Yahk is an unincorporated

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in southeastern

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, just north of the Canada-U.S. border. Yahk Provincial Park borders the village to the south. Yahk is located on the

Moyie River The Moyie River is a long tributary of the Kootenai River (spelled Kootenay River in Canada) in the U.S. state of Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Moyie River is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of t ...

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talk show '' The Hour'' taped a live episode in Yahk on February 9, 2006. The show was there in part because of Kyle MacDonald, the

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ger behind

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, who said in an interview with CBC News he would go anywhere to trade "except Yahk, British Columbia".One Red Paper Clip
/ref> He eventually relented with the catch that CBC News had to do a show from Yahk.

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Yahk on BritishColumbia.com
East Kootenay Populated places in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Designated places in British Columbia {{CentralKootenay-geo-stub

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