The Alaskan Highway (also known as The Alcan) is a long road from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska, over 1,500 miles. Dawson Creek is known Mile 0.
It was built in 1942 after Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. President Franklin D Roosevelt ordered the road to be built for getting supplies from the lower 48 states to the Alaska Territory. While it was being built, the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor and occupied two Aleutian Islands.
The Alcan Highway was built by the US Army. Some of the regiments were African Americans and some thought that they couldn’t do it. But they did.
It was not easy work. They had some good and bad weather. In winter it was very cold and the food was often frozen. In the summer time it was mosquitos who were the problems.
We have seen a lot of wild animals on this trip so far. We have seen black bear, moose, wild horses, prairie dogs, antelope, buffalo bison), deer, caribou, mountain goats, mountain sheep, and pheasant.
I like to look at license plates at home. I have noticed on Canadian license plates that some of them descriptive words about them. For example: Friendly Manitoba and Beautiful British Columbia.
Today's Mileage - 581 km
Today's Route
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