Moored at the Bowden Lake, Wabowden base of Cross Lake Air Service where it had served for thirty years. I had the pleasure of a local area flight in it. Sold in 2003 and converted to a Vazar Turbine Otter, operating initially with Osprey Wings from Missinipe, Saskatchewan

Moored at its base on the Winnipeg River at Silver Falls, operating with Blue Water Aviation Services. Delivered to the Union of Burma Air Force in 1960 as UB-656 with a standard Pratt & Whitney piston power plant. Entered civilian life in 2000. Rebuilt and re-engined with a Polish PZL 1,000hp engine in 2002. Subsequently further converted to a Walter Turbine Otter .

Flying on bush country support work for Geraldton Air to whom it was registered, but owned by the leasing company 967096 Ontario Ltd. Delivered to the US Army in 1960 as 59-2220 and remained in military service until 1974. Its white colour scheme with orange trim reflects earlier service with Air Wemindji, one of a number of its civil operators. In 2000 became N362TT based in Alaska. Fuselage trucked to Vernon, BC for Texas Turbine conversion over the winter of 2005/06 and returned to Alaska by road for reassembly.

Seen during the 2000 summer season at Cochenour, North West Ontario, some way from its base in Quebec. Vazar Turbine conversion carried out by Recon Air at Geraldton, Ontario in 2015. Subsequently joined K2 Aviation at Talkeetna, Alaska as N636KT.

Originally in RCAF service from 1960 as 9420. Joined Fort Frances Sportsmen Airways / Northern Wilderness Outfitters in 1984. Sold to Ookpik Aviation for turbine conversion in 2012. Seen here in the latest colours it wore with Northern Wilderness Outfitters, moored at its Rainy Lake base on the north side of Highway 11.

Originally in RCAF service from 1960 as 9420. Joined Fort Frances Sportsmen Airways / Northern Wilderness Outfitters in 1984. A little later in the 2000s repainted into a purple colour scheme. Sold to Ookpik Aviation in 2012 for turbine conversion. Seen here approaching the seaplane docks at its Rainy Lake base on the north side of Highway 11.

Delivered to Eastern Provincial Airways July 5, 1960, this Otter operated Newfoundland Government Department of Health's air ambulance service replacing an EPA DHC-2 Beaver. It was replaced by a Turbo Beaver in 1967 and moved to flying passengers and freight. In 1970, EPA sold their bush division to Labrador Airways, but CF-MIT was acquired by Austin Airways. The aircraft was entoute to Timmins, ON on September 4, 1976 when weather deteriorated. It hit power lines flying up the Abitibi River near the Abitibi Canyon Dam. All on board died in the post impact fire and the aircraft burned.

With a "Ministerio de Seguridad Pública - Sección Aérea" badge on the tail.

With Serial G309, this Otter was one of a dozen with the Ghana Air Force in 1962. Sold in 1973, rebuilt 1976 for to Skycraft Air Transport the next year. It was leased to LaRonge Aviation in 1978 and Aldair Aviation in 1979. Financial problems at Aldair saw the aircraft repossessed in 1982 when pictured. It was converted to a Vazar Turbine Otter in 2003. After a hard landing with Alkan Air on July 2, 2014, it was damaged in the resulting ground loop and declared a write-off. Acquired by Harbour for possible rebuilding, it remains stored awaiting repair or parting out at Vancouver, BC.

Delivered new in 1958 to the India Military as IM1710 and here undergoing its import C of A inspection after return to Canada. Current with Kississing Lake Lodge at Channing/MB in 2023.

This Otter was delivered to the US Army as 55-3264 in April 1956. One time support aircraft for the Golden Knights Parachute Team, it flew with the Civil Air Patrol (N5339G) 1976 - 79. Pictured leased to BC Yukon Air Service 1980 - 83, it went to Air North Charter. After a crash in a narrow pass on August 13, 1986, the aircraft was rebuilt in Kenora, ON. Returning to the air in 1994 with BC Yukon, it was sold to Black Sheep Aviation in 1997. Converted to turbine in 2002, the aircraft experienced a catastrophic in-flight breakup after loss of control for undetermined reasons on March 31, 2011 .

The British fin flash was worn by RCAF aircraft until 1958. Aircraft still current in Alaska as a Turbo Otter, N100BW, at time of upload in 2023, almost 70 years old. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

Docked at home at the Nestor Falls base of its operator, Northwest Flying Inc, where it had been in service since 1979. Sold the in the following year, 2012, to Chimo Air Service at Red Lake.

Only just returned to dock at its Nakina Air Service base on Cordingley Lake. Delivered new in 1959 to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Air Division with whom it served for twenty years. In 2000 joined Alpine Lakes Air of Smithers/ Tyee Lake, who arranged conversion to a Vazar DHC-3T by Guardian Aerospace at Vanderhoof and a complete repaint. Bought from Alpine Lakes Air in 2004 by Nakina Air, who retained its colour scheme, adding their own titles.

Nice picture of this Norwegian Otter visiting the Glomfjord, where a commando raid against a power plant took place in 1942. Photo from: Norsk Folkemuseum

Quebec based Wheeler Airlines was the first to operate this Otter 1956 - circa 1970. Geophysical instrument company Scintrex Limited (an acronym for Scientific Instruments, Research and Exploration) used the aircraft to develop electromagnetic systems for mineral exploration and conduct airborne surveys for notable base metals and uranium exploration. Returned to passenger configuration in 1977, it flew in Quebec with eight airlines until sold to Harbour Air in Vancouver in 2001. With a Vazar turbine conversion the same year, the aircraft is current with Harbour Air at the time of uploading.

Delivered new to Widerøe's in 1957 and imported into Canada in 1971. The Certificate of Registration was cancelled in January 2001 and it was supposedly parked at Hemet/CA during this time, so I don't know what it was doing here. It surfaced dismantled in a truck at Venon/BC in 2005 and was converted to Texas Turbine, then was exported as N205RC. Alaska based in 2023.

Delivered to the United States Army in January 1957 as 55-3324, this Otter spent it's entire military career in Europe and was sold by tender with seven other Otters in December 1971. Pictured recently sold to Tyee Airlines as N9895B, the aircraft would fly in Alaska until sold to the owner of Buffalo Narrows Airways as C-GDOB in 1996. On the ferry flight to Canada May 9, 1996, the aircraft crashed in Telkwa Pass near Terrace, BC during poor weather.