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Whitehorse Memorial Stone Cairn and Plaque
This memorial commemorates when the Canadian Army gave responsibility of the Alaska Highway to the federal department of Public Works.
Inscription
AT THIS SITE ON 1 APRIL 1964
THE CANADIAN ARMY
HANDED OVER RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE ALASKA HIGHWAY AND
THE NORTHWEST HIGHWAY SYSTEM
TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS
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Whitehorse Memorial Stone Cairn and Plaque
Ce mémorial rappelle le moment où l’Armée canadienne a cédé la responsabilité de la route de l’Alaska au ministère fédéral des Travaux publics.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.
Location: Transportation Museum, Whitehorse
Emplacement : Musée des transports, Whitehorse
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 60.711940, -135.079510
Marker type: Stone cairn with bronze plaques (part of a larger memorial collection)
Type de repère : Tumulus de pierres avec plaques de bronze (élément d’un plus gros mémorial)
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada – National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Veterans Affairs Canada).