Alaskan Highway Sites

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Alaskan Highway A Collection of Photos from along the Highway

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Sites along the Alaskan highway.

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Alaskan HighwayA Collection of Photos from along the

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The Start of the Alaskan Highway

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Day One ... Cold and Snow!!!( Six hours later, sun and blue skies for the next 10 days)

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The Highway is an Historical Site(with museums and historical collections along the way)

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Toad River Hat Collection(there are over 6500 hats stapled to the ceiling of this lodge)

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Some Excitement in the Campsite(no one was hurt but several ATV’s and a storage building were destroyed)

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Liard, BC Hot Springs(natural springs, very hot in places, sulphur smell, but very relaxing)

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Watson Lake Sign Post Forest(largest public collection of stolen property ....nearly 7000 signs)

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Odds and Sods and Socks(churches, bars, and mountains were prominent along the highway)

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Another “Un-protected Border”(look closely, and see that the border line goes on forever)

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Alaska Pipeline Pumping Station(wall cleaning “scraper pigs” move through the 4’ pipe at 6 miles per hour)

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Valdez, Alaska(a fishing town, surrounded by mountains and water, plus the oil shipping port)

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Hand Powered Lifeboat(used in the rescue of over 500 people from a sinking cruise ship in the Gulf of Alaska)

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Don’t Mess With Alaskans(they will track you down and ........???)

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My first Camera ...a “Brownie”(still takes good pictures, eh!)

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Thanks for looking at the pics

I have done a separate collection for the animals we saw along the highway and another collection

for the beautiful scenery along the highway