be compartmentalized.
		For example, in the undergraduate program, there is no separation between physical geography and human geography, which enables you to learn more about the dynamics between nature and those inhabiting it.
		October 28 and 29 at the Department of Geography
	www.geography.uottawa.ca (236 words)

	Zocor Information: Yukon Butterflies - butterfly activities and lessons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		mining settlements of the yukon territory during the klondike gold rush
		the land of the yukon territories in cancada
		yukon territory facts land of the midnight sun
	scanimage.blogspot.com /2005/08/yukon-butterflies-butterfly-activities.html (266 words)

	An overview of Yukon Climate, Soil and Geography, Agriculture Branch - Department of Energy, Mines and Resources - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		For the most part, agricultural activity is located on river sediments.
		The Southwest Yukon, where most agricultural production occurs, lies within the rainshadow created by the St. Elias and Coastal mountains.
		Since 1984 more than half of the soils tested by the Yukon Agriculture Branch have been deficient in potassium.
	www.emr.gov.yk.ca /x/agriculture/info/geography.html (345 words)

	Alaska Geography - NETSTATE
		Yukon River (Longest river in Alaska; 1,875 miles.), Kuskokwim River, Colville River, Copper River
		Alaska's geography can be categorized into four main areas including two mountain ranges, a central plateau, and the Arctic slope or coastal plain.
		The Central Upland and Lowlands area is marked by low, rolling hills and swampy river valleys such as the those of the Koyukuk, Kuskokwim, Tanana, and Yukon rivers.
	www.netstate.com /states/geography/ak_geography.htm (862 words)

	Geography Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		If you'd like someone who loves geography to precede you on the Net, picking out the best sites and describing them, you've hit the jackpot.
		The idea here is that you enter the name of a city anywhere in the world and it returns the date, time, latitude, and longitude of it.
		This is a project by scientists and planners in several fields to build a model predicting the locations of untouched archaeological material, information that's important to physical scientists and land-use planners.
	www.educationindex.com /geography (1264 words)

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