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Records relating to CANOL project and Alaska Highway
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1942-1946 (Creation)
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- United States. Army Service Forces. Northwest Command
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17 reels of microfilm [B07297 - B07313]
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This series contains records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway. The CANOL (Canadian Oil) pipeline project, conceived in response to fears of a Japanese invasion of Alaska, 1942, consisted of the construction of a road and pipeline from the Norman Wells (NWT) oil field to a refinery at Whitehorse which served as a junction for pipelines to Alaska and Alberta to supply refined petroleum products necessary for the defense of Alaska and the Canadian North. This body of records, part of the National Archives and Records Service's Record Group 338 - Records of the United States Army Commands, consists of general orders. international agreements, organization manuals, reports, briefs, correspondence and administrative records relating to the CANOL Project and the Alaskan Highway.
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Purchased from the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. 1975.
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- Finding Aid: Microfilm reel list.
- http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-1501_to_GR-2000/gr-1697.pdf
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Accession number(s): G84-156A