Celebrate two birthdays on the Alaska Highway this year, as the route turns 75 years old and Canada marks its 150th year. There are special celebratory events to recognize the route’s storied past and loads of natural wonders along the way.
Driven by wartime urgency, the building of the Alaska Highway remains an epic accomplishment, decades later. The heroic efforts by US soldiers who in only eight months, built a 2,400-kilometre route through wilderness while enduring extraordinary hardships, will always be the foundation of this storied route.
Pass only when you are 100% sure it’s safe. This isn’t the best time. If you live or drive in the Peace region, you know that extra care and attention are needed in winter, when
Northern B.C. is the place to drive in summer for long daylight hours, unspoiled wilderness and unlimited fishing, hiking and outdoor enjoyment. It also offers routes to the Yukon and Alaska – including the famed
The small settlement of Wonowon, 85 kilometres north of Fort St. John, now has its own luminaires. Not to be confused with “luminaries” (famous, accomplished people) luminaires are light standards which rise up about nine