C10 - Wednesday, June 13, 1984 - North Shore News

NORTH TO ALASKA
No longer a wilderness road

IN THESE DAYS of fast travel by interstate high-
way — when it is possible to climb into your car
and drive from one end of the U.S. to the other
without referring to a map — there remains one
fabled highway intrepid travelers still dream about
with a thousand and one questions about road
conditions, places to stay and how to see the many
natural wonders this road opens up to them.

' The road is the Alaska
Highway, often called simply
The Highway by residents of
the vast Alaskan and Cana-
dian landscape it serves. But
luckily for both resident and
nonresident travelers, an an-
nually updated tome called
The MILEPOST All-the-
North Travel Guide sees to it
that the particulars of driving
the Alaska Highway and all
other highways of Alaska
and western Canada are bet-
ter documented than almost
any other stretch of open
road.

The MILEPOST has, in

fact, existed as long as the
Alaska Highway itself. The
1984 book, just released to
bookstores and other outlets
by Alaska Northwest
Publishing Company, 1s the
36th edition, but earher ver-
sions were maps that led
motorists from watering hole
to watering hole along a
rough and sparsely settled
route.

Today, the Alaska High-
way is ‘‘no longer a wilder-
ness road but rather a road
through the wilderness,’ says
The MILEPOST, and the
volume describing it has

Nary of Alaska

changed similarly. Its
pages include muile-by-mile
logs of all northern high-
ways, dozens of route maps
and city maps, information
about ferries and cruise
ships, including Alaska State
Ferry schedules, and about

500

travel by plane, bus and
train. Other indispensable
features answer questions
about food, yas lodging,
what to see and do, on every
road, in every town. Also
described are the access

routes from bordering Mon-
tana, [Idaho and Washington.
Hundreds of color photos
and a 21]-by-3l-inch fold-out
map of the entire area help
tnp plans come into focus.

¢ The 1984 edition also com-

memorates the 25th anniver-
statehood
with special features and his-
toncal photos” A dozen of
the important names, ptaces
and events of Alaska’s past
are highhghted.

Turkish sites to see

OF ALL the museums in
Turkey, don’t miss. the
Topkapi palace. There 1s

housed a collection of jewels
so impossible to describe that
the closest thing that comes
to mind 1s a glass factory.
After a while, you become so
overwhelmed with the sights

— emeralds as big as soft-
balls, diamonds hike bilhard
balls — that you don’t even
glance at cases holding tons
of solid goid. You'll! also see
the famous dagger from the
movie, ‘‘Topkapt’’.

From the magnificent to

SASKATOON

the ridiculous: Did you know
that the natronal sport of
Turkey ts Grease Wrestling?
Or, that Turkey 1s the coun-
try that gave us King Midas?
The Turkey Consulate (197
Wurtembrug St. Ottawa
KIN 819) has some fine
tourist pamphlets available

Daily except Saturday at4:00 pm

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available in stores all across
Canada and the U-S., or i
may be ordered from the
publisher, Box 4-EEE, An-
chorage, Alaska 99509. The
price is $13.95 — plus $1.00
tor each copy ordered by

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from

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2 week
pkg from

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“479

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