The Yukon is western and the smallest state of Canada's three national territories. It was named consequent to the Yukon River; its meaning is "Great River".
Yukon's Mount Logan is the highest mount, in Kluane National Park and Reserve, in Canada and the second biggest of North America after Mount McKinley in the U.S. state of Alaska.
The meagerly populated country abounds with snow-melt lakes and continuing snow-capped mountains. Though the weather is Arctic and sub-Arctic and parched, with long, cold and chilled winters, the long sunshine hours in short time summer allow durable crops and vegetables, along with an abundance of flowers and fruit to blossom.
The Yukon's main attraction is its nearly pristine nature. Tourism relies heavily on this, and there are many organized outfitters and directions are available to seekers and anglers and nature lovers of all sorts. Sports fanatic can paddle lakes and rivers with kayaks and canoes, journey or walk trails, snowboard or ski is organized surroundings or access the back country by air or snow-mobile, climbing of the highest apex of the North America or take a family walk up smaller mounts, or can try ice climbing and dog sledding.