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To: Grainne who wrote (102665)	5/1/2005 12:39:18 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

There is no highway to Juneau, or Sitka, or a number of other communities in SE Alaska. You can drive to Fairbanks and Anchorage and a number of other locations in Alaska by way of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

To: Grainne who wrote (102665)	5/1/2005 12:41:46 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<I was under the impression it was possible to drive to Alaska.>> Back when the Alcan highway first opened to civilians in about 1950, my mother's cousin and her one armed husband converted a school bus into a camper. They also pulled a jeep to pull the bus across streams running across the road. Two spare tires for every tire on the road and 20 five gallon gas cans for fuel. Quite a trip back then.

To: Grainne who wrote (102665)	5/1/2005 12:54:36 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

To this day, there is no highway to the part of Alaska, the Juneau area where that old car got stuck, and the Alexander Archipelago where there are a number of small cities. You can drive to Skagway and Haines, which are a seventy mile ferry trip to Juneau. You can drive to Fairbanks and Anchorage on the Alaska highway. It was built during the Second World War. Now it is mostly paved, I think. You can also take the Cassiar Highway up in British Columbia for a change. All but about 50 miles of that were paved when I drove it.