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Transportation History (Land):
Alaska & the Yukon Territory
Railroad history links can be found here.
Histories of water transportation can be found here.
Alaska Highway, 1943
A large (222k), detailed map of the highway in relation to western North America, produced by the Alberta Travel Bureau in 1943.Alaska Highway Photo Album
A virtual trip along the highway in all seasons.Alaska Highway Photo Album
About 25 photos taken by Raymond Paul Anderson, Sr., who worked on the bridge construction crews.Alaska Highway Picture Gallery
Nice slide show of 24 historic images, although they are low-quality, being obviously scanned from a book.Trucking the Alaska Highway
A look at Lynden Transport's 44 years of running the highway.The Yukon Quest
Once the primary mode of winter transportation in many areas, dog mushing is now a popular recreational activity for many; for a hardy few, the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest race is the adventure of a lifetime.
