Area_I_04_11_24.pdf

I.1Size: 40”w x 50”h Output:

Mounting:

Scale Drawn: 100% @ 12” = 12” Vendor:

3087 TOK APLIC

03.04.24

I.1 Tetlin Passage Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Alaska

Siberia

Canada

Be ri ng L an d

Br id ge

TETL IN PASSAGE

Steve Hilebrand/USFWS

The Tetlin Passage at the end of the last Ice Age.

Archaeologists excavate a site to learn about the people who lived here 14,000 years ago.

Why did they come here? What did they hunt?

How did the climate affect their movement?

Every year, millions of birds, fish, and mammals migrate through this valley. Some have come just a few hundred miles, while others have traveled several thousand. Whoever they are and wherever they’re from, they’re all drawn here for the same reasons.

Tucked between rugged terrain on both sides, the “Tetlin Passage” is the easiest route through a vast landscape. Its lakes, forests, and wetlands offer food and habitat where migrating animals can rest up for the next stage of their journey.

The Valley of Great Migrations

Sam Coffman

G l a c i e r

G l a c i e r

G l a c i e r

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I.2Size: 73”w x 46”h

3087 TOK APLIC

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I.2 Alaska Highway Panel

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Building the Alaska Highway If you’re like most visitors to Tok, you probably came here through the Tetlin Passage by driving on the Alaska Highway.

But the journey wasn't always this easy—and this is more than just a road.

The Alaska Highway is a testament to courage, ingenuity, and perseverance. In 1942, 11,000 soldiers built this road through 1,700 miles (2,700 km) of Canadian and Alaskan wilderness.

Their success transformed Alaska—and America—forever.

The soldiers built the road under grueling conditions. During the winter, they shivered in canvas tents in -40° weather.

When summer arrived, the frozen ground turned into a muddy mess. Thirty men died during the eight months of construction. But the work went on.

American Society of Civil Engineers

Construction equipment sank into thawing permafrost.

In October 1942, soldiers linked the last two segments of road work. They had finished the highway in just eight months!

After a year of discouraging news from the war, the success cheered war-weary Americans.

U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Engineers from two segregated regiments shake hands to mark the completion of the highway.

In the early 1940s, America’s military was still racially segregated. Of the seven regiments assigned to the highway, three were made up of Black soldiers. Those men faced discrimination and hostility from their white counterparts. But their construction skills proved the racist skeptics wrong.

When road construction reached the Sikanni Chief River, engineers estimated that building a bridge would take two weeks. The Black soldiers of the 95th regiment bet a month’s pay that they could complete the bridge in just four days. It only took them three!

Black soldiers of the 95th Regiment pose for a photo on the completed bridge over the Sikanni Chief River.

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

When World War II broke out, Alaska was in danger. Japanese forces invaded the Aleutian Islands and bombed American bases. The U.S. government feared an invasion of mainland Alaska. The territory was poorly defended and difficult to reinforce. The only safe route was over land, but there was no road... yet.

The government decided to build a highway that ran from British Columbia to Alaska. Seven regiments of Army engineers were assigned to the task. They were given less than one year to complete it.

Dawson Creek

Alaska

Delta Junction

Canada

I.3Size: various

128.5”w x 46”h

I.3.a Migration Topic Panel Mural 128.5”w x 46”h

I.3.b-i Flip Doors 10”w x 10”h

Scale Drawn: 100% @ 12” = 12” Vendor:

3087 TOK APLIC

03.04.24

I.3 Migration Graphics

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

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Who’s Passing Through?

Chelsea Arnold/USFWS

USGS Stanley-Mason Collection, Tacoma Public LibraryEric Carlson/U.S. Army

Migration Route of the Nelchina Caribou Herd

B eri ng Land Bridge

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A R T I C O C E A N

B E A R I N G

S E A

C hi sa na

R iv er

Ta n a n a R i v e r

Yu k o n R i v e r

The route followed by early gold miners.

Glenn Highway

Denali Highway

Parks H ighw ay

To k C ut off Nabesna Road

Ta yl or H ig hw ay (c lo se d w in te rs

Richardson H ighw ay

Alaska Highway

Top of the World Highway

Steese Highway

Elliot H ighway

C h is an a R iv er

N ab es na

R iv er

For tymi le R ive r

G u lca n a R i ve r

C ha r l ey

R iv er

A L A S K A R A N G E A L A S K A R A N G E

W R A N G E L L M O U N T A I N S

Yu k o n R i v e r

Ta n a n a R i v e r

C o p p e r R i v e r

Common visitor routes through Alaska

Migration route of warblers

Migration route of many waterfowl

C h is an a R iv er

N ab es na

R iv er

Ta n a n a R i v e r

P A C I F I C O C E A N

A R T I C O C E A N

Ways that invasive species reach Alaska

I.4.aSize: 60”w x 34”h

3087 TOK APLIC

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I.4.a Swans Cut Out

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt 04.11.24

I.4.bSize: 25”w x 19.5”h

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I.4.b Pintail Cut Out

I.4.cSize: 23”w x 22”h

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I.4.c Mallard Cut Out