Corilair Charters Beaver returning to Campbell River at the end of another charter flight.

Misty Fjords Air's beautiful Beaver (with logo and titles) on approach to its home base at Doyons Landing. The photo was taken from the top deck of the cruise ship Zaandam as we sailed away from Ketchikan. This Beaver was once registered in Canada as C-GBHJ. Sadly, it was found inverted on the ocean in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia with the retractable wheels extended on the floats. Unfortunately the pilot did not survive. It was rebuilt at Sealand and many of the upgrades include the cabin extension, and wide panorama windows.

This Beaver was exported to New Zealand and is now registered as ZK-AMA

This 1944 built Widgeon has gone through many owners and was seen at Merrill Field. In 1970 it was converted to Super Widgeon. Cessna 170B N2881C is parked behind.

Fortunately this is the only example of what is the ugliest Beaver ever to see the light of day. This victim of gross design ugliness worked for the US Department of the Interior in Alaska until it was retired and donated to the Alaska Air Museum in Anchorage. Later it found itself on display inside the terminal.

This aircraft is still configured as a C-47 complete with all of its former RCAF equipment inside. It was purchased by Buffalo when all of the RCAF C-47's were retired and sold off. It went to the Alberta Aviation museum in Edmonton and remained there until just before the Edmonton Municipal airport was closed. Buffalo Joe flew it to Red Deer where it remains to this day. Recently it was discovered that this aircraft flew on D Day, making it a very special C-47. Former RCAF identity was KG545.

Seen at the dock on the Thompson River, this Rebel was in need of paint work and hopefully by now that has been done. Almost looks transparent.

C-GMIC is being taken across the road for the night. This Beaver spent many years with numerous operators on the West Coast before crashing in 2007 due to fuel starvation. It was salvaged and rebuilt and is now registered as N791PW and operating in Alaska

This Electra was destroyed whilst conducting fire retardant drops near Cranbrook,British Columbia. The two pilots did not survive the crash which started a wildfire when it exploded upon crashing. The date of the crash was 16 July 2003, less than a month after I photographed it.

The Hawaii at rest on Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island

C-FLYL and C-FLYK at Sproat Lake on a rainy day. I chartered a boat to take me out to see the two Mars up close. It was nice to get up close to them and circle around these huge aircraft. Both of the Mars are retired and its uncertain what their fate will be. Hopefully they will be preserved somewhere.

Side profile shows the massive size of the Mars.

This Beaver was rebuilt at Sealand at Campbell River and fitted with the Trace V8 Orenda engine of 600HP and a four blade composite reversing prop. Following certification in the US it then went to Val D'or Quebec for float certification. Possibly due to lack of interest in this conversion the program was dropped. The aircraft was de-registered and sold to a Canadian buyer. The engine was removed and it was transported back to Campbell River in a trailer. It remains un-registered. It will some day emerge as a Turbo Beaver, or perhaps will revert to its original R985 engine, but time will tell.

This 1930 built aircraft is the oldest aircraft on the Canadian registry still flying. It was recently rebuilt and has a Kinner 160 HP engine. Only 203 were built and very few remain in an airworthy state. The aircraft was designed by Major Reuben Fleet. Operated by 250.

In 2015 this Expeditor was sold by Vancouver Island Air and in June/July 2015 it was ferried on floats from Campbell River to the Pairi Daiza Gardens & Zoo theme park near the town of Brugelette, Belgium. Its flying days are over. It is the end of an era now as it is the last of the several Beech 18's that once operated at Campbell River. It was replaced with a turbine DHC-3 Otter.

This Beaver had just completed its ferry flight from Ontario to Lake Hood. It then became registered as N676SP and all the paint has been stripped off and it is now shiny polished aluminum.