DHC-3 C-FUJM was first seen at YVR in the summer 1978 and had West Coast Air titles by late August. Delivered to the US Army in 1956 as 55-3302. To Europe. Deployed by USAF C-124 to Congo in July 1960 to help rescue US citizens during civil war. To the United Nations Air Transport Force in the Congo as No. 402. Later in Yemen with UN in 1963. To US as N12655, then to Ben Ginter Construction in BC as CF-UJM in 1965. Op. by Trans-Mountain A/S when it crashed on Sep 24, 1971 at Forbidden Plateau on flight from Campbell River to Helen Mackenzie Lake. Stored for about 7 years before repaired.

The last Otter produced and it was delivered in 1967. Here with Sabourin from 1977 until 1996. Converted to Walter turbine in 2002 and exported as N725TH in 2013. It became a common sight flying in the area where I live on Vancouver Island until tragedy struck on 4 September 2022. Soon after take-off from Friday Harbor on Orcas Island/WA it dived out of control into the sea with the loss of all on board. Preliminary evidence indicates failure of the elevator spar. It is seen here at what later became the Viking Outpost mooring.

In September 1968, this former Qantas DHC-3 Otter, CF-XRI, was ferried across the Pacific from Australia to join the fleet of Airwest Airlines in Vancouver, BC. For most of the 1970s, this was the only DHC-3 Otter operating daily scheduled flights into Vancouver Harbour with its distinct engine sound distinguishing it from the more common Cessna 180/185s, DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-6 Twin Otters. AirWest was one of several coastal airlines acquired by the Jim Pattison Group to form AirBC in the early 1980s. C-FXRI now flies as a Vazar DHC-3 Turbo Otter powered by a PT6A turboprop with Osprey Wings.

Converted to a Vazar DHC-3T with PT6 turbine power over the winter of 1999/2000. Seen moored at Watson's Skyways base on Lake Wawa, Ontario close to the town of Wawa beside Highway 101.

In Walsten Air's service, it was fitted with Bristol 7850 floats as used on the Beech 18, and this required the removal of its ventral fin and the fitting of two vertical fins on the horizontal stabiliser to provide greater stability with these larger floats. Earlier in its career it had on two separate occasions broken through ice on landing and become almost totally submerged in the lakes, resulting fortunately in recovery and major rebuild over time. Two months after this photo was taken, it crashed on touchdown at Salvesen Lake, Ontario with the tragic loss of all on board.

Delivered new to Eastern Provincial Airways in 1958 and acquired by Green Airways in 1980. The photo shows it moored at the Green Airways base. It finally got a makeover and new coat of paint over the winter of 1995/96 as here. Current with Clark's Air Service at Cedar Lake, ON in 2022.

Delivered to the RCAF in 1960 and first registered as above in June 1983. Current with Ookpik Aviation at Baker Lake/NU in 2022.

Delivered to the US Army in 1956 and imported in 1974. Here it is in service with Kyro's Albany River Airways. Cancelled on export as N560TR in 2004 and current as such in 2022.

Built in 1960 for the RCAF and registered to Silver Pine Air Service in 1982 as here, still in basic RCAF livery. Later it was painted in a smart red, silver and black color scheme (Photo ID: 288769) and in 2020 it was registered as N443CB, having earlier been converted to Texas Turbine.

Its logo and yellow registration are faded to the point of near-invisibility after almost forty years of operation with Kenora Air Service. There will be only two more Kenora summer seasons of active service ahead of it, before it is sold and put into open storage at Geraldton, Ontario as shown here

At deserved rest after a day's work for Excellent Adventures Air Service, by that time based at Cochenour, Red Lake.

Saw active service with the US Army in Vietnam as 59-2225. Joined the fleet of Excellent Adventures Outposts & Air Service in 2007. Seen here beached and out of use at the airfield at Selkirk, Manitoba, having probably landed in the adjacent Red River and been towed across the Breezy Point Road to storage.

In storage, awaiting its fate. Initially delivered in 1958, as 57-6111, to the US Army with whom it served in West Germany. Retired and put up for sale in 1971. Operated from Kenora, Ontario, from around 1973 until 2016. Initially with Parsons Airways, until they were taken over by Kenora Air Service, whose colours and faded tail logo it still carries. One of four Otters acquired by an Alaskan buyer after the 2016 summer season. Put into store with Recon Air of Geraldton, where it is seen here, pending a decision on its future.

Fresh from overhaul with a new paint job and a new piston engine, courtesy of Recon Air of Geraldton, moored at Wilderness Air's Vermillion Bay base. Began life in 1961 with the Ontario Provincial Air Service ( OPAS ) as CF-ODV. Sold in 1986 to Wilderness Air, in whose service it has remained.

Served in the Middle East from January 1957 until January 1962. Presumably photographed over Canada. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

CF-MPY is still current as C-FMPY but left RCMP service in 1974. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Delivered in 1961 to Ontario Provincial Air Service as CF-ODV and registered as C-FODV to the Province of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in September 1972. Sold to Wilderness Air in 1983. Still current with them in 2021. Seen flying from its base at Vermillion Bay.

U-1A Otter 58-1719 served a short Vietnam tour and storage at the Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center in between testing with the Army Aviation Board (1959 - 66) and the Army Security Agency (1969 - 74). On a move Alaska in 1974, the aircraft's engine failed. Rather than repair, the Army sold it "as, where is". To Northern Thunderbird Air with a new engine in 1975, it operated as C-GLES until 1984. N338D in Alaska, the aircraft was bought by Rust's Flying Service in 2008 after an accident in 2006 left it in the bush. Registered N424KT, it was rebuilt with a Vazar turbine conversion.

Shipped to Australia in Apr-1958 where it was registered VH-WAZ in Aug-1958 with Qantas Empire Airways. In Sep-1960 it was reregistered as VH-SBT with TAA-Trans Australia Airlines. In Aug-1968 it went to Canada to become CF-XRI. In Dec-1980 it was reregistered as C-FXRI. Somewhere in the late 1980s/early 1990s it was converted by TC Aviation to a DHC-3T Vazar Turbo Otter with a PT6 turbine engine.