Alcan Hwy
We drove the Alcan 30yrs ago we have heard it is much improved, we want to take another trip with our trailer but we want to know if anyone has driven the Alcan lately and if anybody can recommend tir...
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Well I guess that settles it, as we all know you can't get much more official than a Sports Afield magazine cover. LOL The sign just over the bear's rump is interesting as it lists across the top, Alaska Hwy and under that is Aksala Construction Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Interesting information if true as AI had never head of any outside Lower 48 US construction company working on the highway in 1944. This would have been 4 years before the highway was opened to the public for use.
Wonder who got to be the official namer of the highway, whether you call it the Alaska hwy or the Alcan? The Parks Hwy in Alaska was named by the Alaska Legislature in honor of George Parks, an early territorial governor of Alaska. But who did the naming honors for the highway we are discussing.
A good topic as no one on the forum, that I know of,is currently using the highway for RV travel, so it is fun to have an interesting topic to discuss at this time of year.
Actually Murray and I go back a long ways on the forums. We both were active members of one called Alcanseek.com that ceased operating a number of years back and Murray at one time had a bulletin board type forum on his explorenorth.com web site which he shut down.
Wonder who got to be the official namer of the highway, whether you call it the Alaska hwy or the Alcan? The Parks Hwy in Alaska was named by the Alaska Legislature in honor of George Parks, an early territorial governor of Alaska. But who did the naming honors for the highway we are discussing.
A good topic as no one on the forum, that I know of,is currently using the highway for RV travel, so it is fun to have an interesting topic to discuss at this time of year.
Actually Murray and I go back a long ways on the forums. We both were active members of one called Alcanseek.com that ceased operating a number of years back and Murray at one time had a bulletin board type forum on his explorenorth.com web site which he shut down.
