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Alaska Highway 75th Anniversary - 2017

sue_t
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For those planning their trip to Alaska this summer, you'll experience various celebrations along the way. It is the 75th anniversary of the completion of the Alaska Highway.
http://www.travelyukon.com/alaska-highway
http://ouralaskahighway.com/?page_id=1184
http://celebratealaskahighway.com/
Top 10 reasons to drive the Alaska Hwy during its 75th anniversary

There will be a vintage jeep caravan driving up the Alaska Highway in late July and early August.
http://www.alaskaorrust.com/
They're planning a stop at our place to see my 1943 Ford Jeep, used during the construction of the Alaska Highway but lost during a creek flood. My Dad dug it out in the 1950s and restored it. My 74 year-old jeep is still a working beast - it is our snow plow in winter.


Here's a photo taken at the Alaska/Yukon border, entering into Yukon, mid-1950s.


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sue t.
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sue_t
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Travel Yukon (Yukon government) has put together a webpage that provide more details about the Alaska Highway's 75th Anniversary in Yukon
http://www.travelyukon.com/AlaskaHighway75
sue t.
Pictures from our many RV Adventures to Yukon & Alaska from Vancouver Island. Now we live in Yukon!

sue_t
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fanrgs wrote:
Sounds like your father had a knack for salvage, Sue. He was in the car recycling business before "recycling" was a business. Great photos as usual!

Yup - my 1943 Ford Jeep has a 1967 Ford Falcon engine in it, one he recovered from another rolled vehicle.
sue t.
Pictures from our many RV Adventures to Yukon & Alaska from Vancouver Island. Now we live in Yukon!

fanrgs
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Sounds like your father had a knack for salvage, Sue. He was in the car recycling business before "recycling" was a business. Great photos as usual!
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sue_t
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Lwiddis wrote:
Good looking Ford!

The story was that someone rolled it on the Alaska Highway and Dad rebuilt it. He was proud of our "silver bullet" ๐Ÿ˜„

This photo from 1955 - Dad worked at Snag
sue t.
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Lwiddis
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Good looking Ford!
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Thanks for posting this and the links. Should be of great interest to those planning on going to AK this year.
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We went up the summer of the 50th Anniversary... GREAT TRIP ๐Ÿ™‚
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