Yukon+Territory

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YUKON TERRITORY Yukon Territory is a great place to live in it has a great view.

HISTORY In 1898 Yukon became a territory. Yukon was named after the Yukon river. In 2003 the Yukoners changed there name into Yukon instead of Yukon territory. Before Yukon became a territory people had to carry there belongings on there backs or dragged them on animal skin. On water they railed on log rafts, birch bark canoes or moose-hide boats. While traveling families lived in simple pole dwellings covered with brush. In spring hunters trapped beavers and muskrat and caught fish also birds. They picked berries and edible plants. In summer the Gwich’in traded muskrat and wolverine furs for walrus hides and ivory tusks gathered by the Inuvialuit.

LANGUAGES The Yukon first nations speak 8 different languages like Tlingit, Upper Tanana, Gwitchin, Han, Northen Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Kaska and Tagish. their main languages are English and French.

FOOD The food that they catch in Yukon is salmons, lynxs, martens, wolverines, foxs, muskrats and beavers The food that they grow in Yukon is Lodge pole pine. They can caviar {fish eggs} and exported to Japan. Some of the Yukon food is very distinctive but difficult to produce commercially. There are restaurants through out the area but the best selection is in Whitehorse, Dawson city and Watson Lake. Most alcohol is imported from area’s of Canada and the U.S.A.

LAND The total area in Yukon -is 482,443 km square {which 80520 km square is lakes and rivers}. The land in Yukon is -474,391 km square 183,163 square miles}. The water{%} in Yukon is 8,052 km square {3,109 square miles} { 1,7%}. The land in Yukon is use for selling and buying. The land is useful for planning, rezoning and subdivisions.

DEMONYM The demonym in Yukon is Yukoners

POPULATION The total{2009} population is 33,442{est} Density is Yukon is 0,065/km square {0,17/square,mile

GDP The total {2006}GDP is C$1,596 billion. The per capital is C$1,154

ABBREVIATIONS The postal of Yukon is YT. 1SO 3166-2 of Yukon is CA-YT.

GOVERNMENT Commissioner of Yukon is Geraldine Van Bibber. Premier of Yukon is Dennis Fentie {Yukon party}.

FEDERAL REPRESENTATION The house seats in Yukon is 1. The senate seats in Yukon is 1.

LANDSCAPE In Yukon there are so many mountains, rivers and lakes. In Yukon there are rivers called Ross River, Stewart River, Teslin River, Yukon River, Pelly River and Klondike River. The lakes in Yukon are called Teslin Rake, Lake Bennett, Laberge Lake and Kluane Lake. The Mountains in Yukon are called Mackenzie Mountains, Ogilvie mountains and the biggest mountain in Canada and it is in Yukon it is called Logan Mountain. Logan Mountain is 5959m {in St Elias Range, Canada’s highest point}. The lowest point is Artic Coast {sea level}. The largest lake {entirely within Yukon} is Lake Kluane 409 km square. The national parks are Kluane, Ivvavik and Vuntut. The Yukon river is the longest river. About two- thirds of the river’s curse is in Alska and about one- third is in Canada.

FESTIVALS AND CULTURES The festivals that they have in Yukon are all at the end of winter. The best festival is the Whitehorse’s Sourdough Rendezvous, a week of dogsled races, cabin building, moose stew and bannock. The people in Yukon celebrate the gold rush at Dawson City’s Discovery Days, at those festival have rafting, canoeing, parades and dancing. Every 6 years the Yukon hosts Artic winter games. In Yukon people live art. With their art they tell stories about what they did and what kind of stories repents they pictures. When they tell their stories they have music, dances and songs to tell the stories.

WEATHER The temperature in Yukon is -17.1 in June and in July it is 14.1. The frost days is 225. Wind speed in Yukon is 12.7. Fog in Yukon is 5.2. Sunshine in Yukon is 1855.1. Precipitation days are 122.2,snow{cm} is 145 and total {mm} is 267.4. In the summer its is hot sometimes really hot. In winter it is cold sometimes really cold. In winter the people in Yukon have dogsled races. In summer people in Yukon trade their food with others for other things.

The capital of Yukon is Whitehorse. The largest city in Yukon is Whitehorse. The largest metro in Yukon is Whitehorse.

Time Zone in Yukon is pacific slandered time. Postal Code Prefix of Yukon is Y. the Flower of Yukon is Fireweed. Tree of Yukon is Subalpine Fir. The Bird of Yukon is Common Raven Common Raven.

The sites I used were wikipedia.org and the canadian encyclopedia. The books I used were Yukon the journey across Canada and Yukon hello Canada.