Sourdough Jim's Alaska Photo Album

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The Alaska Range in winter as seen from Fairbanks	The Alaska range from along the Denali Highway	Sikanni Chief bridge along the AlCan (since destroyed by fire)	Kiskatinaw River bridge along the old AlCan Highway	Kiskatinaw River bridge along the old AlCan Highway	Rapids on the Liard River
Restored WWII vehicle on the AlCan during the 50th Anniversary celebration	A convoy of restored WWII vehicles arrives in Delta Junction during the 50th Anniversary celebration	Folded mountain along the AlCan	Sheep licking salt on the roadway near Stone Mountain	Remains of one of the original bridges along the AlCan	Bear in Denali Park
Beaver in early spring along the Richardson Highway in Isabel pass	Beaver swimming in a pond along the Dalton Highway	Nenana Canyon bridge on the Parks Highway, below the bridge the Alaska Railroad enters a tunnel (the tunnel has since been removed)	Termination dust (early autumn snow fall) on the mountains in Broad Pass along the Parks Highway	Caribou in Broad Pass	View along the CANOL Road (see below)
View along the CANOL Road	Abandoned WWII vehicles along the CANOL Road	Bailey bridge along the CANOL Road	The end of the CANOL Road for us, just across the border between the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories in Canada	Another angle of the same bridge	Another Bailey bridge on the CANOL Road
Foot bridge over the Ross River	Interesting erosion along the CANOL Road	Water on the CANOL Road	Anything may serve as a bridge on the CANOL Road	Scenic view along the CANOL Road	Anything may serve as a bridge on the CANOL Road
More abandoned vehicles along the CANOL Road	Jim and his dog, Molybdenum, crossing the foot bridge at Ross River	Sometimes bridges don't stay where they belong.	Debarking the ferry at Ross River	I must really have liked this bridge to include it twice.	Rotating railroad bridge at Carcross

The CANOL Road was an adjunct to the AlCan (Alaska Highway) it served as the construction and service road for a crude oil pipelin which ran from the oil wells near Fort Norman in the Northwest Territories to a refinery in Whitehorse.
The pipeline was simply laid on top of the ground and operated just long enough to provide a single run for the refinery before it became obvious that west coast shipping was safe from attack during the war and it was cheaper to ship refined product to the Yukon and Alaska.
Most of the vehicles used during construction were abandoned in place as it was considered too expensive to haul them out for re-use. Locals were told not to salvage them, although many of the vehicles have been stripped for parts over the years.