Yukon (disambiguation)

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Yukon may refer to a number of locations or other concepts.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Sports 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Geography

• Yukon, or Yukon Territory or the Yukon, is a territory of Canada.
  • Yukon (electoral district), a federal electoral district of Canada, corresponding to the territory.
• The Yukon River is a river of Alaska and Yukon, for which the territory was named.
• Yukon, Missouri, a town in the United States
• Yukon, Oklahoma, a town in the United States
• Yukon, West Virginia, a town in the United States

[edit] Sports

• Yukon Justice is a raquetball/tennis mix played by hand.

[edit] Other

• Yukon (solitaire) is a single-player card game similar to standard Klondike solitaire
• Yukon is also a card game for three or more players in which the jacks (called 'Yukons') are trumps.
• The Yukon Gold is a common Canadian-grown potato.
• The HCMS Yukon is a Canadian destroyer that was transformed into an artificial reef off the coast of San Diego. Scuba divers also enjoy exploring the wreck.
• The GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL are full-size sport utility vehicle made by General Motors.
• The Giant Yukon and Giant Yukon DISC are mountain bicycle made by Giant Manufacturing.
• The YUKON Power Grip is a safety technique used by those in the fields of mountaineering and rock climbing.
• Yukon (band) is a band from Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
• Yukon is the name of a fictional confederacy in the novel Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson.
• Yukon is a screen capture application for use with OpenGL software.
• Yukon was the Microsoft code word for the SQL Server 2005 development project.

[edit] See also

• University of Connecticut, often referred to as UConn, a homophone of Yukon
• Klondike Gold Rush, sometimes referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush