Whitehorse

[hwahyt-hawrs, wahyt-]

noun

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

Whitehorse

/ ˈwaɪtˌhɔːs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Elaine Glusac describes the family trip that inspired her to pick Whitehorse as one of the Canadian destinations in the Travel desk’s list of 52 Places to Go this year.

From New York Times

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

The Yukon, which takes place in July, will see him kayak down the Yukon River from Whitehorse in Canada through the Arctic Circle to Dalton Highway Bridge in Alaska in the US.

From BBC

Whitehorse recalled that white board members “hated it. They said, ‘What the heck are you doing?

From New York Times

In Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, November brought a warm-weather stint, delaying the icy conditions necessary for ice fishing, snowmobiling and ice skating.

From Washington Post