Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"

Dawson - a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike

Klondike - a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910

Whitehorse - the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory

Logan, Mount Logan - a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)

St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory