Yukon It is one of the three territories that make up Canada, located in the extreme northwest of the country limiting to the north with the Arctic Ocean, to the east with the Northwest Territories, to the south with British columbia and to the east with Alaska. Yukon has several attractions including Aurora borealis, the midnight Sun or activities such as boating or taking tours in dog sled.
Understand
Yukon is very sparsely populated. The entire territory has about 30,000 people, a number less than many small cities in southern Canada.
Cities
Being a sparsely populated area, places that would hardly be considered "points on the map" elsewhere can be considered "major cities" in the Yukon.
- 1 Whitehorse
, is the capital of Yukon. - 2 Dawson city, is a historic city known for klondike gold rush and is currently a National Historic Site.
- 3 Watson lake, is a southern Yukon community, home to the famous poster collection Signpost forest.
- 4 Haines Junction
- 5 Carcross
- 6 Old crow, is a small village located north of Yukon, it is the only community in the territory that does not have access by road.
- 7 Beaver creek
- 8 Lighthouse
- 9 May
- 10 Carmacks
- 11 Tagish
- 12 Ross River
Other destinations
To get
By plane
Several airlines have flights from various cities to Whitehorse Erik Nielsen International Airport of Whitehorse-
- The airline Air Canada Express has direct flights from Vancouver to Whitehorse.
- The airline Air North has flights to Whitehorse from Calgary, Dawson city, Edmonton, Inuvik, Kelowna, Old crow, Ottawa, Vancouver, Yellowknife and charter flights from Las Vegas (United States). As of May 18, 2018 you will have a connecting flight with Victory (British columbia).
- The airline Condor Flugdienst offers two weekly flights from Frankfurt (Germany).
Travel
Watch
The Aurora borealis They are one of the main attractions of the Yukon and the best time to observe it is in winter. In summer it is rare to see them due to the brightness of the midnight Sun.
Do
- The dog sled rides they are a popular activity during winter.
- The hunting and the fishing they are popular during the summer.