by Diana Trafford | Sep 1, 2019 | Air mail, Canadian Transcontinental Airways, North Shore, Quebec aviation, Roméo Vachon, Sept-Iles
If you search the internet or published books on Canadian aviation history, most sources tell you that it was Roméo Vachon. They say the well-known French-Canadian aviator was the pilot who arrived in Sept-Îles, on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River, on 25...
by Barbara Campbell | Jul 18, 2018 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Noorduyn Norseman, Quebec aviation
This is the last chapter from Barbara Van Orden Campbell’s journal “Bachelor Lake Daze.” Fans of Barb’s tales will be glad to know that there is more to come. As primarily an aviation history blog, we initially chose to run the aviation part of her...
by Barbara Campbell | Jul 6, 2018 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Howard Watt, Noorduyn Norseman, Quebec aviation
Con and Barb Campbell arrived at Bachelor Lake, in the Abitibi region of Québec, in August 1950 to manage the Gold Belt Air Service seaplane base there. This is the seventh in a series of excerpts from Barbara’s journal, “Bachelor Lake Daze,” published with the...
by Barbara Campbell | Jul 4, 2018 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Quebec aviation
Con and Barb Campbell arrived at Bachelor Lake, in the Abitibi region of Québec, in mid-August 1950 to manage the Gold Belt Air Service float plane base there. This is the sixth in a series of excerpts from Barbara’s journal, “Bachelor Lake Daze,”...
by Barbara Campbell | Jun 26, 2018 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Quebec aviation
Con and Barb Campbell arrived at Bachelor Lake, in the Abitibi region of Québec, in mid-August 1950 to manage the Gold Belt Air Service float plane base there. For the first few weeks, they worked from dawn to dusk getting the camp in running order, and settling into...
by Barbara Campbell | Jun 22, 2018 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Quebec aviation
Con and Barb Campbell arrived at Bachelor Lake, Québec, in mid-August 1950 to manage the Gold Belt Air Service float plane base there. For the first few weeks, they worked from dawn to dusk getting the camp in order, and settling into the routine of...
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