The Thin Line between Canada and Alaska
![A surveying crew marking the 141st Meridian between Canada and Alaska in 1912 slogs along a muddy trail. NOAA Photo Library. The Thin Line between Canada and Alaska](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Boundary-surveyors.jpg)
Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. The boundary between Alaska and Canada is 1,538 miles long. The line is obvious in some places, such as the Yukon River valley, where crews have cut a straight line through […]