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McCabe Creek (Yukon)
McCabe Creek is a river in Yukon Territory, Canada. A farm site on the creek was a checkpoint for the Yukon Quest sled dog race, but the checkpoint building burned down in 2009 and the site's future participation in the race is uncertain.Staff Report"Yukon Quest checkpoint at McCabe Creek burns" ''Fairbanks Daily News-Miner''. February 20, 2009. Accessed May 12, 2009. See also *List of rivers of Yukon This is a list of rivers of Yukon. Arctic Ocean watershed * Mackenzie River watershed **Upper Liard River *** Rancheria River ****Little Rancheria River ***Frances River ***Hyland River *** Coal River *** La Biche River *** Beaver River (Liard R ... References Rivers of Yukon {{Yukon-river-stub ...
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Yukon Territory
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Natio ...
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Yukon Quest
The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Because of the harsh winter conditions, difficult trail, and the limited support that competitors are allowed, it is considered the "most difficult sled dog race in the world", or even the "toughest race in the world"—"even tougher, more selective and less attention-seeking than the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race." The originator envisioned it as "a race so rugged that only purists would participate." In the competition, first run in 1984, a dog team leader (called a musher) and a team of 6 to 14 dogs race for 10 to 20 days. The course follows the route of the historic 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, mail delivery, and transportation routes between Fairbanks, Dawson City, and Whitehorse. Mushers pack up to of equipment and provisions for themselves and their dogs to survive between checkpoint ...
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List Of Rivers Of Yukon
This is a list of rivers of Yukon. Arctic Ocean watershed * Mackenzie River watershed **Upper Liard River *** Rancheria River ****Little Rancheria River ***Frances River ***Hyland River *** Coal River *** La Biche River *** Beaver River (Liard River tributary) **** Whitefish River *** Kotaneelee River *** Smith River ***South Nahanni River ** Peel River *** Ogilvie River ***Blackstone River ***Hart River *** Wind River *** Bonnet Plume River ***Snake River *Firth River *Malcolm River *Trail River *Babbage River *Blow River * Clarence River Bering Sea watershed *Yukon River **Marsh Lake ***McClintock Creek ***Tagish River ****Tagish Lake ***** Bennett Lake *****Atlin Lake ***** Nares River ****** Little Atlin Lake ****** Partridge River **Teslin River ***Teslin Lake **** Nisutlin River ***** Wolf Rover *** Dän Tàgé *** Morley River **Takhini River ***Kusawa Lake *** Swift River ** Big Salmon River ***Quiet Lake ** Nordenskiold River ** Pelly River ***Hoole River *** Ross River ...
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