The Yukon Transportation Museum at kilometre 1473.8 on the Alaska Highway includes a plaque that commemorates 18 years of service on the Alaska Highway by units of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers during 1946-1964. The museum also displays the pair of cairns and plaques (relocated from their original site at Mile 918) that recalls both the initial hand-over of the Canadian portion of the Alcan Highway from the US Army to the Canadian Army on 1 April 1946 and its subsequent transfer to the Department of Public Works on 1 April 1964.
Whitehorse Memorial Cairn and Plaque
Whitehorse, Yukon
Notice:
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Inscription
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES 18 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY BY UNITS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS 1946-1964
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Location
Whitehorse Memorial Cairn and Plaque
30 Electra Crescent
Whitehorse
Yukon
Whitehorse Memorial Cairn and Plaque
30 Electra Crescent
Whitehorse
Yukon
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 60.7119625
Long. -135.0796027
Lat. 60.7119625
Long. -135.0796027