Alcan Highway

/ ˈælkæn /

noun

1. original name of the Alaska Highway

Example Sentences

The highway was originally called the Alcan Highway, but it’s now known as the Alaska Highway.

From Salon

We drove all the way up to Alaska, went up the then-unpaved Alcan Highway, and we took odd jobs…My first job was to gut the salmon….I noticed that some of them didn’t look really healthy to me.

From Time

The southern terminal of the Alcan highway.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Alcan application, which proposes laying a pipeline alongside the Alcan highway, was dismissed by Litt as inefficient.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, the Alcan Highway was not open this summer.

From Time Magazine Archive