Yukon Legislative Building
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The Yukon Legislative Building is home to the Yukon Legislative Assembly
. Located in Whitehorse
, Yukon
, the building is a three-storey white steel-clad structure.
Before relocating to Whitehorse, the legislature met at the Yukon Territorial Government Administration Building in Dawson City
from 1907 to 1953 (and now home to Yukon College
).
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
. Located in Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...
, Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, the building is a three-storey white steel-clad structure.
Before relocating to Whitehorse, the legislature met at the Yukon Territorial Government Administration Building in Dawson City
Dawson City, Yukon
The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the 2006 census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year...
from 1907 to 1953 (and now home to Yukon College
Yukon College
Yukon College is a community college in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Its main campus is in Whitehorse, Yukon. The college was founded in 1983, replacing the Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre, which had been in operation since the 1960s...
).