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National Park Service
Recreational Resources of the Alaska Highway and Other Roads in Alaska |
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: THE ALLURE OF ALASKA
Publicized Operations
Location and Climate
Scenic Values
Wildlife
Opportunities for Scientific Study
Historical Associations
Suitability for Outdoor Physical Recreation
National Parks and Monuments
CHAPTER II: MEANS OF ACCESS TO ALASKA
Airlines
Waterways
Railroads
Highways
Combinations
Tour Routes
CHAPTER III: MAJOR ROADS OF ALASKA
The Alaska Highway
Richardson Highway
Edgerton Cutoff
Steese Highway
Elliott Highway
The Abercrombie Trail
Glenn Highway
Future Access Roads
CHAPTER IV: PROVISIONS FOR RECREATIONAL USE
Character of Use Anticipated
Factors Influencing Volume of Use
Quantitative Estimate of Use
Improvements to the Highways
Facilities Needed in Conjunction with Highways
Temporary Accommodations
CHAPTER V: A PLAN FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
The Land Program
Distribution of Facilities
Capacity of Facilities
Plans for Utilization of Selected Sites
CHAPTER VI: PUTTING THE PLAN INTO EFFECT
Approximate Costs Involved
The Economic Soundness of Expenditures
Sources of Funds
Planning and Construction
Administration of Facilities
ILLUSTRATIONS
2 Forerunner of the tourist army
3 Prewar Alaskan roadhouse
4 Tok Junction—1943
5 Newly established roadhouse along, the Glenn Highway
6 A desirable site for overnight accommodations
7 Sights like Worthington Glacier merit parking overlooks
8 The snow-capped Wrangells
9 Mentasta reflections
10 MAP—The land route to Alaska
11 Through birch and aspen, west of the Yukon boundary
12 Grizzly bear, Mount McKinley National Park
13 Matanuska Glacier
14 A page from Alaska's past
15 Mount McKinley (Sackman photo)
16 To Alaska by sea (Courtesy Alaska Steamship Company)
17 Alaska stage lines, then and now
18 MAP—A typical tour to Alaska by automobile
19 MAP—A typical tour to Alaska by common carrier
20 North from the sea by Richardson Highway
21 Section of pioneer alignment retained, Alaska Highway
22 MAP—The major roads of Alaska
23 Yukon River steamer leaving Whitehorse
24 Haines Cutoff—only road link to Southeastern Alaska
25 The Highway bridges the Tanana
26 Nearing Cathedral Rapids, Alaska Highway
27 The Tok River
28 Mentasta Road, in the valley of the Little Tok
29 Thompson Pass
30 Sourdough roadhouse
31 Chitina, Alaska—1944
32 View from a summit on the Steese Highway
33 Elliott Highway crosses the Chatanika River
34 Seward Highway (Public Roads Administration photo)
35 Natives by the roadside
36 Experimental farm at the University of Alaska
37 Richardson Highway, through the Alaska Range
38 Rapids hunting lodge
39 Lake Salchaket
40 Alaska Highway, ready for gravel surfacing
41 A bend in the Tanana River
42 The aftermath of construction
43 An operational center beside the Alaska Highway
44 Summit Lake, potential vacation area
45 Midway Lake, setting for a roadside lodge
46 Site for a view overlook, Glenn Highway
47 One of the better construction camps, Alaska Highway
48 Chickaloon country
49 Foreground views require protection
50 MAP—Distribution of accommodations proposed along Alaska roads 51 Anchorage, Alaska—1944
52 Opportunity for a planned community
53 Fairbanks, Alaska (Copyright 1938, Pacific Aerial Surveys, Inc., Seattle)
54 SKETCH—Plan for an Alaskan community
55 SKETCH—Commercial center for the community
56 SKETCH—Vacation development for Mentasta Lake
57 Mentasta lodge site, from the upper end of the lake
58 SKETCH—Mentasta lodge
59 MAP—The Mentasta Lake vacation area
60 SKETCH—The future roadhouse—initial unit
61 SKETCH—Incidental conveniences for the traveler
62 SKETCH—Requirements at the Yukon border
63 Devil's Elbow, Tsaina River
64 Liberty Falls, Edgerton Cutoff
65 Chugach Mountains from the Glenn Highway
66 Protected waters of the Inside Passage, near Juneau
67 Frontier cabin and cache
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