This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Pipe Dream Come True in Arctic War Effort
United States Task Force 2600 built a 1171 mile transport corridor and 1500 mile pipeline network from Camp Prairie to Norman Wells and Whitehorse. Troops faced extreme cold, mosquitos, and logistically heavy work moving 30000 tons of pipe to link Canadian oil to Alaska for the war effort.
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Alberta
Canada
Task Force 2600
Slave River
Ideadquarters
Northwest Service Command
Athabaska
U. S
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
United Nations
Attu
Kiska
Agattu
TF 2600
Camp Prairie
Waterways
Clearwater
Norman Wells
Northwest Territory
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Texas
United States
Clearwaters
Lake Athabaska
Resolution Delta
Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Great Slave
Fitzgerald
Fort Smith
Fitz
Smith
Portage
Edmonton
Gis
Willis G. Gardner
Robert Hayes
Hubert Massie
Weissmuller
388Th
838Th Signal Service Company
Department of Defense
Peace River
Mackenzie-Yukon Divide
Norman
Bear Island
Sidney Smith
Medical
Willie Nix
Joe Coliva
Harlem
Fort Norman
Fairbanks
Alaska Military Highway