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Yukon		Government of Yukon website

Yukon Territory takes its name from the Loucheux Native name Yu-kun-ah for the "great river" which drains most of its area. Lying in the northwestern corner of Canada's continental mainland, isolated by rugged mountains, it shares a common border and many characteristics with its American neighbour, Alaska. Historically, it is indelibly associated with the great Klondike gold rush.

The climate of the Yukon is continental, with its mountain ramparts sealing it off from most direct contact with the moderating Pacific Ocean. Winters are very cold most of the time, with the lowest temperature ever recorded in Canada (-62.8ºC) at Snag, northwest of Kluane Lake, in February 1947. At times, Pacific air may edge into the southwestern sectors resulting in short intervals of milder temperatures. Summers are warm and frequently hot (35ºC has been recorded at Dawson) but cooler air from the Arctic can push southward. Precipitation is generally low because the high mountains in the southwest seal off access to the moister air.
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