Destination
Yukon Territory

 
eneral Information
 
Area

531,844 sq km (205,345 sq miles).

 
Population

31,000 (2005 estimate).

 
Population Density

0.06 per sq km.

 
Capital

Whitehorse. Population: 16,843 (2001).

 
Geography

The Yukon Territory, Canada’s ‘last frontier’, is a largely mountainous and forested wilderness located in the northwest of the country. It borders the US State of Alaska to the west, Canada’s Northwest Territories to the east and British Columbia to the south. 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).

 
Language

Although Canada is officially bilingual (English and French), English is more commonly spoken in the territory.