Dawson Creek, B.C. is the beginning or the end of the Alaskan Highway depending on whether you're heading south from Delta Junction or north to Alaska.

The name WAS AlCAN- for Alaskan-Canadian Highway. Today is known as the AlaskaHighway. Not Oil Can. Runs from Dawson Creek BC to Delta Junction, Alaska. See link below

As of July 2008, the population is 930 people.

No, during WW2 a large division of the US Army helped by the Canadian Army built the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska, a distance of about 1,700 miles.

There appear to be four: Interstates A1, A2, A3, and A4.

You may be referring to the ALCAN Highway which was completed in 1942 and runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska. The ALCAN is actually composed of 12 separate highways in Canada and Alaska.