It is announced that the Canadian commissioners appointed two years ago for the purpose of studying the feasibility of the various proposed routes for the construction of the proposed British Columbia-Alaska Highway, have now completed their
report wherein, it is stated, first preference is given to what is called the Findlay Fork route.
This route would lead from Prince George to Manson Creek and thence on to
Findlay Fork. From there on it would lead through Sifton Pass, headwaters of the Liard and Pelly rivers, then along the Pelly to the Yukon and on to Dawson. This, it is stated, would involve the construction of approximately 1100 miles of new road within Canadian
territory. The reason this route is given preference is stated to be because it is the most satisfactory and the most economical to construct.
The second feasible route is given as being from Hazelton, B. C. to
Whitehorse where, it is stated, the country would be more difficult to penetrate and the snowfall heavier.
It is stated that the United States commissioners do not concur wholly
with the report of the Canadian Commission. They favour a coastal route from Prince George via Vanderhoof, Stuart Lake, Takla Lake, Stikine River, Atlin, Carcross, Whitehorse, Kluane Lake and across the White River to the international boundary afterwards following the Tanana River connecting with the Richardson Highway.
Since it is more than likely that the U. S. A. will be furnishing the funds with which to carry out the construction of this particular undertaking it is almost a foregone conclusion that the choice of the U. S. Commissioners will prevail.
