Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

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trampbike wrote:I'll let you guys guess where were these pictures taken :wink:
Alert ? :heart:
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Close enough!
Where the drums are is Quttinirpaaq National Park. The Twin Otter is in Eureka.
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Thought it looked a bit like Eureka.. still a bit of a jog from there to Alert though ;)
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Here's Alert
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On the way to Eureka from Tanquary Fjord:
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A couple more.
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I love the Maldivian twotters CLguy! Very nice--really liked the patterns with them all lined up.
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Thanks Prairie Chicken! Unfortunately I can't take credit for the picture. It was taken by another Canadian working there.
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Thought I'd try posting a pic.
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A happy fisherman and a van load of lumber.
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I see one of my babies in those last pics. So North-Wright are the new RO of CSW, but I don't see CSX on the register. Anyone know where she went?
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Yup, CSW, same year, same strip, different clothes.
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She looks good in the new livery. Did you have to paint her because everyone scattered when the red & while showed up? :P
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CSW elevated a few heart rates when she was about the YT. General thing was the paint scheme was spotted by a heli guy, reported and everyone within 100 miles scattered for the hills!

It changed hands last year, was in Whitehorse for a couple years with Alkan then bought by North Wright out of The Wells. Apparently it had the electrical system retrofitted with the standard 300 series layout as well.
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Yup, I believe folks would scatter--until word got out she was no longer TC. A couple of us took TC's red & white amphib Beaver around Great Bear one year and around Great Slave another. Plummer's Lodge were flying a red & white Beaver at the same time. I heard later it took a while for the Plummer's pilot to realize why everyone were scattering ahead him--and TC were chuckling because he was doing their work for them.

I would image that would have been an expensive retro. Those twotters were quite different than a standard 300. Thanks for the update.
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Low tide and High tide in Queen Charlotte City
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A couple from the season so far... Good to be back on the water and in the Mountains.
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Not for the picture quality but for the memories.
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CF-MRN at Red Cross Lake, MB during another unsuccessful moose hunt.
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It's a tough life.
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