Research Catalog

Title

Beyond mile zero : the vanishing Alaska Highway lodge community / text by Lily Gontard ; photographs by Mark Kelly.

Author

Gontard, Lily

Publication

Madeira Park, BC : Lost Moose, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kelly, Mark, 1971-

Description

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 21 cm

Summary

When the Alaska Highway opened to the public in 1948, lodges, cafes and gas stations sprang up along the new route from Dawson Creek through northern British Columbia and the Yukon to Alaska. Today, the demand for these services has diminished. Two Yukoners visited operating and abandoned lodges to explore the highway culture before it disappears completely.

Alternative Title

Vanishing Alaska Highway lodge community

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Hospitality industry > Alaska Highway > History > 20th century
• Hospitality industry
• Alaska Highway > History > 20th century
• North America > Alaska Highway

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Of ghosts and memories : Mile 0 to Mile 375 Tetsa River Lodge -- Through the mountains, across streams and rivers we go : Mile 392 Summit Lake to Mile 463 Muncho Lake Lodge -- The Liard River corridor : Mile 496 Lower Liard River Lodge to Mile 620 Lower Post Lodge -- The lonely road : Mile 596 Iron Creek Lodge to Mile 836.5 Johnson's Crossing -- Is it better to be bought out or to just fade away? : Mile 843 Silver Dollar to Mile 1093 Burwash Landing Resort -- Toward the border : Mile 1095 Joe's Airport to Mile 1220 Pioneer Inn -- The end of the line : Mile 1225.5 Border City Lodge & RV Park to Mile 1404.1 Silver Fox Roadhouse.

ISBN

• 9781550177978
• 1550177974

OCLC

• 972181979
• SCSB-12516692

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library