Having just made an evening touchdown on Carey Lake, drifting the last few metres to the Hearst Air Service dock.

Doors open, and cargo nets in place, to receive another load from the dock on Carey Lake where Hearst Air Service has its base. Originally flew with Province of Ontario Government Departments from 1966 onwards. For a time in the early 2000s, it was on display in the Bush Plane Heritage Museum at Sault Ste. Marie.

After its early morning efforts elsewhere, seen here resting in the afternoon, home at Hearst Air Service's Carey Lake base. First flew in 1956 as 55-3306 with the US Army, including periods of military service in West Germany. Crashed following engine failure in 1985 when operating for Red Lake Airways. Only rebuilt some eighteen years later, by Recon Air at Geraldton, when Hearst Air supplied a PT-6 engine and a Vazar conversion was completed. It joined Hearst Air's fleet in August 2004.

At rest in the evening light at its base on Carey Lake, Hearst, Ontario. Started life in 1964 in Australia as VH-IDW. Now a long-standing member of the Hearst Air Service fleet, which it joined in the early 1970s. Note that the aircraft still retains the original Beaver porthole window.

The floats had the ability to hold water for dropping on wild fires. Built in 1962 and later converted to Vazar turboprop. Current in 2021 and Alaska based.