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B-25's F. [Fort] Smith 78 [Three B-25 airplanes sit on a grassy field.]

Trackers From Sask [Saskatchewan] [Three Government of Saskatchewan Tracker airplanes sit lined up tip to tail on a paved surface in summer.]

Pine Point Fire Aug [August] 79 [Smoke billows above an Avalon Aviation Canso (foreground) and a Cessna 185 (background). The Canso is on a gravel airstrip and the Cessna is parked beside the airstrip.]

Refueling Hay R. [River] Aug [August] 79. Avalon Aviation Cansos that were working the Pine Point Fire. Two were normally based in Yellowknife until 1980. Extra aircraft were brought in that year to help with the fires. [Three Canso airplanes, including call number C-FHNF, sit nose to tail on a paved runway.]

Fire at Sawmill Bay, Gt. Bea [Great Bear] Lake. Summer 79. The Yellowknife Canso group flew up to work a fire just west of the fishing lodge located at the old Sawmill Bay camp. To conserve fuel we landed and parked on the shore for several hours waiting for the fire behaviour to settle down before working the fire into the evening. On the return flight to Yellowknife in the evening we stopped at the Terra Mine strip at Camsell River for fuel. [Two of Avalon Aviation Ltd's Canso airplanes sit in the water along the shoreline. Smoke is visible in the background.]

Tanker Base Yellowknife 79. The new (current 2020) Yellowknife Tanker Base that opened spring of 1978. Built by DIAND when the Feds ran the fire program. The original base was the lot between the RCMP hangar and NWT Air (First Air) hangar. [Two tanks sit on gravel near a tarmac. Five planes are parked near the tanks.]

Squall at YK [Yellowknife] DC-3. NWT Air's aircraft parked on ramp at Yellowknife [Airplanes on a tarmac in a rainstorm.]

NWT Air. NWT Air's ramp with a DC-3 on the left and Lockheed L-188 Electra to the right. [Airplanes and hangars at the YZF Yellowknife Airport in winter.]

NW YK [northwest Yellowknife] 1977. Cansos landing on a lake nw of Yellowknife to standby after working a fire. Ray Taylor standing on the wing of the unpainted Canso. [Two Canso airplanes. One Canso sits in the water. Two men stand on the wings of the plane. The other Canso approaches for landing.]

Dropping off Canoests [canoeists] at Rabbitkettle Lake, NWT. A Wolverine Air and Simpson Air Cessna 185 at Rabbitkettle Lake which was one of the designated spots to land in the Park [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.]

Airplanes at Yellowknife, “Belanca” in front, “Norseman” in rear [Mackenzie Air Service Bellanca 66-75 Aircruiser CF-BTW on floats is docked at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Noorduyn Norseman IV CF-BDD on floats can be seen behind the Bellanca. A clergyman is on the dock between the two planes. Clergyman appears to be Reverend Cecil Randell, who was Anglican Minister in Yellowknife from 1939-1944. (Also appears in CN 185)].

[Opening shots are damaged or unclear, possibly woman sewing? Following this, men cut ice blocks, possibly for building an igloo. Airplane CF-HBL on skis on the river ice at Reindeer Station. Another airplane CF-GPP is canted over: it's missing a ski and looks like it has a damaged wing and damaged propeller.] https://vimeo.com/911705368/28f2c96030

YK airport, 1969 [probably not Yellowknife]

People at Airport. [Several people gathered at an airport in winter.]

Yellowknife A/P [airport]. Looking east directly down Runway 08 Long Lake on the left. [Aerial view of Yellowknife Airport YZF. Yellowknife can be seen in the background.]

Directly east of NWT Air's hangar. DC-3 being used for parts. Rotating beacon for the airport in background. [A hangar, shed, airplane, and supplies at the Yellowknife Airport YZF in winter.]

1978 Yellowknife A/P [airport]. On the ramp directly in front of the Wardair hangar looking west. [The Yellowknife Airport with surrounding outbuildings and hangars visible on the right.]

Ft. Nelson Airport. One of the original hangars built during the war in support of the Northwest Staging route to Russia. [View of the "Simpson Air Ltd." building at the Fort Nelson Airport from across the paved runway.]

Helene and a friend. [Helena McMeekan in a fur coat with a man in polka-dot tie in front of an airplane.]

[Exterior of the Fort Simpson airport. Photographer: Darrin Ouellette]

[Cart next to building entrance, with parked airplanes in background. Photographer: Wilbert Menacho]

Resolute Terminal -42. At times due to logistics and distances, PWA [Pacific Western Airlines] support flights for the Panarctic drilling program were done out of Resolute Bay. [View of the Resolute Bay airport in the dark.]

YK. [Yellowknife] Two of Conair Aviation's Douglas A-26 air tankers (pilots Linc Alexander and Dave Hutchin) taxiing at Yellowknife summer of 1977. They were based in Fort Simpson for fire suppression along with a Cessna 337 birddog aircraft (pilot Fred Cunningham) [Airplanes at Yellowknife Airport.]