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AMERICAN ARMY - 1942-46 - ALCAN HIGHWAY

HISTORIC
MILE
917

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

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 MONUMENT COMMEMORATES 18 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY BY UNITS OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS 1946-1964

[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

SACRED
TO THE
MEMORY
OF THE SOUTHERN YUKON MEN
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
1914-18
1939-45

I.O.D.E.
DEC 8TH 1918

THEY WILL NEVER KNOW THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE, SEE THE SEASONS CHANGE, ENJOY NATURE’S CHORUS. ALL WE ENJOY WE OWE TO THEM, MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIE BURIED IN THE EARTH OF FOREIGN LANDS AND IN THE SEVEN SEAS. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF CANADIANS WHO DIED OVERSEAS ON THE SERVICE OF THIS COUNTRY AND SO PRESERVED OUR HERITAGE.

[the French translation appears below the English, but the wording is not clear on the photo/la version anglaise est suivie d’une traduction française, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo]

[plaque]
NOT AS A STRANGER
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
GREAT CONTRIBUTION MADE BY
THE CANADIAN ARMY PERSONNEL
AND FAMILIES TO THE SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH OF WHITEHORSE
FROM 1946 TO 1964

PRESENTED BY
WHITEHORSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
26 JUNE 1964

[plaque]
THAT WE MAY REMEMBER
THE LABOUR, JOY AND HONOUR
SO FREELY GIVEN TO
OUR COMMUNITY BY THE OFFICERS
AIRMEN AND FAMILIES OF THE ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FORCE 1943-1968

WHITEHORSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAY 1968