This Turbo Beaver was delivered new to the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests (now Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on Jul, 25, 1966 and has been based at MNR hangar at Smoke Lake in Algonquin Park for at least the past 20 years. The aircraft is maintained at the MNR hangar at Muskoka Airport and this is where the aircraft is converted to wheel/skis for winter operations on the frozen lake and snow.