Yukon Facts You Might Not Know

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1. Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). The territory has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, with 35,874 people. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon Government also recognizes First Nations languages.

2. The territory was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was named the Yukon Territory. By the 1870s and 1880s gold miners began to arrive. This drove a population increase that justified the establishment of a police force, just in time for the start of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. The increased population coming with the gold rush led to the separation of the Yukon district from the Northwest Territories and the formation of the separate Yukon Territory in 1898.

3. To date, the Yukon Territory is the only province of Canada to have its capitol city changed. Dawson City was the capitol until 1953 until it was moved to the larger more prosperous city of Whitehorse. Whitehorse receives snow year round, in the summer months it may be very little, just flurries, but in the end every month of the year has registered for snowfall. Whitehorse is the territorial capital and Yukon's only city.

4. The Yukon Territory today has roughly the exact same population as it did in the year 1900. (33,897 in 2015 – 31,055 in 1900). This makes the Yukon Canada’s slowest growing province by a huge margin. Whitehorse has been growing at a decent pace but the issue is the rural surrounding areas have been dwindling in numbers.

5. Mt Logan located in the south western part of the territory is Canada’s largest mountain with its peak just under 20,000 feet!

6. Dawson City was nothing more than a tent city prior to 1896. Then gold was found nearby and overnight the city exploded from 200 to 40,000 people. This is one of North Americas biggest gains in population in the shortest time. Dawson was paved with gold for 3 years, the city became super rich with imports from France and Italy in clothing stores and any food you could name shipped all the way to the northern city. The gold however dried up in 1899 and suddenly people were leaving in droves, by 1910 Dawson was down to 25,000, 1930 was under 10,000 and today the city sits under 4,000 residents.

7. The Yukon Quest is a 1,000 mile sled dog race that begins in Whitehorse and ends in Fairbanks, Alaska. The event takes place every winter in February and typically runs from 10-16 days, until the last team crosses the line.

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