Yukon, Canada has an area of 482,443 sq km and a population of about 31,000. Its capital is Whitehorse.
The territory of Yukon shares its borders with British Columbia and Northwest Territories in Canada and Alaska in the USA. It has wide variations in topography from mountain ranges and plateaus to boreal forests and the tundra region.
Inhabited originally by the Navajo and Apache indigenous people, Yukon was then occupied by the French and the British. In the late nineteenth century, there was a spurt in population with the Klondike Gold Rush.
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| Whitehorse Travel Guide |
 Whitehorse, or the Wilderness City, is the capital of the Yukon province of Canada. It is located on the banks of the Yukon River. The city, having some of the best scenery in Canada, got its name from the
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| Dawson City Travel Guide |
 Dawson City is situated in the Yukon Territory in Canada.
Although the local people called it as “Dawson”, in the tourist industry the name Dawson City is used to differentiate it from
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| Watson Lake Travel Guide |
| Watson Lake is a town situated on the Alaska Highway in the state of Yukon. The town lies at the intersection of the Alaska Highway and the Robert Campbell Highway near the Liard River. The town covers a total area of 10.9 km² and has a populatio... |
| Carcross Travel Guide |
 The original name for Carcross is Caribou Crossing. Carcross is situated in the western part of Yukon, Canada. The population of Carcross was around 200 people in 2001, which has now increased to 431 in 2008, according to the census. The climate is different in dif... |
| Carmacks Travel Guide |
| The village of Carmacks lies in the Yukon state and is found along the Klondike Highway. To its west end is the Robert Campbell Highway which leads this village to the Watson Lake. It is based on the banks of the Yukon River which proves beneficial to the vi... |
