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Territory of NW Canada area 483,500 sq
km/186,631 sq mi towns capital Whitehorse;
Dawson City features named after its chief
river, the Yukon; includes the highest point
in Canada, Mount Logan 6,050 m/19,850 ft
products oil, natural gas, gold, silver, coal
population (1993) 24,000 history settlement
dates from the gold rush 1896-1910, when
30,000 people moved to the Klondike river
valley (silver is now worked there); became
separate from Northwest Territories 1898,
with Dawson City as the original capital.