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Encyclopedia > Elsa, Yukon

Elsa was a privately-owned mining town (now closed) based on silver, lead, and zinc in Yukon, Canada. It is located at 63°54′42, N°135′29, between the valley of the Stewart River to the south and the Mackenzie Mountains to the north. It is 700 kilometres to the north of Whitehorse, and 600 kilometres east of the Alaskan border. It is located at Mile 60.3 of the Silver Trail, Yukon Highway 11. This article is about the chemical element. ... For Pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series Post-transition metals or poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... General Name, symbol, number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ... This article is about Yukon Territory in Canada. ... Whitehorse (IPA: /ʍaɪt. ... Official language(s) None[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... The Silver Trail (Yukon Highway 11) connects the communities of Mayo, Elsa and Keno City with the Klondike Highway at Stewart Crossing, where that highway crosses the Stewart River. ...


Its population moved out following the closure of the United Keno Hill mine in 1989. Most of the houses and buildings have been dismantled. No one remains except for some caretakers. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

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Yukon Territory - definition of Yukon Territory in Encyclopedia (1284 words)
Yukon or The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
Its ragged eastern boundary mostly follows the watershed between the Yukon Basin and the Mackenzie River watershed to the east in the Mackenzie mountains.
The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
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In the Yukon’s waters swim the plentiful arctic grayling, northern pike, rainbow and lake trout, whitefish, and salmon.
The indigenous population in the Yukon Territory at the time of the 2001 census was 29.5 percent of the population.
The Yukon Territory is represented in the Canadian Parliament by one elected representative in the House of Commons and by one senator appointed by the federal government.
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