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yukon

 yooh kon

  • n  a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
  • n  a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
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  • Mark Burnett in Vancouver Sun
    We know from over a century of northern resource exploration that there is gas in the Beaufort, oil in the Eastern Arctic, and gold in the Yukon. There are diamonds in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, and countless other precious resources... Stephen Harper http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEh1pJ_efciQe5WqU4Zl_Oq9qro7Q Calgary Herald http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html%3Fid%3D2d9a3265-a750-4cff-bdfa-5cef8a210668&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFQ7zC5b9sGZDGoyh6Ioru3p1i9Zw Aug 26, 2008 112004 146896 yukon The Yukon would be great," Burnett said. "The gold rush locations, Klondike. British Columbia is where I shot one my very first Eco-Challenges. I love the Whistler area, those mountains. I would never say never."
  • Chuck Strahl in Mineweb
    The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada will cooperate with the Yukon government and affected First Nations to protect human health and the environment while maximizing socio-economic benefits,Strahl said.

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