Grumman G-21A Goose, C-FUAZ was delivered new to the US Coast Guard in February 1940 as V185 and was sold by the US government in November 1946 as NC95400 and later N95400. The aircraft was registered to three different owners in the Bahamas between 1963-1965, then imported to Canada in December 1965 by Northwest Industries (NWI) which was large MRO company based in Edmonton, owned by CAE. In May 1966, NWI sold the Goose to BC Airlines, a subsidiary, and the aircraft was registered C-FUAZ. It joined the Trans-Provincial fleet in April 1969. With Wilderness Seaplanes in Port Hardy in 2022.

Pacific Western Airlines of Vancouver, BC imported Grumman G-21A Goose, CF-UMG, from Alaska in August 1966. It had previously flown with the US Dept of Interior's Bureau of Land Management in Alaska as N643 and with Fleet Air Transport in 1963-1964 as N643H. In August 1968, PWA sold CF-UMG to Trans-Provincial Airlines (TPA) which had a landline base in Terrace and a seaplane base at Seal Cove in Prince Rupert. The airline's main business was servicing coastal communities and logging camps on the northern BC coast. TPA was acquired by Jim Pattison Ind. c1980 for Air BC, but remained separate.

Built in 2017 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA) while squeezing some rain out of the air.

Airwest Airlines of Vancouver imported this Cessna 180J, C-FAWH, in 1984 for charter services. It's seen here at the Airwest's old wooden dock in the Coal Harbour area of Vancouver Harbour. In the 1980s, C-FAWH was privately-owned and based in Prince George, BC until exported to the USA in November 1986.

Built in 2017 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA).

Built for Tyrolean Airways in 2000 and here just arrived on a charter from Smithers (CYYD) as "Glacier 8570". It is still in the basic livery of Continental/United from when it flew with Commutair.

Built in 2019 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA).

Visiting from California.

Built in 2018 and here arriving from Seattle (KSEA).

Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) acquired the Grumman G-21A Goose (ex-Bu84806 and N62899) in April 1967 to support its water bomber operations using a pair of four-engine Martin Mars flying boats. Goose C-FVFS served with FIFT until 2000 and with its successor Flying Tankers Inc. until it was sold to Klaus Dieter Martin in Munich, Germany and ferried across the Atlantic in Nov. 2001 for use by European Seaplane Service in Croatia but was damaged when the gear collapsed in 2002. Registered to Victoria Aircraft Maintenance at CYYJ in Oct 2015 as C-FMXW. Cancelled/Exported in Nov. 2021.

This Cessna 180H was imported new to Canada in 1972 and was operated by in Newfoundland in the early 1980s (and perhaps earlier) until sold by Caribou Leasing Ltd to F B M Holdings Ltd in Terrace, British Columbia in May 1986. It was photographed wearing A Frame Logging Ltd. titles at the Seal Cove seaplane base in Prince Rupert, BC in January 26, 1987. It was last operated in Canada by Trans-Provincial in Prince Rupert before being cancelled from the CCAR in August 1994. Seal Cove was the town's main air gateway until the Digby Island airport opened in 1959.

Air Canada was the first international delivery of Boeing's 767 on October 30, 1982. This is their second aircraft delivered on December 14, 1982. It is pictured with Singapore '85 titles promoting a new Toronto to Singapore service via London and Bombay (Mumbai). The aircraft was retired in 2005 and stored at Marana, AZ. Sold to PMC Aviation in 2012 it was later broken up.

Latham Island Airways was associated with this Beaver from 1973 until it crashed near Watson Lake, YT in August 1984. The wreckage has been passed around to several owners and was in storage somewhere near Sedro Woolley, WA in 2000 or later. The remains are reported back in Canada as of 2020.

Cessna A185F, C-FCDD, is photographed shortly after landing in Vancouver Harbour on April 5, 1977. Airspan Flight Charter Ltd. operated DHC-2 Beavers (C-GASF, CF-CDT, CF-GCY) and Cessna seaplanes between 1974-1978 in the Vancouver area from bases at YVR and a dock on Commissioner Street at the east end of Vancouver harbour. This Cessna was operated by W.B. Management Ltd. of Burnaby, BC between October 1980 and February 1998, when it was cancelled from the Canadian civil aircraft register. The Airspan name was then adapted by new helicopter company established in BC the early 1980s.

Previously with Wildcat Helicopters (2006 - 16), this fire fighting Bell 212 was registered to Monashee Helicopters in April 2016. The helicopter has been with Papua New Guinea based Pacific Helicopters since September 2018 registered P2-PAP.

The Merlin III is a follow-on of the Merlin IIA and IIB. It utilized the nose and tail among other things from the Swearingen Metro under developement at the time. This aircraft was operated by the Hotel & Restaurant Employees union 1980 -89. Re-registered N901MC to McBee Company of Dallas in 1989, the aircraft is current with this registration (and new owner after 2013) at the time of uploading.

This Cessna A185F, C-GKNI, was imported to Canada in 1978 and operated by Tyee Airways Ltd., of Sechelt, BC from January 1990 to January 1993. It flew in the BC interior with Columbia River Shake & Shingle based out of Nakusp, then joined the fleet of Tyee's local rival Thunderbird Air (1987) Inc. in December 1987. Long-time Tyee Airways owner/pilot Al Campbell is standing next to the aircraft on the dock. In 2023, C-GKNI was still in commercial operation as part of the fleet of Amik Aviation Ltd. based at St. Andrews Airport, north of Winnipeg.