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NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BUSH PILOTS
Ivan Robertson COLLECTION |
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Ivan Robertson of La Ronge was one of the last Bush Pilot/Aircraft
Engineers that flew in the 1980's in Northern Saskatchewan. The
following is a small part of Ivan's photo and slide collection
documenting bush flying in those days.
Ivan and his brother Scott are avid canoers and have paddled most of the
rivers and lakes which Ivan has flown over.
We would like to thank Ivan for sharing his collection with us.- Web
builder. |
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Stony Rapids
with single otter QDU and beaver FHC
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Tuktu lodge
on Mosquito Lake |
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heading home
at sunset |
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Ivan flying
Athabasca Airways Single Otter for Hatchet Lake Lodge |
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Ivan flying
for Hatchet Lake Lodge
Trevor, Margrett and Marlis standing on the float of Athabasca's Turbo
Otter. |
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the evening
calm |
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Hatchet Lake
Lodge staff on a picnic on a beach on Wolaston lake |
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Hatchet Lake
Lodge staff on a break |
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Hatchet Lake
Lodge staff exploring |
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Marli, Alice
o`keeffe, and ? |
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Marlis and Trevor
and Ivan at Forsythe lake |
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tied up at
Police Point at Stony Rapids |
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Elizabeth
falls ( Cardiac falls) Fond du lac River between Black Lake and Stony
Rapids |
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Misaw Lake
Lodge |
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Aero North
Reunion |
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Katrina and patrol crew |
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Katrina flying
for NCH at Denare Beach |
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Cessna 185 C-GYGL |
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at Spreckly
Lake - C-GYGL busted gear leg
Ivan
rebuilt and flew out |
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Removing
Cessna 185 (C-FZWR) wreckage from the fatal crash site in the middle of
Black Lake. The pilot and a caribou hunter were returning to Black Lake
with a load of caribou meat when they were caught in bad weather. After
a brief search when the weather cleared the crash site was located. Ivan
flew up to Milton Lake to bring back the second caribou hunter. Later
Ivan assisted in removing the aircraft from the scene. Weather is a
major factor in aircraft incidents in the north. |
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Removing
Cessna 185 (C-FZWR) |
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Removing
Cessna 185 (C-FZWR) |
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Captain
Robertson |
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Ivan in middle
with two caribou hunters somewhere north of Fond du Lac |
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Craig Beaty
school teacher from Stony Rapids |
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St Johns Boys
school, Selkirk Manitoba, Ivans first year of school
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SAIT Aviation
school, Calgary (2 year program)
Ivan front and centre - dig the hair cuts!! |
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Camp 10
near Baker Lake |
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sunrise |
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playing with
filters |
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Camp 10 fuel
dump - when the sun melted the ice the drums went floating. Ivan went in with hip
waders and pulled them out - to be slung to other camps.
Peter Byle & Wayne Katte assisting |
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Camp 10 |
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camp 10 slinging
fuel |
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camp 10 |
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engineer
C-GQH |
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old
adit near Uranium City |
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Ivan and a
friend on top of Beaver Lodge Mountain with Gold Fields in the
background |
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Pat Campling
Jr. taking a refreshing break off the dock |
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Paul Lyons,
well known engineer, at Otter Lake |
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1
185 landed down wind - ran up on shore
Now Ivan has to get it back in the water |
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2
temporary modifications using the engineers specialty tool - an axe |
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3
Now getting it back in the water |
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Gunner uranium
mine was situated on the
Crackingstone Peninsula on the north shore of
Lake Athabasca
The mine ceased production in 1963 |
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Ernie
Onoferchuk pilot |
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