Download or read book Highway of the Atom written by Peter Van Wyck and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada s involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents.