1942 Press Photo US Army engineers at camp in Dawson Creek, British Columbia

Alaska Highway - Dawson Creek, British Columbia - A temporary camp set up by US Engineer Corps troops at Dawson Creek after their arrival for the purpose of building a highway to Alaska from the end of the present road at Fort St. John. - photo at top. Sent from the Souther States, where the left Spring, to the Canadian North, these US Engineer Corps troops are well prepared for the cold of that country. They are pictured in their temporary camp at Dawson Creek after arrival to start building a highway from the end of the Present Road at Fort St. John to Alaska - photo at bottom

Photo is dated 1942.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10.25 inches.