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

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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 one red paperclip, 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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East Kootenay Populated places in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Designated places in British Columbia Canadian Pacific Railway stations in British Columbia {{CentralKootenay-geo-stub

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