Yukon Territory

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1. Territory in northwest Canada, bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Northwest Territories to the east, British Columbia to the south, and Alaska to the west.

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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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Yukon Territory

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

The U.S. military intercepted an unidentified flying object on Feb. 10 over the Arctic Ocean near Alaska, another on Feb. 11 over the Yukon Territory and a third over Michigan on Feb. 12.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

Then, military forces shot down objects over Alaska, the Yukon Territory and Lake Huron, working at times with the Canadian government.

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