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Whitehorse is the capital and only city of Yukon, and the largest city in northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed.
Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 35,874 people as of the 2016 Census. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories.
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's (1874–1958) poems. It was published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough. It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge, Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him.
The Ibex Valley is a valley approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the City of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The valley and the surrounding area is governed by five elected councilors from the Ibex Valley Hamlet. The population is rural with a mixture of farms and country residential.
Jeane Elizabeth Lassen is a Canadian weightlifter. Lassen is from Whitehorse, Yukon and is one of few Yukon athletes to break into the world scene and is Yukon's first Summer Olympian. Weightlifting official Moira Lassen is her mother.
Shane Wilson is a sculptor who has lived and worked in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada. His principal mediums are antler, horn, ivory, and bronze, from which he creates sculpture in his signature style, a juxtaposition of abstract organic and non-organic shapes, best seen in his moose skull sculpture "Duality".
Brian McKeever is a Canadian cross-country skier and biathlete, who became Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian when he won his 14th medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He finished the 2018 Games with a career total of 13 gold medals and 17 medals in all, making him also the most decorated Paralympic cross-country skier ever.
Carter Ashton is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Ashton was drafted 29th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Andrew Crowley Gilpin was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Gilpin played Junior A hockey in Montreal. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and in March 1947 he was transferred to the RCAF station in the "hockey crazy" town of Whitehorse, Yukon.
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario.
Thomas Scoffin is a Canadian curler from Whitehorse, Yukon. He was the skip of the Canadian mixed team at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Austria.
Andrea Sinclair is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. In 2013, she relocated to Whitehorse, Yukon, and has since returned to Ottawa. She is one of the few players to participate in both the junior and adult national championships in a single year: the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Emily Nishikawa is a Canadian former cross-country skier.
Denmark men's junior national softball team is the junior national under-17 team for Denmark. The team competed at the 2005 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in Summerside, Prince Edward Island where they finished ninth. The team competed at the 2008 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in Whitehorse, Yukon where they finished tenth. The team competed at the 2012 ISF Junior Men's World Championship in Parana, Argentina where they finished eighth. The team competed at the 2014 ISF Jr. Mens World Championships in Whitehorse, Yukon where it finished 9th. The team competed in the 2016 ISF Jr. Men's Championships in Midland, Michigan where it finished 11th. The team competed at the 2018 WBSC Jr. Men's World Championships in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where it finished 13th.
Christopher Klebl is an American-Canadian cross-country skier who represented the United States at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Paralympics before winning a gold medal for Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
Kari Øyre Slind is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Oppdal IL. She is the younger sister of the twin sisters Astrid Øyre Slind and Silje Øyre Slind, who are also cross-country skiers.
Martha Benjamin from Old Crow, Yukon is a Canadian Indigenous cross country skier. With the guidance of Jean-Marie Mouchet, she took up the sport of cross-country skiing. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Benjamin was a national level skier competing throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.
Sarah Elizabeth Anne Koltun is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She currently plays third on Team Kerry Galusha.
Chelsea Lin Duncan is a Canadian curler from Whitehorse, Yukon. She currently plays third on Team Hailey Birnie. She was the longtime third for Sarah Koltun in her junior career.
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- ↑ "Athlete Profile: David Greer, Team 2014". Cross Country Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2008-02-20.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Cross-country skier scores Yukon's first gold". CBC News. 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2008-02-20.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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