Show c ff Watton in canada w RI 4 I 1 X I 1 awa ak if MINE one ona of canadas canada far flung trading posts post prepared by the th national society washington B D C 01 the revised itinerary A of col and mrs charles A Lindberg bs vacation flight to japan and china routed them over many square miles of practically unexplored territory in northwest canada much of the country they traversed between washington D 0 and baker lake northwest territories has been flown by canadian go government vi air surveys and by berl aerial al prospectors the native indians eskimos and royal canadian mounted policemen of the hudson bay district have not before had such distinguished aerial I 1 visitors but the sight of an airplane either cither in winter or summer Is no new experience to them few people except those who have seen it realize the high degree to which northern canada has organized its air transport using water routes open in summer it has laid down a wide network of fuel and supply stations at strategic points all around hudson bay at convenient spots I 1 down the mackenzie river to lake ath abasca about great slave and great bear lakes and along the arctic coast and down the yukon these depots are set up now practically every district in continental canada Is within flying range of one of these stations in fact it if you picture the canadian airways as linked up with the air net in the united states the broad statement Is true that given good weather no place on the north amerlean american continent la 13 now more than one or two days flight from a railway it was in survey work and in patrols of her millions of acres of forest reserves that canada first used planes the first attempt to use a plane on a long distance commercial mission was made by an oil company in 1021 to meet an emergency it started two all metal monoplanes mono planes on skis ekls from the railhead it at peace river on a 1200 mile flight to norman on the mackenzie river the weather was vile blizzards with temperatures of 40 and 50 below zero alternated bated with mild spring thaws pilots are resourceful one plane landing on crusted snow at simpson broke through so that a ski collapsed and a pro propeller blade struck the ground but the resourcefulness of canadian pilots in a smash far from shops and spare part stores Is revealed in pilot Gor germans mans laconic report on this accident march farch SO 30 will try and have a new prop made here oak sleigh boards are available also some glue and a hudsons Hud sons bay company man mail named johnson is an old cabinetmaker we can use the damaged propeller as a pattern and use the catholic kllc mission workshops here march 31 found moo glue borrowed some boat clamps so that tile the boards can be clamped tightly together in making the laminated propeller april 15 tested the new propeller it works satisfactorily the amazing degree to which planes now wipe out miles and save time in canada was shown by flights and photography work carried on from it a base on tile the north shore of the gulf of st lawrence from tills stormy coast capt vernon turk robinson made flight after flight bearing surveyors and supplies over a mountainous coast line into the interior plateau ile he carried drums of gas by air making caches at points far distant from these deposits planes could operate even farther inland thus grand falls on the hamilton river was finally reached then after a days flight of miles starting from burnt lake photographs were taken of the falls and the next day the engineer photographer was back in quebec having his pictures developed by sea and canoe the only other means of travel this task would have taken all summer I 1 adventure grim and perilous Is often the ille lot of pilots and passengers in flight over the long stretches of empty wilderness which intervene between fuel caches camps or settlements settlement meet with perilous Perl lout adventures Advent uret one party from base on the inhospitable gulf of st lawrence was forced down by bad weather and had to alight on an unknown lake A floating log ripped the bottom from their hull and the flying boat sank bank casting aside their clothing the crew swam tor for the shore they made land minus a any ny food or equipment and ant spent a week naked in the woods in the midst of the black fly scat season ion the dari were blazing hot but the nights freezing cold two men badly hurt in the crash rea reached clied the shore only with the greatest difficulty happily however in the party was a land surveyor who manngen to swim ashore with a hand ax and a wa ter tight box of matches using his ax he mada a rude shelter by anar ing rabbits in the woods and killing frogs with sticks the party kept alive for seven days till rescued by another flying boat sent to seek them the search for the lost french flyers coll and nungesser in may 1927 nearly cost the lives of captain robinson and his crew they had flown along the north shore as far as the strait of belle isle then still full of lee ice alien a storm forced them down anchoring late in the evening in the shelter of ofa a rocky ledge they curled up in their cockpit to await better weather suddenly the wind veered blowing a gale from the open sea their anchor dragged and their ship smashed on the rocks they saved their emergency kits made a fire on shore from the wreckage of their plane and cooked breakfast they their walked 20 miles along the beach to a lighthouse and signal station 16 report their whereabouts returning from a flight up the river one pilot brought with him an old indian when invited to ride the red man seemed in no way perturbed at tile prospect ile he calmly donned helmet and goggles and settled himself in the front cockpit as if flying were an everyday act with him in a half hour he flew downstream a distance which just previously it had taken him six days to cover by canoe on landing he climbed out stretched himself and said to the pilot eon bon canoll how much him cost that indian saw the advantage of air travel in the north country undoubtedly he graphically pictured to himself what paddle work he could save tor for himself and family la in their long annual canoe trips to their hunting grounds if they owned such a bon canot banot I 1 flying in winter in north quebec flying goes on summer and winter on a january morning capt kenneth saunders chief pilot of the can adlan adian fairchild company started north with an engineer and a hud sons bay company official on a visit to some of the northern trading posts unless one flies it usually takes six weeks of on snowshoes with a dog team to haul baul baggage to reach these wilderness outposts regions between posts posta are wholly uninhabited snow lies from four to six feet deep trails such as they are usually follow the lakes and rivers through a broken country of small timber when saunders dors and party left roberval the day was bright and fair but the thermometer was 25 below an hour up the they sighted the first trading post and circled to land on the frozen river either they struck a spot where a warm spring had bad thawed the lee ice or else an early fall of snow on this lee ice had prevented a thicker formation anyway the plane broke through the men had barely time to crawl from the cabin before tho whole fuselage was under water luckily they were sear the post and tom moar hoar the indian in charge volunteered to walls walk out the hundred miles to civilization with a message lie he started away within half an hour taking only an ax as some matches and a chunk of moose meat ue he made the trip in the record time of five days sleeping twice on the second and fourth night in holes in the snow lined with balsam boughs and traveling continuously the rest of the time meantime the Canad canadians lans set about salvaging their plane they made a platform of logs around the machine on which to work As the water was not deep a tripod of poles polea cut from the woods was built over the aircraft and its wings were removed salvaged their plane seven days later a rescue machine reached the scene with hoisting tackle and tools the wrecked plane was moved safely to shore A tent was erected around the front of the fuselage and the engine which was a solid mass of ice tills this ice fee was chopped out and then a stove was lit in the tent and gradually the cabin an and d engine thawed out the matul pro propeller badly bent was straightened and the engine reassembled the carburetor though frozen jn in a solid block of ice for eight days again worked perfectly on the ath of F february the plane was again ready for flight accompanied by tile the rescue machine which had bad made several trips to ferry to 0 o gaa proal alons and little gifts tor for sirs mrs hoar and her family on whose hospitality the crew had been dependent during the salvage operations it pok ook oil off safely and flew back to roberval northern british columbia Is as in accessible a country its as can be found on tills this continent cut off from the pacific by the panhandle of Al alaska nka bilth its coastal mountains and glaciers it can be reached only by the the pence or tile the alard aly ers era and their tributaries tributa ries arles |