Trucking The Tote Road To Alaska : Memories Of The Early Days Of The Alaska Highway

Memoir of the construction years of the Alaska Highway and its precursor winter supply route, the “Tote Road,” built in 1942 following the entry of the United States into the Second World War. Griffith, a Regina, Saskatchewan truck driver employed by H&N Transport of Dawson Creek, recounts his experiences hauling fuel and supplies along the nearly 1,800-mile route between Dawson Creek, British Columbia and Fairbanks, Alaska during the winter of 1942–43. The narrative describes conditions on the road, transport work, construction camps, equipment, weather, and daily life during the rapid wartime development of the northern overland route.