Northwest Airlines support for the highway, by DavidL:
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My father-in-law worked for Northwest Airlines which apparently flew the highway route to provide support. I remember him, radio operator, telling a story about being grounded for two weeks along the highway awaiting a new motor for the plane. Everyone was in a hurry to get going and they worked round the clock to get the new engine installed - then, the pilots took the plane up for a test flight ............................................................... they landed the plane and found the engine was trashed because no one had put oil into the new engine. So, they waited another two weeks for a new engine.    More...

1952 Travel to Fairbanks, by Susan:
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My parents drove the Al-Can in approximately 1952 when my father was transferred to the Eilsen AF base in Fairbanks. I know there was snow on the ground, but not sure of the month. Why they took this route I have no idea, but I remember many tales told during my childhood. I was just about two years old at the time and have only very faint memories - one of the car with its nose into a deep snowbank. My father was stationed at Ross River Post during WWII as a USAAC weather observer and had the arctic training.    More...

Building the Alcan by someone who was there...., by Preston Willson:
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Many years have passed since I was sent overseas to Whitehorse to take part in the building of the Road. I was a member of the 18th Engineer (c) Regt. that went by ship to Skagway, over the rail road to Whitehorse, and then spent 9 months of construction of the Highway. We were 1400 men (Boys) with no prior knowledge of how to operate heavy equipment to do construction. There were 6 line companies, a Headquarters and Service Company, and a Band. We arrived in Whitehorse before the ice broke on the rivers. We waited    More...