Alaska Highway RoadshowThe Alaska Highway Road Show, (AHRS) is a touring celebration marking the occasion of the famous route’s 75th anniversary. The show launches in early July, 2017, at the Provincial Archives of Alberta as part of Edmonton’s Historic Festival. It will then head north, visiting 11 other communities and eventually wrap up in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Performances range from large city performance halls, to small spaces in villages like Teslin and Lower Post
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The AHRS celebrates the Trail of ’42 with three artists whose families have a long history in the north. Bill Dolan, Allison Tubman and Kathy Jessup weave together research, family stories, music, artifacts and photographs to present an entertaining look back on the route’s remarkable 75 year history. Raised as “highway kids,” they lend an authentic voice to this ninety-minute tribute concert. Audiences will gain an appreciation of why the Alaska Highway deserves to be Canada’s newest National Historic Site, and why truckers and all those who’ve called it home over the years, proudly share a special bond. The Trail of ’42 is a remarkable story, and as the Highway reaches its 75th birthday, this is the time to tell it!
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2017 TOUR DATES ALBERTA Smith July 3, 7:00 pm PREVIEW performance -Smith Community Hall Edmonton July 5, 7:00 pm TOUR LAUNCH – Provincial Archives of Alberta (FREE) Grand Prairie July 6, 7:00 pm Grand Prairie Museum BRITISH COLUMBIA Dawson Creek July 7, 7:00 pm Calvin Kruk Performing Arts Centre Fort St. John July 8, 7:30 pm North Peace Cultural Centre Fort Nelson July 9, 7:30 pm Phoenix Theatre Toad River July 16, 6:30 pm Toad River Community Hall Lower Post July 17, 12:30 pm **Matinee performance – Denetia School (FREE) Muncho Lake July 20, 8:00 pm Northern Rockies Lodge YUKON TERRITORY Watson Lake July 17, 7:00 pm Watson Lake Community Hall Teslin July 18, 1:00 pm **Matinee performance -Tlingit Heritage Centre (FREE) Whitehorse July 19, 7:00 pm MacBride Museum of Yukon History |
Fort St John Events
Cemetery Tour - Alaska Highway EditionMay 26th 2017 7:00pm
July 7th 2017 7:00pm Fort St John Cemetery-100 Ave For Info Contact : Heather or Evelynne 250-785-0430 The Alaska Highway RoadshowJuly 8th 2017 7:00pm
North Peace Cultural Centre For Info Contact : Heather or Evelynne 250-785-0430 "The Alcan Craze II"Local playright Debra Butler brings back the flavour of 1942 along the Alaska Highway
Sept 29th & 30th 2017 Oct 5th, 6th, 7th 2017 7:00pm - North Peace Cultural Centre For Info Contact : 250-785-1992 |
Travel & Tourism PresentationTravel and Tourism throughout the Alaska Highway History Presentation
Western Command Convoy Exhibit of Vehicles July 21st 2017 9:00am North Peace Musuem FSJ For Info Contact : Heather or Evelynne 250-785-0430 Rudy Schubert's Alaska Highway Photos ExhibitAug 20th to Nov 30th 2017
9:00am-5:00pm Mon-Sat North Peace Musuem FSJ For Info Contact : Heather or Evelynne 250-785-0430 |
Pouce Coupe Events
Parade
75th Anniversary Alaska Highway Canada Day Parade
July 1st 2017 11:00am
Village of Pouce Coupe
For Info Contact Sandy Stokes
250-786-5794
July 1st 2017 11:00am
Village of Pouce Coupe
For Info Contact Sandy Stokes
250-786-5794
Dawson Creek Events
Book Reading with Author Lawrence Hill |
The Alaska Highway Roadshow |
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May 9th 2017 7:00pm
Dawson Creek art Gallery For Info Contact: 250-782-2601 Trencher UnveilingAugust 11th 2017 - 4:00pm
NAR Park For Info Contact: Donna Kane - dkane@pris.ca |
July 7th 2017 7:00pm
KPAC For Info Contact: 250-782-9325 |
Fort Nelson Events
Book Reading with Author Lawrence HillMay 11th, 2017 7:00pm
Phoenix Theatre For Info Contact: 250-774-2241 75th Art Exhibit with Dawn Gullackson |
75th CD Release with Live PerformancesMay 5th-7th 2017 - Times Vary
Fort Nelson Trade Show For Info Contact: Fort Nelson Visitor Centre 250-774-6400 |
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Featuring works with historical content
May-Sept 2017 10:00am-7:00pm Fort Nelson Museum. For Info Contact: 250-774-3536 HWY Views - Summit RunnitJune 11th 2017 - All Day
Summit Mountain For Info Contact: Fort Nelson Visitor Centre 250-774-6400 |
The Alaska Highway RoadshowJuly 9th 2017 - 7:30pm
Phoenix Theatre For Info Contact: 250-774-2241 |
Whitehorse Events
The Alcan Highway Exhibition |
Yukon Culinary Festival |
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Nov 01, 2016 - Nov 01, 2018
MacBride Museum 1124 Front Street For Info Contact: 867-667-2709 frontdesk@macbridemuseum.com |
Aug 11, 2017 - Aug 13, 2017
Whitehorse and surrounding area For Info Contact: 867-668-3331 info@tiayukon.com |
Alaska Events
Tok 75th Anniversary Parade
Tok, Alaska - July 4th 2017
Parade starts at 11am at Fast Eddy's parking lot.
Field events follow the parade immediately across from
DOT where parade ends.
Parade starts at 11am at Fast Eddy's parking lot.
Field events follow the parade immediately across from
DOT where parade ends.
Artifacts and Exhibitions
Dawson Creek - Alaska Highway House - permanent historical displays
Watson Lake - Sign Post Forest – Outdoor signpost display started by a homesick soldier
Whitehorse - Yukon Transportation Museum - artifacts from the highway era
Beaver Creek – The Border Town Museum and Garage. A great, slightly eccentric display of Alaska Highway artifacts. Privately run by Sid Van Der Meer.
Throughout Yukon along the Alaska Highway you can find interpretive panels about the history, culture, flora and fauna of the Yukon. Many of them discuss the Alaska Highway. A listing of our interpretive rest stops is here: http://sightsandsites.ca/. Particularly, visitors will want to stop at the Canol Road display (km 0.1 Canol Road) where they can see highway era relics and learn about the contributions of Black Soldiers. A panel in Teslin (km 1244) talks about the role of First Nation guides in surveying the highway routes
Watson Lake - Sign Post Forest – Outdoor signpost display started by a homesick soldier
Whitehorse - Yukon Transportation Museum - artifacts from the highway era
Beaver Creek – The Border Town Museum and Garage. A great, slightly eccentric display of Alaska Highway artifacts. Privately run by Sid Van Der Meer.
Throughout Yukon along the Alaska Highway you can find interpretive panels about the history, culture, flora and fauna of the Yukon. Many of them discuss the Alaska Highway. A listing of our interpretive rest stops is here: http://sightsandsites.ca/. Particularly, visitors will want to stop at the Canol Road display (km 0.1 Canol Road) where they can see highway era relics and learn about the contributions of Black Soldiers. A panel in Teslin (km 1244) talks about the role of First Nation guides in surveying the highway routes
