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Yukon Flag and History

Ever wonder who made the flag,when it was adopted as the flag, and what it means? Here's Your answer! There are 3 "up and down" stripes green left, white middle, blue right, and a symbol in the middle with fire weed underneath witch is Yukon's official flower. The blue stripe stands for the Yukon's rivers and lakes. The green stripe represents the territory's forests. The white stripe is for snow. The coat of arms contains the cross of Saint George, representing England. In the center of the cross is a circle that stands for the fur trading that went on. The red triangles with gold circles stand for the Yukon's mineral rich mountains. The wavy lines symbolize the Territory's rivers and the Alaskan husky is an important part of the Yukon's history.

The flag was adopted on Dec. 1, 1967. The coat of arms was adopted in 1956. The Yukon Territory joined the confederation of Canada on June 13, 1898.The flag was designed by Lynn Lambert in a competition held by the Whitehorse branch of the Royal Canadian Legion as part of Canada's 1967 centennial year celebrations. There were 137 submissions and Lambert sent in 10 of them. I thought that the history and meaning where interesting, I hope so did you!

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