It’s named after the stallion-like Yukon River rapids that passed through the city.

This ancient territory has been home to the Indigenous peoples of Yukon for centuries—roughly 12,000 years.

This little land measures a teeny tiny 1.6 km².

In summer, the Midnight Sun shines all day and night in some areas.

The Beringia Land Bridge once linked North America and Asia about 30,000 to 16,000 years ago. You can learn all about the Ice Age that formed it at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.

Carving artists like Keith Wolfe Smarch and Lorraine M. Wolfe are preserving and progressing traditional First Nations art in the territory to this day.

Every summer, canoers and kayakers race through the rapids of the Yukon River Quest.

The St. Elias Icefields contain the most glaciers in the world, totalling over 2,000.

Ravens can talk and sing with an ability to make more than 100 vocalizations.

The average summer temperature in Whitehorse is 15ºC with highs of 31ºC. But, yes, it does get cold here, too, with an average of -18ºC in the winter.

This territory is no small thing, measuring in at a massive 483,450 km².

From a museum filled with innovative modes of transportation to an entire forest made up of international signposts, the Yukon is filled with historical sites that can’t be missed.

This peak is the second tallest in all of North America. Extra fun fact! Seventeen of the tallest 20 mountains in Canada are in the Yukon.

Not much has changed in the landscape here since humans started building things.

The Yukon River is a whopping 3,190km long.

Every year in the Yukon, 200,000 porcupine caribou embark on the longest mammal migration in the world.

Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall wins the casino age contest (officially), and the most unique name contest (unofficially).

There are around 70,000 moose in the territory and about 40,000 people.

If you want to see the tippy-top of the world, this is the way. It’s also the gateway to the Arctic Ocean.