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Whitehorse

American  
[hwahyt-hawrs, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌhɔrs, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of the Yukon Territory, in NW Canada.


Whitehorse British  
/ ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs /

noun

  1. a town in NW Canada: capital of the Yukon Territory. Pop: 16 843 (2001)

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A native of Whitehorse, Yukon, McKenna had four goals and 10 assists to help Canada win the bronze medal at the 2026 World Junior Championships, played from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

The Times’s Travel desk recommends 52 Places to Go in 2024, including Whitehorse, Yukon; Mingan Archipelago, Quebec; and spots in the path of totality in Canada.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

In 2017, in one of the only real-world experiments to date of cancer warning labels on alcohol beverages, Dr Hobin studied the effects of such warnings at liquor stores in Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2023

The Bakers traveled about 1,200 miles to Whitehorse, Yukon’s capital, on Jan. 19.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2021

When I registered at the hotel in Whitehorse, the name just before mine was 'Glen Weston,' and the girl who wrote it came north on the Northern Light.

From Glen of the High North by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

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