Articles about the highway construction

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The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision.
By Richard G. Bucksar


Bucksar discusses the expenses and project planning that went into the building of the Alaska Highway.
1968.

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The Biggest and Hardest Job Since
the Panama Canal.
By J. Kingston Pierce


Pierce discusses the extreme difficulty and criticism faced by the United States in building the highway. 2001.


Websites



"The Alaska Highway: A Yukon Perspective" was creted by Yukon Archives in Whitehorse, Yukon. The Yukon Archives is part of the Cultural Services Branch of the Department of Tourism and Culture, Government of Yukon. This site provides information on the highway from the perspective of Yukoners.


THE ROAD: Constructing the Alaska Highway website is a joint project of the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Heritage Community Foundation. The exhibition consisted of art works, artifacts, documentary materials and films produced from the time of the Highway's inception in 1942 right up to the present day.


“Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon” is presented by the Yukon Archives in Whitehorse, Yukon. The content for this web exhibit is based on a three panel hard copy display entitled Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon which was produced in 2006 by the Yukon Archives, the Yukon Human Rights Commission and the Yukon Status of Women Council.