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Show NORTH CONQUERED ELECTRONICALLY ' 1 " 1 1 " ' i v?fl co i, r fA?'' & PACIFIC V?i BRITISH ALbIrStA: OCEAN j ' Photo Courtesy Canadian NationaT Railways i Canada s conquest of tne North I has taken an ultra-modern stride electronically through inauguration inaugura-tion of a $25,000,000 microwave network between Grande Prairie, Alta., and the Yukon-Alaska border. bor-der. History abounds along the rugged 1,200-mile installation route (see map); the largest single microwave project in Canada and which is operated by Canadian National Telecommunications. Telecommuni-cations. The purpose "of the network net-work is to provide multi-channel telephone - telegraph communications communica-tions between continental United States and 'the new State of Alaska. Pictured above is one of the ' microwave towers, higb on ; Canyon Mountain overlooking the 1 fabled Yukon River - nea: White-, horse. FNS ' |