Yukon

Yukon  is the wastmaist an smawest o Canadae's three federal territories. 

The territory wis creatit frae the rump o the Hudson's Bay Company's North-Wastren Territory in 1898 as "the Yukon".  Receivin ryal assent on 27 Mairch 2002, the federal govrenment modrenisit the Yukon Act tae confirm "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current uisage staundart. Though offeecially bilingual (Inglis an French), the Yukon Govrenment recognises First Naitions leids.

At , Yukon's Mount Logan, in Kluane National Park and Reserve, is the heichest muntain in Canadae an the seicont-heichest o North Americae (efter Mount McKinley in the U.S. state o Alaska). The territory's climate is Airctic in the north (north o Old Crow), subairctic in the central region, atween north o Whitehorse an Old Crow, an haes a humid continental climate in the far sooth, sooth o Whitehorse an in auries close tae the B.C. border.

Etymology
It wis namit efter the Yukon River. The wird Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.

References


Category:Provinces an territories o Canadae
Category:Census diveesions o the Canadian territories
Category:Beaufort Sea
Category:States an territories established in 1898