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
Eva Holland is a freelance writer based in Yukon Territory, Canada.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
F-22 fighters shot down unidentified, unmanned objects off the Alaskan coast and in Canada’s Yukon Territory, respectively, and with Sunday’s dramatic takedown of an octagonal object over the waters of Lake Huron.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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