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1942 Eyewitness Accounts
Hear 1942 eyewitness accounts of Alaska Highway construction in this entertaining video “…The army was coming in by the trainloads into Dawson Creek just hundreds of soldiers and equipment like every kind that nobody had ever seen… Dad said they’re…
Visitor Centers of the Alaska Highway
During your Alaska Highway road trip, be sure to stop in at the Visitor Centers for towns in Northern BC
See the highway first with DriveBC webcams
At DriveBC.ca, you can view highway conditions, traffic and weather information at a glance, before you get there, avoiding problems. Once you’re on the website, to view the highway webcams, simply select a tab for a region (you’ll want NR-Northern…
Alaska Highway Road Trip Preparation
If you’re going to drive the mighty Alaska Highway this year or next year, be sure to plan for safe travel! Yes, the highway is now paved all the way from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Delta Junction (and beyond to…
Black U.S. Army Soldiers and the Alaska Highway
It didn’t take long after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and invaded the Aleutian Islands (Pacific) for Canada and the United States governments to agree (in 1942) to build the Alaska Highway to help defend the continent. According to historians,…
Crossing the Border: Firearms Regulations
Crossing the Canada-United States border in both directions on the Alaska Highway (at Beaver Creek, Yukon, operated by the Canada Border Services Agency and at the Alcan crossing, as it’s officially known, operated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Safe, happy, Alaska Highway wildlife viewing to you!
Constructing the Alaska Highway in 1942 to defend against Japanese attack, workers (mostly the US Army) also faced the possibility of surprise encounters with angry or unfriendly grizzlies, black bears, wolves, wolverines, lynx, moose and elk. In spite of an…
Milepost 300: Welcome to the Northern Rockies and the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum
If you’re travelling the Alaska Highway north through Canada en route to Alaska, stop at the Fort Nelson Museum. The Fort Nelson Heritage Museum is situated
Take the Pioneer Pathway Walking Tour in Fort St. John
When you travel the Alaska Highway for its 75th Anniversary this year, you’ll be amazed at how much history has been preserved in the communities along the corridor through BC, Yukon and Alaska. A great example of this is in…