"Canada's True North" - Yukon Territory
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 60° 00.044 W 134° 39.750
8V E 518824 N 6651540
This Welcome Sign is on Highway 2 (the Klondike Highway), just north of the British Columbia and Yukon border.
Waymark Code: WMDA3X
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 12/12/2011
Views: 11
~ the sign reads ~
Welcome to
Canada'a
YUKON
Canada's True North
Splendeur du Nord canadien
In Canada's national anthem, the line The True North strong and free! refers to all of Canada but over 75% of Canadians live with 160 km (100 miles) of the US border (referring to the border with the lower 48). Yukon is 1225 km (760 miles) north of the 49th parallel and extends almost as far north as the top of Alaska. This makes is Canada's True North.
With a population density of only 0.07 /km2 (0.18 /sq mi), there are vast regions of untouched nature here. By comparison, the population density of Alaska is almost 6 times greater, 0.4 /km2 (1.07/sq mi).
Type of community: State
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Visit Instructions:
More pictures of the sign would be great. Try and take a picture of yourself with it if you can!