Facts

• Yukon Holidays
  - Heritage Day - February 24th, 2006.
  - Discovery Day - August 14th, 2006.
• The Yukon Territory is large enough to hold the states of California, Arizona, Delaware and West Virginia.
• The famous Yukon River is 2,200 miles (3,520 km) long. You can canoe 2,050 miles from Whitehorse to the Bering Strait.
• The central part of Yukon receives 6.5 inches (165 mm) of rain per year, less than Arizona.
• There are approximately 50,000 moose, 10,000 black bear and 4,500 wolves in the Yukon.
• The White Pass & Yukon Route is 110.7 miles (178 km) long. Of this, 20.4 miles (32.8 km) are in Alaska; 32.2 miles (51.8 km) in British Columbia, and 58.1 miles (93.5 km) in the Yukon.
• Whitehorse is the third largest city in Canada by area.
• The Carcross Desert is the world’s smallest at 642 acres (260 hectares).
• Whitehorse has the world’s most northern botanical show gardens.
• Yukon has a population of just over 31,000 people today, almost identical to that of 1900.
• Of our population base, over 22,000 reside in Whitehorse.
• This is the home to fourteen First Nations, speaking eight different languages. Gwich'in, Han, Upper Tanana, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, Tagish and Kaska.
• Yukon First Nations’ rich culture and history in Yukon dates back as far as the last Ice Age (approx. 50,000 years).
• Gold is 19 times heavier than water.
• The Dempster is the only public highway in North America to cross the Arctic Circle.

Capital: Whitehorse

Official flower		Fireweed
Official bird		Common Raven
Official Tree		Sub-alpine Fir