Habbakuk In 1943, the National Research Council coordinated the top-secret construction of Habbakuk, a 1-to-50-scale model ice and sawdust ship, to test the feasibility of protecting North Atlantic wartime shipping lanes with a fleet of massive, unsinkable aircraft carriers. Project Habbakuk in Jasper began with a heavily insulated wooden frame. Army personnel then added to […]
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We respectfully acknowledge that Jasper National Park is located in Treaty 6 and 8 as well as the traditional lands of the Anishinabe, Aseniwuche Winewak, Dene-zaa, Nêhiyawak, Secwépemc, Stoney Nakoda, Mountain Métis and Métis. We acknowledge the past, present, and future generations of these nations who continue to steward the land.
We here at, The Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Alberta Museums Association in funding the Collection Deaccession and Storage Reorganization project.
