Did You Know: Yukon Territory

The Yukon Territory – part of Canada’s north. When we think of the Yukon, we think mountains, snow, gold etc…..but did you know that the Yukon is home to the world’s smallest desert? The Yukon’s Carcross Desert is the world’s smallest desert, measuring 2.6 km2 (259 ha), and has rare plants such as the Yukon lupine, Baikal sedge flower, as well as dart moths and dune tachinidae.