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The Yukon is the farthest west of Canada’s three territories. E
It covers 482,443 square kilometres. The territory shares its S olD Crow
southern boundary with British Columbia, and its western
boundary with Alaska. In the north, it meets the icy Beaufort
Sea. In the east, the Yukon’s boundary with the Northwest YukOn river
Territories follows the divide between the Yukon River and ha, ha!
Dawson City
Mackenzie River watersheds.

Most of the settlements in the Yukon are found in the I didn’t think we
southwest. This part of the territory can be easily reached yukon could travel so
from the ocean, or by roads leading from British Columbia. far north. Then
It takes about 30 hours to drive from the capital, Whitehorse, MouNt lOgan my friend said,
to Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia.

wHiteHorse “Oh, yes, Yukon!”

CANADA CarCross

B E AU FO R T S E A
WatSon lake
Ba f f i n Bay
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YUKON
W H I T E H O RS E NORTHWEST I QA LU I T
TERRITORIES NUNAVUT Carcross Desert
Y E L LO W K N I F E LA B RA D O R S E A
Visitors to the Yukon might be surprised to find
NEWFOUNDLAND
BRITISH H U D S O N B AY AND LABRADOR a desert there. Carcross Desert has an area of
COLUMBIA ALBERTA S T. J O H N ’S only 2.6 square kilometres and is often called
PAC I F I C E D M O N T O N MANITOBA the smallest desert in the world. The desert was
O C E A N
SASKATCHEWAN formed from sand and silt that once laid at the
V I C T O R I A QUEBEC PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
REG I NA ONTARIO C h ar lot t e town bottom of a glacial lake. Sand also blows into
W I N N I P EG QU é B E C C I T Y Fr e d eri cto n NOVA SCOTIA
6 O T TAWA NEW H a li fax the desert from nearby Bennett Lake. 7
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