• The Alaska Highway (French: Route de l'Alaska; also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World...
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  • Alaska Highway is a 1943 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, and Ralph Sanford. In February 1942 a...
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  • 2 Other uses include: Alaska Highway (film) "Alaska Highway", a song on Dan Bern's album New American Language Alaska Highway News Alaskan Way Viaduct...
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    1,036 feet (316 m) long. Alaska Interstate Highways Alaska welcome sign on the Klondike Highway Built around 1915, the Alaska Railroad (ARR) played a key...
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    Pleasant Camp, British Columbia. The Haines Highway continues north to a junction with the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction, Yukon, 147 miles (237 km)...
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    by barge or the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system. An Alaska Marine Highway ferry boat docked in Juneau Cruise ships in Juneau Alaska Airlines jet shown...
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  • Falls on the Richardson Highway near Valdez, Alaska. The final scene, on the fictional Lake Kgun at Finch's lake house, was filmed on the northwest end of...
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    Gateway Borough, Alaska. The Alaska Marine Highway System has its headquarters in Ketchikan. Ketchikan has long loomed heavy in Alaska's political landscape...
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  • current Alaska Highway (Canada and US) Alaska Peninsula (US) Alaska Range (Canada, US), a mountain range Alaska Territory (US), historical name for Alaska before...
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    Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 200. Cantwell is the western terminus of the Denali Highway. Once an...
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    southwest of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway and 304 road miles north of Anchorage. It is at mile 412 of the Alaska Railroad. The river is ice-free from...
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    Gulkana Junction to Tok, Alaska via Mentasta Pass. The Alaska Pipeline parallels the Richardson Highway. A part of the Alaska Highway is situated on the northern...
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    established as the first overland supply route into the interior of Alaska. The highway was open in summer-only until 1950, when it started operating as...
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    occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the...
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    city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern...
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  • Oinonen of Savon Sanomat wrote that the film is an open air, atmospheric feel-good road movie: “Alaska Highway is about fixing a truck, of travelling and...
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    is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the...
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  • edge of the Kenai Peninsula which were accessible to the highway and, therefore, mainland Alaska. Although stories surrounding the town's abandonment circulated...
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    typically accessed by the Seward Highway (Milepost 90), with the main line of the Alaska Railroad paralleling the highway. By road distance, most of the...
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    now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from...
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    The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an oil transportation system spanning Alaska, including the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 12 pump stations...
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    Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from...
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    Wiseman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The full time resident population is 12 as of 2022. Wiseman...
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    (/kɔːrˈdoʊvə, ˈkɔːrdəvə/ kor-DOH-və, KOR-də-və) is a city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States. It lies near the mouth of the Copper River, at the head...
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    Fairbanks and, due to its location on the Richardson Highway, those traveling to and from the Alaska Highway and Valdez. North Pole was home to two oil refineries...
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  • Wildlike (category Films set in Alaska)
    Wildlike is a 2014 American feature film written and directed by Frank Hall Green. Filmed in Alaska and starring Ella Purnell, Bruce Greenwood, Brian...
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    The Alaska Railroad (reporting mark ARR) is a Class II railroad that operates freight and passenger trains in the state of Alaska. The railroad's mainline...
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    Cinema in Alaska Alaska Film Archives Films set in Alaska Music of Alaska Sports in Alaska Alaska Sports Hall of Fame State symbols of Alaska State insignia...
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    accompanied by a steady shot of Alaska (e.g. a mountain range, a log cabin, a highway). "Minimovies - I Love Alaska - Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug"...
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    Transportation to and from the island is provided by ferry service on the Alaska Marine Highway as well as local commercial airlines. Archaeological evidence suggests...
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