The Alcan - Beaver Creek Border Crossing is on the Alaska Highway, which was built during World War II for the purpose of providing a road connection between the contiguous United States and Alaska. Beaver Creek is the westernmost community in Canada. Canada initially provided border inspection services out of a log cabin in Beaver Creek, Yukon before upgrading it to a brick border station in the 1950s. The current steel Canada border station was completed in 1981. It is 28.6 kilometres (17.8 mi) away from the actual border, the furthest from the border crossing of any Canadian border station.