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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yukon is a ghost town located within Jacksonville, Florida. Currently the site of a park called Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park (named after the politician), this area was once a vibrant community. The Jacksonville Naval Air Station is adjacent to this area. Yukon was established in the mid-1800s as the "Blackpoint Settlement". During its heyday, the community had gridded paved streets, sidewalks, a downtown business district, homes and a railroad depot. Designated as a flight and safety hazard, the Navy closed the town in July 1963. Yukon's old business district still remains, containing a few stores, restaurants, and a church, along with some residential streets. The American astronomer George Smoot hails from Yukon. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yukon-Tanana Terrane (YTT) is a tectonic terrane that extends from central Alaska through central Yukon and into northern British Columbia, Canada and Southeast Alaska, USA. Extending over 2000 km, the YTT is the largest tectonostratigraphic terrane in the northern North American Cordillera. The Yukon-Tanana Upland is a physiographic province mostly underlain by rocks of the Yukon-Tanana terrane. The YTT consists of polymetamorphosed and polydeformed metasedimentary, metavolcanic, and metaplutonic rocks of Upper Paleozoic and older ages that were deposited or emplaced near the edge of the North American continental margin. Rocks in the terrane record a variety of tectonic settings and have experienced varying amounts of tectonic transport, both before and after amalgamation of the YTT with North America. Sequences of mainly parautochthonous quartz-rich sedimentary rocks derived from the North American continent also include meta-igneous rocks with mostly continental geochemical and isotopic signatures. Structurally higher sequences contain meta-igneous rocks with arc and back-arc characteristics. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Snag is a village located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway a few kilometres south of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. The village of Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. An aboriginal village was also located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) away. It was the site of a military airfield, established as part of the Northwest Staging Route, which closed in 1968. In 1947, the village of Snag boasted a population of 8 to 10 natives and fur traders. An additional staff of 15-20 airport personnel ? meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men ? lived at the airport barracks. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yukon Standard Time Zone (YST) was a geographic region that kept standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC−9 after 1971, or from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) before 1972. It included the Yukon in Canada, as well as a small region around Yakutat, Alaska (Alaska had been spread across four different time zones at the time). However, in 1975, the Yukon officially switched to Pacific Time zone (PST), which is UTC−8. Moreover, Alaska switched in 1983 from four time zones to two time zones, placing most of the state in Alaska Standard Time Zone (AKST), the time zone formerly known as Yukon Standard Time Zone, while the Aleutian Islands remained in the Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone (until 1983 known as the Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time Zone). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yukon riding is the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953. The City of Whitehorse comprises an overwhelmingly large portion of the electorate and thus elections are fought on a comparatively tiny battlefield. The electoral district was created in 1901 with the obligation that the Yukon send a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons by January 1, 1903. James Hamilton Ross, the Yukon's third Commissioner, was elected on 2 December 1902. The riding was abolished in 1947, and the riding of Yukon-Mackenzie River was created including a portion of the Northwest Territories. In 1952, Yukon-Mackenzie River was abolished, and the riding of Yukon was recreated. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yukon is a city in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 21,043 at the 2000 census. Yukon is the hometown of country singer Garth Brooks, actor Dale Robertson, 2001 Miss Oklahoma USA Cortney Phillips and the red dirt band Cross Canadian Ragweed. In 1949, Yukon garnered national media attention because of the plight of Grady the Cow. The Czech Hall, a national and state historic site, is devoted to preserving Czech customs, heritage, and culture. Community events include the Czech Festival in October, and the Chisholm Trail Festival in June. Yukon's sister city is Krnov in the Czech Republic. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the U.S. state of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. It leads from Skagway, Alaska to the chain of lakes that are at the headwaters of the Yukon River, Crater Lake, Lake Lindeman and Bennett Lake. The White Pass was closely controlled by the Chilkoot Indians and was unknown to non-natives until 1887. William Ogilvie had heard reports of low pass from the head of Chilkoot Inlet to the headwaters of the Lewes River, while in Juneau. In June 1887 Ogilvie was at the head of Taiya Inlet doing a survey from Pyramid Island up through the Chilkoot Pass. William Moore, who was accompanying him, had experience building roads in mountainous areas and wanted to try this route since the Chilkoot Pass was reported to be too steep for a wagon road. Ogilvie made inquiries and learned there was such a pass; but could not induce any Chilkoots to guide Moore. Skookum Jim Mason had been through this low altitude pass before, and with much talk and encouragement he was induced to reveal it. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Canada's Yukon Territory. Then, more than the lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is 3,185 km (1,980 mi) long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The average flow is 6,430 m³/s (227,000 ft³/s). The total drainage area is 832,700 km² (321,500 mi²), of which 323,800 km² (126,300 mi²) is in Canada. By comparison, the total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta. The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896-1903 Klondike Gold Rush. Paddle-wheel riverboats continued to ply the river until the 1950s, when the Klondike Highway was completed. After the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, the Alaska Commercial Company acquired the assets of the Russian-American Company and constructed several posts at various locations on the Yukon River. ... Read more

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While the Klondike Gold Rush is one of the most widely known events in Canadian history, particularly outside Canada, the rest of the Yukon's long and diverse history attracts little attention. Important developments such as Herschel Island whaling, pre-1900 fur trading, the post-World War II resource boom, a lengthy struggle for responsible government, and the emergence of Aboriginal political protest remain poorly understood.

Placing well-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, Land of the Midnight Sun gives particular emphasis to the role of First Nations people and the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation. This broader story incorporates the introduction of mammoth dredges that scoured the Klondike creeks, the impressive Elsa-Keno Hill silver mines, the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal children, the devastation caused by the sinking of the Princess Sophia, the Yukon's remarkable contributions to the national World War I effort, and the sweeping transformations associated with the American occupation during World War II.

