"Yukon was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was originally named the Yukon Territory. The federal government´s Yukon Act, which received royal assent on ...
March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory´s official name, though Yukon Territory is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory´s internationally approved postal abbreviation of YT. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Nations languages.
At 5,959 m (19,551 ft), Yukon´s Mount Logan, in Kluane National Park and Reserve, is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest on the North American continent (after Denali in the U.S. state of Alaska). Most of Yukon has a subarctic climate, characterized by long, cold winters and brief, warm summers. The Arctic Ocean coast has a tundra climate." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.03.2020)
- Latitude60.720859527588
- Longitude-135.05322265625