Reregistered CF-BSQ in April 1941. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Construction of the Trans-Canada Airway system commended in 1933 as an unemployment relief scheme during the Depression that employed 6,000 men building a coast-to-coast network of airports in Canada to facilitate air services. Most of the airports were constructed at 50 mile intervals with Emsdale airport(CNA4) constructed on the airway between Toronto and North Bay, Ontario. The airport and hangar date from 1935. The Royal Norwegian Air Force used Emsdale as a relief airport when it moved its flight training school from Toronto Island Airport to Muskoka Airport (YQA) in 1942.

This Stinson 108 was imported to Canada in 1947 and owned by Andrew McLaurin when photographed at Emsdale Airport in June 2006

This 1941 Taylorcraft DC12-D was imported to Canada in 1969. It is was approved by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) for an owner maintenance program which is signified by the "X" added to the type designation and serial which results in a special certificate of airworthiness. It was based at Emsdale Airport north of Huntsville, Ontario which was constructed in 1935 as part of the Trans-Canada Airway system to improve airport facilities across Canada and facilitate greater air service.