Forty Mile
Forty Mile is best known as the oldest town in Canada's Yukon. It was established in 1886 at the confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile rivers by prospectors and fortune hunters in search of gold.
- Dwelling
- …lies at an elevation of around 290 metres (940 feet)
- …is also known as “Forty Mile, Yukon”
- Description: locality in Yukon, Canada (lat 64.45, lon -140.55)
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Latitude
64.42329° or 64° 25′ 24″ north
Longitude
-140.53283° or 140° 31′ 58″ west
Open location code
93PXCFF8+8V
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = isolated_dwelling
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Forty Mile” goes by many names.
Forty MileDutch
فورتى مايلEgyptian Arabic
פורטי מיילHebrew
Форти-МайлRussian
Форті МайлUkrainian
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