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on a blue background. Finally at the bottom of the shield are two red triangles representing Yukon's mountains with gold circles in them representing the Yukon's great mineral resources.
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were created. The flag of Yukon was officially selected from a territory-wide design competition in 1967, with the winning design adopted on March 1, 1968.
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for suitable heraldic description. An expert in Ottawa sent back an amended version of the submitted flag design. The committee in
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