more than a hundred of them live in the colony at fort st john the hutterites are farmers and strict pacifists four hundred years ago they fled from tirol first to russia then to canada in one nine hundred eighteen. they have always been pioneers who ve chosen to live on the edge of civilization. through hard work and the most modern harvesting machines they make the most of the short season of the north female groups and we are very used to be a lot more forest here for the good war we ve created in many fields the land is good you could see that right away. two to three good weeks to harvest but when it starts raining and snowing again then it can turn into winter. and constant.
from the southern united states had never experienced snow or slippery mountain passes. it was a miracle that the construction crews advanced an average of two to three kilometers per day. things became difficult when they reached the mountains in the north of british columbia which hadn t been fully mapped. for the most part the ridge went through canada alaska was really only at its destination. during construction the road was still called alcan or alaska canada highway. the anam. calls of the wilderness have long become accustomed to the highway and they make the most of it they can lick minerals off the screen and the best grass
the wetlands don t freeze even in winter the canadians jokingly call it their tropical valley. further north is watson lake milestone six hundred on the highway. this is yukon territory almost halfway on the trip. watson lake started as a simple camp for the construction of the highway and a still little more than a long road. but the town has become famous as the site of a particularly bizarre attraction on the alaska highway. the signpost forest. legend has it that a homesick soldier brought the first sign. in from his home town in one nine
a motorhome campers as well as highway truckers. leontes hot waters don t just spring from a single source but seep out of a broad rock face thus transforming the environment into a lush arctic oasis. where plants and insects that aren t otherwise found so far north live here. the wetlands don t freeze even in winter the canadians jokingly call it their tropical valley. further north that is watson lake milestone six hundred on the highway. this is
and it still feels as remote and lonely up here as it always has. been. in nine hundred forty two the small town of dawson creek in canada was made the starting point of the alaska highway. this is where the railroad ended and the u.s. army wanted to create a link from there through northern canada to alaska to prepare for any attack by the japanese. the new wilderness road was to be completed within months and unbelievable fifteen hundred miles long about twenty four hundred