A 1951 photo of Spring Island Loran A station.

    Joe Osborne sez:  I'm a more recent R/O getting my ticket in 1943, doing the beacon circuit out of Digby to the Charlottes, then to Coppermine for 2 years and 1 year at Spring Island before getting out of the DOT.

View of the Dead Tree Wireless operations building in the early 1950's. 1JHO  Dead Tree Point, Queen Charlotte Islands.  General view of the operations building.  The site was directly north across the inlet from present day Sandspit Airport.  Dwellings were behind the trees on the left.
Typical section of plank road north of Dead Tree Point on the QCI. 2JHO  Typical section of plank road north of Dead Tree Point on the QCI.
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Digby Island residences from a mast top taken in 1945.   4JHO  Digby Island residences from a mast top taken in 1945.  Station eventually moved over to the airport on the other side of the island.
Digby Island looking north east towards Prince Rupert.  5JHO  Digby Island looking north east towards Prince Rupert, again from the top of a mast.
Digby Island looking south west towards the Marine Services area.  6JHO   Digby Island looking south west towards the Marine Services area, again from the top of the mast.
Operators Clive Mclaren, Joe Osborne, Norm Strand. Digby March 1945  7JHO   Operators left to right: Clive Mclaren, Joe Osborne, Norm Strand.  Digby March 1945.
Operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne- Digby Sept 1945.  8JHO   Operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne- Digby Sept 1945. 
Side view of Dead Tree operations building.   9JHO   Side view of Dead Tree operations building. 
General view of Spring Island Loran in the 1940's.  10JHO   General view of Spring Island Loran in the 1940's.  Note the dipole antenna masts.  Frequency was around 1800 kHz.
LORAN A Tx/Rx equipment.  11JHO   LORAN A Tx/Rx equipment.  LOng RAnge Navigation.  Station sent out a radio signal as a pulse.  This pulse was synchronized with another from a station in Alaska and one in Washington.  Time differences between the pulses could be transferred to a chart and a navigator on a vessel could determine his position accurately.
Typical Spring Island residence.  12JHO   Typical Spring Island residence.
Richard Lobb leaving Spring Island for the last time.  13JHO   Richard Lobb leaving Spring Island for the last time.  Dick has the grin and his "going to town" clothes on.
Joe Osborne at Spring Island holding a Japanese glass fishing float.  14JHO   Joe Osborne at Spring Island.  Joe is holding a glass Japanese fish net float.  These floats drift across from the Japanese side of the Pacific and wash up on the north American coast.
The Spring Island Landing Craft.  15JHO   The Spring Island Landing Craft.  The station was installed by the USCG during WWII to radiate  navigational signals for vessels and aircraft operating along the coast.
General view of Spring Island station.  16JHO  General view of Spring Island station.
Spring Island's plank road down to the beach landing area.  17JHO   Spring Island's plank road down to the beach landing area.
Triple Island light station.  Located west of Prince Rupert, BC.  18JHO   Triple Island light station.  Located west of Prince Rupert, BC.
View of two lighthouse tenders servicing Triple Island.  19JHO   View of two lighthouse tenders servicing Triple Island.
Triple Island in a bit of a blow.  20JHO   Triple Island in a bit of a blow.
Radio operating position at Cape St. James in 1945.  21JHO   Radio operating position at Cape St. James in 1945.  The radio station was co-located with the lighthouse at the extreme south end of the Queen Charlotte Islands.  This site was staffed with RCAF personnel during the war.
1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking right. 22JHO   1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking right.
Digby Island operations building in the 1940's. 23JHO   Digby Island operations building in the 1940's.
1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking left.  24JHO   1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking left.
Langara Island light station located on the north west tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands.  25JHO   Langara Island light station located on the north west tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands.  This site was also staffed by RCAF personnel during WW2. 
Langara Island dwelling in the 1940's.  26JHO   Langara Island dwelling in the 1940's. 
Langara Island with possibly Jack Leeming standing next the truck.   27JHO   Langara Island with possibly Jack Leeming standing next the truck. 
Langara Island landing with some loading activity going on.   28JHO   Langara Island landing with some loading activity going on. 
Transmitting equipment at Langara Island.  c.1940  29JHO   Transmitting equipment at Langara Island.  c.1940 
Neil Lang beside a RCAF truck at Langara Island.  30JHO   Neil Lang beside a RCAF truck at Langara Island, 1946
Langara Island operating position, 1946.   31JHO   Langara Island operating position, 1946. 
Cape St. James view showing wartime RCAF buildings.   32JHO   Cape St. James view showing wartime RCAF buildings.  Southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 
Looking south from Cape St. James.   33JHO   Looking south from Cape St. James.  Next stop in Vancouver Island. 
Dead Tree radio station's operating postion in the early 1940's.   34JHO   Dead Tree radio station in the early 1940's.  Station was located on the Queen Charlotte Islands.  Good old National HRO receiver is still providing service.
Dead Tree radio station's operating position in the early 1940's.  35JHO   Dead Tree radio station in the early 1940's.  Station was located on the Queen Charlotte Islands.  Good old National HRO receiver is still providing service.  Stack of band change coils for the HRO are visible. 
Dead Tree radio operators L-R: D. Donaldson, Al Hooper & Ken Lockett. Early 1940's. 36JHODead Tree radio operators L-R: D. Donaldson, Al Hooper & Ken Lockett.  Early 1940's.