Situated in the upper northwest corner of Canada, next to Alaska, Yukon is the size of Austria, Germany and Switzerland combined.
This is Canada’s most accessible northern destination and home to the Canada’s highest mountain (Mount Logan) and one of the largest non-polar icefields on Earth in Kluane National Park.
Whether it is trekking into Kluane National Park and Reserve, a canoe expedition down the Yukon River, or the ultimate road trip on the Dempster, Alaska or Top of the World highways, you’re sure to find plenty of wide-open spaces, stunning scenery and countless species of wildlife. In fact, since there is ten times more moose, bears, wolves, caribou and goats there than people, there's the possibility of seeing wildlife around every bend!
The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, as told through the stories of Jack London and the poems of Scottish-born poet Robert Service, put the Yukon on the world map. Today, visitors can still experience this period in history by visiting Dawson City, the heart of the Klondike.