Alcanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Alcan

1. (slang, US, Canada) The Alaska Highway, which connects British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
   • 2004, Andrew Montgomery, On the Road, ISBN 0760318778, pages 136-137:

     Nowadays the Alcan presents a true challenge to the traveler as the road surface is "variable" to say the least.

   • 2015 July 4, Rosemary McClure, “Wonder-filled trip of a lifetime along the Alaska Highway”, in Los Angeles Times^[1]:

     The trip had been my idea. Like a lot of travel obsessions, it began with a map and a hazy idea of what we might see and encounter. I wanted to explore parts of the 1,387-mile-long Alaska Highway, a.k.a. the Alcan, constructed in a hurry during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska.