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East of YK [Yellowknife] 1977 Canso [An Avalon Aviation Canso airplane (call number C-FCRR) sits in the water. Smoke fills the sky behind the airplane.]

Little Doctor Lake NWT At Gus + Mary Kraus Cabin [A Cessna 185 (possibly call number C-GWHO?) sits on frozen Little Doctor Lake facing away from the camera. A runway is marked in the snow on the right by branches.]

B-25 Ft. [Fort] Smith [A B-25 airplane (call number C-FGKU) on the airstrip in Fort Smith.]

Showing home made tri-Pod, pulling plane out. don't lose these as that is all I have. [A Fairchild 71C airplane (call number CF-AVY) is pulled out of the ice with a wooden support and pulley. Snow and ice buildup can be seen along the airplane where it was nosed into the ice.]

Caribou, Ft. Simpson Owned by Bob Ambrose. Bob came into Fort Simpson periodically to haul freight into Prairie Creek Mine Site for Cadillac Explorations when they were developing the mine. Cadillac went bankrupt before they got it into production leaving many creditors in Fort Nelson. In particular Simpson Air and the Shell Dealer Joe McLean in Fort Nelson [A deHavilland DHC-4 Caribou approaches for landing.]

Mackenzie R. [River] FS. [Fort Simpson] deHavilland Turbo-Beaver CF-OEZ landing [A deHavilland Turbo-Beaver (call number C-FOEZ) lands on the Mackenzie River near Fort Simpson in fall.]

WAL Base -40. C-GHWO plugged in ready to go. Noon on a -40 day in Fort Simpson. [Wolverine Air Limited's Cessna 185 C-GHWO in winter. Two barrels, a broom, a ladder on its side, and a barrel or large cylinder on its side are visible in the foreground and to the right.]

Sal Porter Frozen in @ [at] WY [Wrigley airport]. C-FWZO Pilatus Turbo-Porter in the ice on the Mackenzie River directly below the Wrigley Airport. The aircraft had been leased from a Springbank, AB [Alberta] firm and was being operated by Simpson Air when the engine failed on a flight into Wrigley. The pilot Pete Cowie landed it safely on the river and beached it on the shore. No attempt was made to remove the aircraft until freeze-up started one Sunday in November. The aircraft floats had been damaged when the ice moved the aircraft. Mansell Paterson and Doug Rowsome were able to eventually remove the aircraft to the airport with a cat where it was disassembled and trucked to Calgary. [A floatplane (call number C-GWZO) is frozen into the ice. Two men stand under the airplane's wing.]

A WAL Cessna 185 C-GYIX landing on the ice early in the winter at Cli Lake. Garth Hilderman(sp?) had a cabin here where he often wintered. During the summer he worked for DIAND/Renewable on the fire tower at Lone Mountain. [A Wolverine Air Limited Cessna 185 (call number C-GYIX) on a frozen runway in winter. Snow-covered trees are visible behind the airplane. Three barrels, likely indicating the runway strip, are visible in the distance on the right.]

CFOEF Nahanni R. [River] Just Above the Flat R. deHavilland Turbo-Beaver. Arctic Air purchased it from the Ont MNR [Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources] in early summer 1974 [Float plane deHavilland Turbo-Beaver (call number C-FOEF) along the shore. Brush is visible along the rocky shoreline on the left.]

Rabbitkettle Lake. Wolverine Air and Simpson Air Cessna 185s at Rabbitkettle Lake. [Two people stand on a dock next to Cessna 185 C-GYIX. A canoe is roped to the airplane's left float. A second float plane is on the left.]

Cessna 185 parked in front of the Health station. A lay dispenser had access to drugs etc. [Wolverine Air Limited's Cessna 185 C-GHWD sits outside in snow. An engine cover is wrapped around the engine. A man holding a package and a duffel bag stands in front of the plane.]

Sawmill Bay Gt. Bear Lake, NWT Canso 1979. A sand strip originally built to support the uranium mine across Great Bear Lake. Ore was barged over to Sawmill Bay and then flown out. [A Canso airplane takes off from a gravel airstrip. Smoke is visible in the background.]

C-FCRR May 78 Beached at Sylvan Lake, Alta. CF-CRR after the accident on the east side of Sylvan Lake. It was moved the next day to the public beach at the south end of Sylvan Lake. [Four men stand on a dock next to a Canso airplane (call number C-FCRR), which sits partially submerged in the water. Two of the men point at the airplane.]

Don Forrest Inspecting Canso Wing. CF-IZZ with Walter Zoschke and Tim Garrish. was overhead observing CF-CRR doing the water scoop when the accident occurred. It appears that CF-CRR developed a porpoise and on the third bounce disappeared in a huge amount of spray. When the spray cleared the aircraft was stopped in the water facing the opposite direction with obvious wing damage. In the porpoise the inspection window in the floor of the cockpit had been blown out and water was pouring in as they taxied to shore. CF-CRR was the only Canso that Avalon operated that had the airspeed indicator in mph vs kts. The aircraft needs 65 kts to get airborne after a scoop. Discussions after revealed that Moose Murdoch had called for Pat to rotate the aircraft a 65 mph which was too slow being less than 65 kts. This resulted in the porpoise. The Canso has a history of fatal accidents after a crew gets into a 'porpoise'. After several bounces the nose gear doors have been blown off and the force of the water coming up through the nose wheel well pushes the floor of the cockpit up crushing the crew. In this instance the crew is fortunate that the aircraft waterlooped thus avoiding the floor collapsing. [A man leans over a damaged airplane wing. He holds a tool in his left hand.]

L-R Tom Collins Don Forrest Pat Brabazon. Tom and Pat were Canso Capts. Tom was killed several years later flying a Cessna 182 in the western US in bad weather around Christmas one year. Don Forrest went into aircraft maintenance and worked many years for first Ptarmigan then First Air in Yellowknife. [Three men stand on a paved runway next to an Avalon Aviation Ltd Canso airplane.]

Red Deer 1978 T Garrish Prior to Deployment to Yellowknife. Tim Garrish flew a Wolverine Air Cessna 185 CF-TFO birddog aircraft with the Avalon Cansos from Yellowknife the summer of 1977. He worked for Avalon as an FO in 1978 and Canso Capt for 1979 and 1980. [Tim Garrish stands next to an Avalon Aviation Ltd Canso airplane on a paved runway. His left hand is placed on the airplane.]

Canso NWT. Canso CF-CRR (Tanker 1) over Great Slave Lake southbound to Fort Smith. This aircraft was flown on maritime convoy surveillance over the North Atlantic during WW2. On one occasion, with a British crew flying it, they spotted and managed to sink a German U-boat on the surface. The Canso carried two wing mounted bombs. Word was the British Museum had approached Bob Murdoch about buying the aircraft. [Aerial view of Avalon Aviation Ltd's Canso (call number C-FCRR) flying over Great Slave Lake. The right wing has been replaced.]

DC-6 Yellowknife 79 [A Conair Aviation Ltd DC-6 (call number C-GHCB) sits on a paved tarmac.]

Straight Water Canso drop YK [Yellowknife]. Demonstration drop. On fires a powder called Ten-O--Gum was injected into the water load after scooping. The onboard system consisted of a holding tank for the pink powder and a compressor to inject it into the water load. [View from the ground of the underside of a Canso (call number CF-IZZ) dropping water. The water appears slightly pink.]

A-26 Takeoff YK [Yellowknife]. A Conair air tanker. 1983 a group of tankers was based in Fort Simpson. Linc Alexander pilot [An air tanker takes off from a paved runway in summer.]

T-Beaver Yellowknife 1978 Ptarmigan Airways. Taking off in front of their float base on Yellowknife Bay. [A Turbo-Beaver on floats (call number C-FRDA) takes off from the water.]

DC-3. DC-3 operated by Terra Mines taxiing at Yellowknife. The aircraft flew regular supply flights to Terra's mine site on the Camsell River nw of YK and se [northwest of Yellowknife and southeast] of Great Bear Lake. [A DC-3 (call number CF-BVF) taxiing on a paved runway.]

Ptarmigan's Aztec. Hay R. [River] Aug 77. The aircraft with pilot Paul Jones was used as a birddog aircraft for a short period in 1977 [An Aztec airplane in movement on a runway.]

Inco's Anson Used for Survey No Metal in A/C [aircraft]. Aircraft made with wood and fabric which made a good platform for survey flights. [An Anson airplane (call number CF-HOT) sits parked on a paved surface.]