Completely revised with a new epilogue, the bestselling Land of the Midnight Sun was first published in 1988 and became the standard source for understanding the history of the Yukon. Ken Coates and William Morrison have published ten books together, including Strange Things Done: A History of Murder in the Yukon and the forthcoming Trailmarkers: A History of Landmark Aboriginal Rights Cases in Canada. Land of the Midnight Sun was their first collaboration. ... Read more

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Chapters: White Pass and Yukon Route. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 89. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:"Drumhead" logos such as this often adorned the ends of observation cars on the WP ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Le Yukonest un territoire fédéral du Canada. Situédans la partie nord-ouest du pays, à la frontière avecl'Alaska, le Yukon mesure environ 480000 km2, ce qui enfait le plus petit des trois territoires canadiens(après le Nunavut et les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) ;il est également plus petit que six des dix provincesdu pays. Il tire son nom du fleuve Yukon. Le Yukon aété créé en 1898 à partir de la région occidentale desTerritoires du Nord-Ouest afin de répondre à lacroissance de la population lors de la ruée vers l'ordu Klondike. En 2009, il compte 31 530 habitants, cequi en fait la deuxième entité la moins peuplée duCanada, juste devant le Nunavut. Sa capitale estWhitehorse. ... Read more

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Chapters: Bering Strait, List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska - British Columbia/yukon Border, Mountain Peaks of Alaska, Chukchi Sea, the Bush, Climate of Alaska, Alaska Time Zone, Skookumchuck, Northern Pacific Coastal Forests, Alaska Game Management Units, Finger Mountain, Principal Meridians of Alaska. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 89. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a list of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia border, including those on the Alaska-Yukon border, being those peaks named as border-points of the Canada-United States border as a result of the Alaska Boundary Settlement of 1903 and associated later surveys. Survey marker made of brass or concrete were placed on the summits of the accessible peaks designated in the treaty. They were placed such that from any one marker a surveyor could see the both the previous and the next markers along the boundary line. This was done so that if ever a question arose about jurisdiction anywhere along the border a determination could be made by sighting between two markers. Other peaks named in the treaty but not in the numbered-peak series include T Mountain, in the Stikine Icecap area ( )). Other peaks on the boundary but not named in the treaty include an unnumbered Boundary Peak in the Icefield Ranges immediately north of the Alsek River ( )) and Mount Vern Ritchie, to the north of there. Mountain passes on the boundary are few, the most important being Grand Pacific, Chilkat, Chilkoot and White Passes. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24943943 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alaska (en-us-Alaska.ogg /??læsk?/ (help·info)) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862. However, the population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with more than 900,000 visitors. The port of Skagway is a popular stop for cruise ships, and the tourist trade is a big part of the business of Skagway. The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is now in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 6,551. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest communities are the cities of Galena, in the west, and Fort Yukon, in the northeast.The census area has a total area of 147,843 square miles (382,910 km²), of which, 145,900 square miles (377,878 km²) of it is land and 1,943 square miles (5,032 km²) of it (1.31%) is water. The area is roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Montana. It has the largest area of any county or county-equivalent in the United States. Its population density, at 0.0173 inhabitants/km² (0.0449/sq mi), is the lowest in the United States. ... Read more

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Yukon History has its fair share of unique characters and fascinating events. Contemporary Yukoners talk about the colourful 5 percent, quirky individuals who have come to Canada's North to find or reinvent themselves. Northern literature is full of accounts of mad trappers, jilted lovers, miners driven mad by cabin fever, sub-Arctic desperados and victims of racial tensions. In reality, the passions and angers that drove people to murder in the Yukon were more basic and common than popular culture suggests. "Strange Things Done" explores the inner dynamics of Yukon society through the exploration of these extraordinary events. Klondike lore is full of accounts of the exploits of Dangerous Dan McGrew, Sergeant Preston of the Mounted, and the Mad Trapper of Rat River.The stories vary from outright fabrications to northern fantasies and, on occasion, real-Iife accounts. "Strange Things Done" investigates a series of murders in the pre-World War II Yukon, exploring the boundaries between myths and historical events.The book seeks to understand both the specific events, carefully reconstructed from court evidence and police records, and the broader social and cultural context within which these violent deaths occurred. The murder case studies provide a unique and penetrating perspective on key aspects of Yukon history, such as Native-newcomer relations, mental illness and the folklore about cabin fever, the role of immigrants in northern society, violence in the gold fields, and the role of the police and courts in regulating social behaviour.The investigation of these capital cases also illustrates the fear and paranoia which gripped the territory in the aftermath of a murder, and the society's insistence on quick and retributive justice when offenders were caught and convicted. The Yukon experienced fewer murders than popular literature would suggest, and fewer than most would expect given the region's intense and dramatic history, but those that did occur illustrate the passions, frustrations, angers and human frailties that are present in all societies.The manner in which the murders occurred and the way in which Yukoners reacted also reveals specific and important aspects of territorial society. ... Read more

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Accessible Academic history
Both Coates and Morrison are well known inside Canadian academic circles for their work on Northern history (Land of the Midnight Sun; Taking the North Down With Her).This work builds on those previous contributions.'Strange Things Done' is easy to read, and is not just a work for other academics.In fact, this book belongs both in the 'True Crime' and the 'History' sections of book stores.
Murder is a fascinating topic, and this book is put together in such a way that the reader becomes aquainted with Yukon history through intriguing stories and flowing narrative.One does not have to be an expert in Northern History to enjoy this book - I certainly am not.I enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it to anyone interested in histories of Canada, the North, or even murder in general. ... Read more

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