Alaska Highway: the ultimate road trip

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The Alaska Highway stretches 1,422 miles from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction, AK. All but a few miles of the road are paved, and it offers several alternate routes and access points. It traverses a wonderland of mountains, lakes, and wild rivers.

Description and travel, Roads, British Columbia, Yukon Territory

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Donna Blasor-Bernhardt: bush woman

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Donna Blasor-Burnhardt moved her family to rural Tok, AK, where they spent the winter in a tent, keeping a 24-hour fire watch. Now widowed, she lives with her children and pets in a log cabin she built with her husband.

Behavior, Personalities, Poets, Homesteading, Blasor-Bernhardt, Donna

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Making the grade: the remarkable history of the Alaska Highway - a road built on fear and friendship

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The Alaska Highway was built as a military supply route, prompted by fear of a Japanese attack on Alaska. The US Army, working with the Canada's Public Roads Administration, headed and paid for the project.

History, Road construction, Design and construction, Transportation, Military roads

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