1918 photo of Lofty at the controls of Estevan Wireless.
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Five lads on Triangle Island, August 1915 51 Triangle Island, August 1915. 
"These boys are dirty looking kids,
  but they're a good old bunch,
  they don't give a damn for anything,
  so long as they're called for lunch."
 l-r: Walter Watkins, D.Ward, Sid, me, Charlie Thomas
Album page shown for context.   52 Album page shown for context. 
Ikeda Wireless Station March 2, 1919. 53 Ikeda Wireless Station March 2, 1919.  Shows two buildings, one the residence and the other may be the powerhouse/operations building. 
Copper Island from Ikeda Station. 54 Copper Island from Ikeda Bay. 
Long shot of Point Atkinson and north shore of Vancouver before the bridge went in. 55 Point Atkinson, North Vancouver.  North shore mountains before the First Narrows Bridge (Lion's Gate) was constructed. 
"Entrance to Ikeda Bay"  56 "Entrance to Ikeda Bay" 
Album page shown for context.  57 Album page shown for context. 
Album page shown for context. "Sport at Ikeda, July 1918."  58 Album page shown for context.   "Sport at Ikeda, July 1918."  Photos have not been cropped off.  The lady in the left photo is toting a shot gun, as a rule in these old station photos, the guys are toting.
Album page shown for context.  59 Album page shown for context. 
Album page from c.1915 at Triangle Island. 60 Album page from c.1915 period at Triangle Island.  Top photo is of the sea lion rookery.  Lower photo is photo 61 below.
View of Triangle Island, showing boat house in bottom left. 61 View of Triangle Island.  Boat house is visible in the bottom left corner.  c.1915
Album page. 62 Album page shown for context.
SS Prince John at the Ikeda dock. c.1918 63 SS Prince John at the Ikeda mine dock around 1918.
Album page. 64 Album page, shown for context.
Lofty and daughter on board the SS Prince John, April 26, 1919. 65 Lofty and daughter on board the SS Prince John, April 26, 1919. 
SS Prince Rupert abeam, under steam. 66 Canadian National Railroad's SS Prince Rupert.  This is the vessel which appears throughout this site, hard aground on Genn Island, south of Digby Island.
67 Distant view of the SS Prince Rupert aground on Genn Island.
Album page for context. 68 Album page for context.
Album page shown for context. 69 Album page shown for context. 
Dead Tree Point station in the fall of 1948. 70 "Dead Tree Point, QCI.  My first outside station.  March 1912.  Pictures taken fall 1948 on the way to Massett."  At this time Lofty was roaming BC installing air navigation aids, such as radio ranges.
Dead Tree Station 1948. Herb Holt on step 71 "Dead Tree 1948.  Herb Holt on step"
Inside the Lulu Island (Vancouver) transmitter site, March 1951. 72 Showing the interior of the Lulu Island (Vancouver) transmitter site.  Transmitter models are unknown.  Date is March 1953. 
Inside the Lulu Island (Vancouver) transmitter site, March 1951. 73 As above, but from another angle.  By the date of this photo, March 1953, Vancouver Radio was the main coast station providing high seas low, medium and high frequency radio communications.  The transmitters would be remotely controlled from the operations building some miles away.
Triangle Island message stamp photo. 74 Message stamp from Triangle Island Wireless.
Printing on envelope of message stamp "TLD message stamp". 75 Reverse of envelope containing the above message stamp.  "TLD Msg Stamp".  TLD being the call sign of the station before 1913.