What does ALCAN stand for?

Alaska-Canada (highway)

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Often compared in its engineering difficulty to building the Panama Canal, construction of the Alaska-Canada (Alcan) Highway--covering 1,523 miles--was completed in just over eight months in 1942, in large part by four black regiments of the Corps of Engineers.

The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military ...

But the 1,520-mile Alaska-Canada Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.

The heroes of the Alaska Highway

On the other hand, because today's Alaska-Canada trade volumes are low, anomalies are exaggerated.

Alaska's trade with Canada: overlooking the obvious