Most northwesterly administrative division of Canada, bordered by the Beaufort Sea to the north, the Northwest Territories to the east, British Columbia to the south (below the 60th Parallel), and Alaska, USA, to the west; area 483,500 sq km/186,631 sq mi; population (2002 est) 29,900 (including 5,530 American Indians). The capital is
Whitehorse. Gold, silver, lead, coal, and zinc are mined, and oil and natural gas extracted. There is lumbering, fur-trapping, and fishing.
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