Yukon–British Columbia border

E1021814

The Yukon–British Columbia border is the interprovincial and territorial boundary in northwestern Canada separating the territory of Yukon from the province of British Columbia.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf internal political border of Canada ⓘ
interprovincial and territorial boundary ⓘ
adjacentTo Alaska–Yukon border (at western end) ⓘ
Northwest Territories–Yukon border (at eastern end) ⓘ
borderType subnational boundary ⓘ
cameIntoUse 1898 ⓘ
cameIntoUseAsYukonBoundary 1898 ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
definedBy federal legislation of Canada ⓘ
follows 60th parallel north (approximately) ⓘ
governedBy Government of British Columbia ⓘ
Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of Yukon ⓘ
hasApproximateLatitude 60°N (most of its length) ⓘ
hasBorderParty British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
hasDisputes no major active territorial disputes (as of 2024) ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin North-West Territories–British Columbia boundary ⓘ
hasLegalStatus interprovincial and interterritorial boundary ⓘ
hasNoInternationalStatus true ⓘ
isLandBorder true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern Canada ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
partOf borders of British Columbia ⓘ
borders of Yukon ⓘ
internal borders of Canada ⓘ
passesNear Atlin region, British Columbia ⓘ
Watson Lake, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake
passesThroughRegion northern Cordillera of Canada ⓘ
recognizedBy Canadian federal government ⓘ
provincial and territorial governments of Canada ⓘ
relatedEvent creation of the Yukon Territory ⓘ
separates British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
separatesTerritoryFromProvince British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
usedFor administrative jurisdiction delimitation ⓘ
law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ
resource management jurisdiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liard River → crosses → Yukon–British Columbia border ⓘ
Haines Highway → crosses → British Columbia–Yukon border ⓘ
linked to: Yukon–British Columbia border
British Columbia–Northwest Territories border → hasNeighboringBorder → British Columbia–Yukon border ⓘ
linked to: Yukon–British Columbia border
Alaska–Yukon border → hasBorderPointWith → Yukon–British Columbia border ⓘ