Posts By: Katherine Koller

Henry George Glyde Edmonton, 1943 Oil on canvas 82.2 x 106 cm Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, gift of the Artist, 1943. 43.1

The Year of the Alaska Highway: 1942

Moments

The Alaska Highway, built in fear and haste by the U.S. army in eight months, provided evidence that North America was secure from invasion and demonstrated a feat of unparalleled cooperation between two countries. But it also disrupted indigenous peoples, wildlife and habitats, and exposed the need for study and consultation. It also led to an ecological consciousness of the north, of its environment and populations and, ultimately, an understanding that wilderness is finite and fragile.

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