WebWhitehorse (French pronunciation: ) is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada.It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) 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 …

WebWhitehorse ist die Hauptstadt des Yukon-Territoriums in Kanada.Der Ort hat rund 25.000 Einwohner und seit 1950 Stadtrecht. Außerdem ist sie die einzige Gemeinde im Territorium mit dem Status einer Stadt (englisch City).. Whitehorse wurde benannt nach den durch den Bau eines Wasserkraftwerks verschwundenen Stromschnellen (White Horse Rapids) …

WebWhitehorse était un lieu de pêche, de chasse et de rassemblement estival pour les autochtones. L'endroit est nommé ainsi vers les années 1880 par des prospecteurs blancs à cause des rapides du fleuve Yukon rappelant la crinière d'un cheval blanc.. Après la découverte d'or au Klondike en août 1896, l'endroit devient un important centre …

WebPacific Western Airlines Ltd (PWA) (IATA: PW, ICAO: PWA, Call sign: PACIFIC WESTERN AIRLINES) was an airline that operated scheduled flights throughout western Canada and charter services around the world from the 1950s through the 1980s.. It was headquartered at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, until …

WebOld Crow is a community in the Canadian territory of Yukon.. Located in a periglacial environment, the community is situated on the Porcupine River in the far northern part of the territory. Old Crow is the only Yukon community that cannot be reached by motor vehicle, requiring visitors to fly in to Old Crow Airport.It is a dry community.Old Crow is also the …

WebYukon (/ ˈ juː k ɒ n / YOO-kon; French: ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,744 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the …

WebKelowna International Airport (IATA: YLW, ICAO: CYLW) is a Canadian airport located approximately 10 minutes or 6.2 nautical miles (11.5 km; 7.1 mi) northeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Highway 97.. The single runway airport operates scheduled air service to Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, and Seattle, as …

WebBox Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of the city's Central Business District (CBD), located within the City of Whitehorse local government area.Box Hill recorded a population of 14,353 at the 2021 census.. Founded as a township in the 1850s, Box Hill grew over the following century into a small city with its own CBD, its …

WebThe Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire), some 16 km (10 mi) east of Swindon, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of …

Web"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. (A "sourdough", in this sense, is a resident of the Yukon.) It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge (spelled "Lebarge" by Service), Yukon, Canada, as …