Yukon Territory

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1. Territory in northwest Canada, bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Northwest Territories to the east, British Columbia to the south, and Alaska to the west.

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In the 1890s, gold strikes in the Klondike River region attracted over thirty thousand prospectors. (See Klondike gold rush.)

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Maloney provided exceptionally well-preserved seaweed fossils that are roughly one billion years old, collected from Yukon Territory, Canada.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City in Yukon Territory, and the new council were elected last month.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

“In the Yukon Territory, Canada is leading the recovery operations in the very remote area where the debris landed,” Mr. Austin said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2023

An American F-22 jet downed that object over the Yukon Territory on Saturday.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer