Was named to honour the Canadian Military Engineer involvement in the construction of that bridge.
Sapper Hill - Memorial Landmark
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Was named to honour the Canadian Military Engineer involvement in the construction of that bridge.
DEDICATED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THOSE
WHO SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY
VALOUR
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
ERECTED BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
WHITEHORSE (PACIFIC) BRANCH #254
1989 A.D.
one middle quality image in memorial electronic file. Bad quality image in paper file .
This memorial is dedicated to all veterans. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Whitehorse (Pacific) Branch 254. Comrade Don Knutson, Associate Member was chairman of the committee.
LEST WE FORGET
This memorial is dedicated to all those who fought for Canada. When the City of Whitehorse established this area lots were allocated to Masonic Lodge, Yukon Order of Pioneers, Elks and Legion. Each club was allowed to identify their area by installing an emblem. Their emblem identifies the Legion plot of land.
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This mural depicts the original construction of the Alaska Highway by the United States Army Engineers.
AMERICAN ARMY - 1942-46 - ALCAN HIGHWAY
This memorial commemorates the American Army and the construction of the ALCAN Highway. It was erected by the City of Whitehorse.
HISTORIC
MILE
917
A number of markers along the highway indicate the original distance in miles to Mile 0 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. One of those markers is located beside the cairns. The Alaska Highway was originally constructed during the Second World War to connect the lower 48 with Alaska. It starts in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and goes north 1,387 miles ending in Delta Junction, Alaska.
ON NOVEMBER 20, 1942 THE ALASKA HIGHWAY
WAS COMPLETED AS A WARTIME EXPEDIENT.
TODAY, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, DURING THE
CENTENARIES OF CANADA AND THE STATE OF
ALASKA THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THAT
EVENT AND HONORS THE BRAVE MEN WHOSE
[?] EFFORTS MADE THE HIGHWAY A
REALITY AND INDEED AN AVENUE TO THE
GLORIOUS FUTURE OF BOTH ALASKA AND THE
YUKON TERRITORY.
NOVEMBER 30, 1967
The decorative fence and plaques affixed to it do not specifically commemorate military units, but rather the importance of the highway itself.
AT THIS SITE ON 1 APRIL 1964
THE CANADIAN ARMY
HANDED OVER RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE ALASKA HIGHWAY AND
THE NORTHWEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM
TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS
This memorial commemorates when the Canadian Army gave responsibility of the Alaska Highway to the federal department of Public Works.
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES 18 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY BY UNITS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS 1946-1964
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.
[first plaque/première plaque]
ON THIS SITE ON 1 APRIL 1946 THE UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER THE ALASKA HIGHWAY AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NORTHWEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM JUNE 1956
[second plaque/deuxième plaque]
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES 18 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY BY UNITS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS 1946-1964
[third plaque/troisième plaque]
AT THIS SITE ON 1 APRIL 1964 THE CANADIAN ARMY HANDED OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ALASKA HIGHWAY AND THE NORTHWEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The mural depicts the original construction of the Alaska Highway by the U.S. Army Engineers. The decorative fence and plaques affixed to it do not specifically commemorate military units, but rather the importance of the highway itself. A number of markers along the highway indicate the original distance in miles to Mile 0 in Dawson Creek, B.C. One of those markers is located beside the plaques. This memorial is dedicated to the Military Engineers of Canada and the United States. It was erected by the Canadian Military Engineers.