Five states are under a “red flag warning” due to hot, ... New Jersey, Michigan, Washington and Alaska will remain under the warning until 8-10 p.m ... smoke map for US, Canada US weather ...

Canada will close its ports to vessels carrying more than 500 passengers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, and that will affect at least part of the prime Alaska cruise season.

The remarkably clear image on a 4×6-inch glass plate negative would join 7,000 other photo plates to make a zigzag summit-to-summit map of the international border shared by Alaska and British ...

While maps of Canada s Klondike region just to the east are up-to-date and precise, geologic maps for the Alaska area right across the border are less detailed and do not match the Canadian side.

The border is lightly policed. There is no American post. The Canadian guard’s shift ends at 4.30pm. Cameras and a telephone connection to an agent somewhere else in Canada keep watch after that.

Alaska's fire season is off to a historic start as well. Record high temperatures in much of the state, combined with a three-day lightning storm, sparked more than 300 fires late last month.

A Canadian flag flies next to the American one at the Lewiston-Queenston border crossing bridge on February 04, 2025 in Niagara Falls, Canada. Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images Article content ...

The World Famous Alaska Highway, Summer 2015. (Photo by Shannon Miller/Taylor Williams) New restrictions announced this week by Canada and Alaska will further tighten road travel from the Lower 48 ...