Riding from Alaska before the Alcan?

Harry Swan · 08-28-2004, 01:01 PM

I remember reading about two guys on bikes in the 1930s who rode from Alaska to ... roads in BC before the military built the Alaska Canadian Highway, but I can't remember my source! I'd like to know more about it if anybody can help, I'd appreciate it.

legion · 08-30-2004, 12:09 AM

I can't picture how they might've done that, Harry. Before the Alcan there weren't any roads connecting us w/ anyplace else. Might've been something connecting to the Panhandle but that would be about it.

You sure you aren't thinking of someplace else?

redseca2 · 08-30-2004, 09:41 AM

Two guys did do a "ride" from Alaska south to the first paved road before the war, but it took them something like 6 months, and was more like hiking with motorcycles than anything like riding. I have seen display material, and I seem to recall a video, about them at the Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, YT.

Harry Swan · 08-30-2004, 10:13 AM

Anybody read Dr. Gregory Frasier book, "Alaska by Motorcycle: How To Motorcycle To Alaska"? I read it four years or so ago and passed it on ... that might have been where I read about it. There was supposed to be a book about the adventure, either published or coming, and that's what I'm looking for. I just haven't figured out how to search for it.

AndyT · 09-18-2004, 11:37 AM

I recall seeing this somewhere too. I think White Horse Press may have something on it.

08-28-2004, 01:01 PM	#1
Harry Swan ^OP One more time Joined: Jul 2001 Location: High in the Hollywood Hills Oddometer: 1,073	Riding from Alaska before the Alcan? I remember reading about two guys on bikes in the 1930s who rode from Alaska to ... roads in BC before the military built the Alaska Canadian Highway, but I can't remember my source! I'd like to know more about it if anybody can help, I'd appreciate it.

08-30-2004, 12:09 AM	#2
legion fire and gas Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Alaska Oddometer: 11,766	I can't picture how they might've done that, Harry. Before the Alcan there weren't any roads connecting us w/ anyplace else. Might've been something connecting to the Panhandle but that would be about it. You sure you aren't thinking of someplace else? __________________ You have no (expletive deleted) idea of what you are talking about. - santaferider

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08-30-2004, 09:41 AM	#3
redseca2 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2003 Location: San Francisco Oddometer: 1,262	Two guys did do a "ride" from Alaska south to the first paved road before the war, but it took them something like 6 months, and was more like hiking with motorcycles than anything like riding. I have seen display material, and I seem to recall a video, about them at the Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, YT.

08-30-2004, 10:13 AM	#4
Harry Swan ^OP One more time Joined: Jul 2001 Location: High in the Hollywood Hills Oddometer: 1,073	Anybody read Dr. Gregory Frasier book, "Alaska by Motorcycle: How To Motorcycle To Alaska"? I read it four years or so ago and passed it on ... that might have been where I read about it. There was supposed to be a book about the adventure, either published or coming, and that's what I'm looking for. I just haven't figured out how to search for it.

09-18-2004, 11:37 AM	#5
AndyT Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2004 Oddometer: 317	I recall seeing this somewhere too. I think White Horse Press may have something on it.