TIME
For the first time, travel-hungry Canadians and Americans could see what one of the world’s famous wartime roads looked like in peacetime dress (see cut). In new pictures released by the Canadian Government, the Alaska Highway, knifing straight through scenic northwest Canada, looked fine.
The road was still not open to tourists.
Only businessmen, hunters, prospectors and settlers could use it. But now it had gasoline stations (the longest gasless gap: 200 miles). Everyone hoped it would be open for tourist travel next year.
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