Yukon Territory
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In the 1890s, gold strikes in the Klondike River region attracted over thirty thousand prospectors. (See Klondike gold rush.)
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Maloney provided exceptionally well-preserved seaweed fossils that are roughly one billion years old, collected from Yukon Territory, Canada.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025
Stephen Johnson, the mayor-elect of Dawson City in Yukon Territory, and the new council were elected last month.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
An American F-22 fighter downed another object on Saturday over the Yukon Territory, which borders Alaska.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday said three objects shot down over the weekend in Alaska, Canada’s Yukon Territory, and over Lake Huron did not present danger to anyone on the ground.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
On April 21, just six days out of Carthage, he arrived at Liard River Hotsprings, at the threshold of the Yukon Territory.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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