The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision
Construction of the Alaska Highway was considered as early as 1929. Interest was stimulated by Highway Associations at Fairbanks, and Dawson City; it increased after British Columbia and Alaskan officials began exchanges of information. Alaska adopted a memorial petitioning the US Congress to arrang...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66316 2023-05-15T13:54:49+02:00 The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision Bucksar, Richard G. 1968-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66316 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66316/50229 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66316 ARCTIC; Vol. 21 No. 4 (1968): December; 214-222 1923-1245 0004-0843 Vostok Station Antarctic regions info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion article-commentary 1968 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:12Z Construction of the Alaska Highway was considered as early as 1929. Interest was stimulated by Highway Associations at Fairbanks, and Dawson City; it increased after British Columbia and Alaskan officials began exchanges of information. Alaska adopted a memorial petitioning the US Congress to arrange conferences between representatives of the US and $12 million authorized by the US Congress functioned by their Canadian counterparts 1930-33. It recommended in 1935 construction with $2 mill from the US and $12 mill from Canada. Another joint commission was appointed in 1938 and a Permanent Joint Board on Defense established in 1940. In early 1942, $50 mill was authorized by the US Congress. In nine months and six days, the Alaska Highway was a reality at a cost of $139,794,567. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Antarctic British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Dawson City ENVELOPE(-139.433,-139.433,64.060,64.060) Fairbanks Vostok Station ENVELOPE(106.837,106.837,-78.464,-78.464) ARCTIC 21 4 |
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Construction of the Alaska Highway was considered as early as 1929. Interest was stimulated by Highway Associations at Fairbanks, and Dawson City; it increased after British Columbia and Alaskan officials began exchanges of information. Alaska adopted a memorial petitioning the US Congress to arrange conferences between representatives of the US and $12 million authorized by the US Congress functioned by their Canadian counterparts 1930-33. It recommended in 1935 construction with $2 mill from the US and $12 mill from Canada. Another joint commission was appointed in 1938 and a Permanent Joint Board on Defense established in 1940. In early 1942, $50 mill was authorized by the US Congress. In nine months and six days, the Alaska Highway was a reality at a cost of $139,794,567. |
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The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision |
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The Alaska Highway: Background to Decision |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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