As we saw in part one of this series, the United States and Canada agreed to build a military highway from Fairbanks, Alaska to Dawson Creek, British Columbia in March 1942 in response to potential ...

In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...

Have you ever driven the Alcan — or just wished you could? The 1,520-mile road through Canada and Alaska is a magnet for adventurous travelers. There are some hardships: rough pavement, dust, mud, and ...

Editor’s Note: Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, TTU Libraries is the editor of Caprock Chronicles. He can be reached [email protected]. This week’s Caprock Chronicles is written by John McCullough ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - As the State of Alaska and the Yukon Territory work together, a smoother and more frequented ...

Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...

This remote highway traverses two countries and showcases wildlife, mountain views, national parks, and quirky towns in the ...

Repairs to a section of the Alaska Highway in British Columbia near the Yukon border are expected to take more than a month before the road can reopen fully again, according to Canadian authorities.

In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departed from St. Charles, Missouri, for a two-year exploration of America, inaugurating a grand American tradition that has persisted to this day — the ...

KETCHIKAN — Minutes after the M/V Kennicott pulled away from its terminal in the Tongass Narrows on a late February journey up the Inside Passage, emergency lights flickered on, barely visible under a ...

When a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Alaska last week, a highway ramp that leads to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport looked destroyed beyond repair. Four days later, quick-moving ...