Photo Gallery

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: Typical mode of transportation around a station.

: Local gas station.

: The light was still on!

: Fox feeding time.

: Relatively tame foxes

: Ready for feeding.

: On the prowl.

: Original “Snowmobile.”

: Brian (Simon) Jeffrey relaxing.

: Recording and reporting weather.

: C-46 cockpit.

: Aligning the Lateral system

: Typical “tech” work.

: Wilcox ADF beacon transmitter.

: 300 foot tower.

: CAM-D’s Dopplar tower.

: Old beacon building.

: Frosted up ADF antenna.

: Welcome home!

: We had to move the ADF beacon from a tent to the main modules at CAM-D

: Brian J with the beacon transmitter.

: Safely inside the building.

: Bill Wands, CAM-D Station Chief.

: R. Cote, chef & cook’s helper.

: CAM-D chef & crew.

: R. Cote, CAM-D chef.

: Cook’s helper

: CAM-D module train.

: Lyall Lalonde

: An incredible view!

: Unusual wildlife.

: Idle hands at work!

: CF-HNG pilot, Oli Sinberg.

: This helicopter was our lifeline to FOX-3 and brought in all our supplies.

: This is the aircraft that took me North for the first time in July 1960.

: The aircraft that took me North in 1960 is still flying today. A real workhorse.

: Luxury air travel it wasn’t!

: As part of my Sector Crew duties, I was responsible for the FOX sector’s air/ground radios at each station.

: A/G receivers.

: This unit allows the Aux site to communicate with the associated I-site.

: The aligning of the lateral system was abig monthly affair. The lateral sysem was our station-to-station communications system.

: CAM-D power panels.

: Dopplar receivers at CAM-4.

: I’m checking the transmitter for a noisy signal.

: Lyall (Dusty) Lalonde.

: Typical Aux station recreation area.

: Notice the fox and two glasses on the bar design – FOX-2

: FOX-Main antenna farm.

: FOX-Main lower camp.

: FOX-3 lower camp & airfield.

: Night shot.

: Frost covered radome.

: CAM-4 crew, Xmas 1960.

: Refueling an unusual visitor.

: Brendon Spratt relaxing awaiting a flight out.

: Ice fishing.

: Typical air travel.

: Typical air travel.

: Klystron replacement time.

: Replacing a klystron.

: Replacing a klystron.

: The klystyron.

: Destroying secret klystron.

: Sealift landing craft.

: Frosty lateral antenna.

: Lateral antennas

: Passing time playing chess.

: Emily and I were distine to cross paths a number of times during my time on the Line.

: Emily and Mother

: Emily and mother (Margarette) and Dad (Peter).

: Look’s lonely out there.

: Map showing DEW, Mid-Canada, and Pinetree warning lines.

: The sun never rises in winter.

: Typical transport

: Ingenuity at work!

: CAM-4

: My first home away from home.

: Father Vanderveld, Pelly Bay Mission, 1960.

: There were almost a 100 of us in a huge igloo for Xmas services.

: Pelly Bay Mission 1960.

: This bear is dangerously close to the station, too close, and action has to be taken.

: The hunt is on.

: It was the station Inuit, not me, who did the dastardly deed.

: We weren’t always this relaxed when on duty.

: As a member of the Sector Crew, I got to put my butt wherever I wanted. 🙂

: Paul Kelley at work.

: Paul Kelley.

: FOX-Main

: RCMP & dog team.

: Winter light.

: CAM-D lower camp view.

: Stevenson Screen

: Stuck D-4 bulldozer.

: Frost covered lateral antenna.

: Thanksgiving spread at FOX-1

: Thanksgiving spread

: View from FOX-C.

: Typical bedroom.

: Typical bedroom

: Typical bedroom.

: Early morning frost.

: Wind-driven frost.

: Unknown main station somewhere.

: Airlift time at CAM-D

: Unloading fuel drums.

: Unloading fuel.

: Pushing weather limits had its consequences as you can see with this C-46, CF-HEI, at CAM-F.