Whitehorse

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Yukon, Canada.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after a tavern.
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States, named after a chieftain.
  4. 4
    A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the White Horse Inn, a former tavern; in full, the City of Whitehorse.

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"Ned Cathers is a professional dog sled "musher" who's home on the edge of Lake Laberge is about an hour north of the small town of Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon Territory of Canada."

Etymology

From white + horse. * In Yukon, from the appearance of the White Horse Rapids, which looked like the manes of white horses.

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yukon territory

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