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 Joe 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.

Joe Osborne

     
001 JHO Deadtree Point, Queen Charlotte Islands.  General view of the operations building.  The site was directly north across the inlet from present day Sandspit Airport.
Plank road on the Queen Charllote Islands. c.1940 002 JHO Typical section of plank road north of Deadtree Point on the QCI.
Deadtree operators Donaldson, Hooper & Lockett. 003 JHO Three operators from Dead Tree Radio in the mid 1940's.  Photograph taken in the station's area and show, from the left D.Donaldson, Al Hooper & Ken Lockett.
Mast height view of Digby Island dwellings. c.1945 004 JHO Digby Island residences from a mast top taken in 1945.  Station eventually moved over to the airport on the other side of the island.
View from Digby station towards Prince Rupert. c.1945 005 JHO Digby Island looking north east towards Prince Rupert, again from the top of a mast.
View from Digby towards Marine Services area. c.1945 006 JHO Digby Island looking south west towards the Marine Services area, again from the top of the mast.
Digby operators Mclaren, Osborne & Strand.  March 1945 007 JHO Operators Clive Mclaren, Joe Osborne, Norm Strand. Digby March 1945
Digby operators Nelson, Maynard & Osborne.  Sept. 1945 008 JHO Operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne- Digby Sept 1945.
Al Hooper at Deadtree Point. 009 JHO From the left are operators Lorne Nelson, Ken Maynard & Joe Osborne at Digby Island in September 1945.
General view of Spring Island Loran Station. c. 1945 010 JHO General view of Spring Island Loran in the 1940's.  Note the dipole antenna masts.  Frequency was around 1800 kHz.
Spring Island Loran transmitters and control. c. 1945 011 JHO LORAN 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 station dwelling. 012 JHO Typical Spring Island residence.
Richard Lobb leaving Spring Island for the last time. 013 JHO Richard Lobb leaving Spring Island for the last time.  Dick has the grin and his "going to town" clothes on.
Joe Osborne with Japanese fishing float. 014 JHO Joe Osborne himself 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.
Spring Island Landing Craft.  c.1945 015 JHO The Spring Island Landing Craft.  The station was installed by the USCG during WWII to emit radio navigational signals for vessels and aircraft operating along the coast.
General view of Spring Island in the mid 1940's. 016 JHO General view of Spring Island station.
Plank road to the beach landing area on Spring Island. 017 JHO Spring Island's plank road down to the beach landing area.
View of Triangle Island lighthouse. 018 JHO Triple Island light station.  Located west of Prince Rupert, BC.
Two tenders off Triangle Island. 019 JHO View of two lighthouse tenders servicing Triple Island.
Triangle Island lightstation in a bit of a sea. 020 JHO Triple Island in a bit of a blow.
Cape St.James operations desk in 1945. 021 JHO 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 Digby Island operating position. 022 JHO 1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking right.
Digby operations building in the snow. c.1945 023 JHO Digby Island operations building in the 1940's.
Digby operating position from the right side. 024 JHO 1945 photo of the Digby Island operating position--looking left.
Langara Island lighthouse.  NW tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 025 JHO 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 duplex dwelling. 026 JHO Langara Island dwelling in the 1940's.
Langara Island with Jack Leeming? 027 JHO Langara Island with possibly Jack Leeming standing next the truck.
Langara Island landing.  c. 1945 028 JHO Langara Island landing.
Transmitters at Langara Island. c.1945 029 JHO Transmitting equipment at Langara Island.  c.1940
Niel Lang at Langara Island. c.1945 030 JHO Neil Lang at Langara Island.
031 JHO Langara Island equipment in 1946.
View of Cape St.James, QCI southern tip. 032 JHO Cape St. James view.  Southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Looking south from Cape St. James. c.1945 033 JHO Looking south from Cape St. James.
Deadtree operations desk. 034 JHO Deadtree radio station operations desk.
Deadtree operations desk.  c. 1945 035 JHO Deadtree radio station operations desk.
     
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