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Former Pakistan Air Force and SAFE Air - Straits Air Freight Express Bristol Freighter was bought by Trans - Provincial Airlines in 1989 to service the Snip Gold mine in and out of Bronson Creek, BC. The aircraft was bought by Hawkair Aviation in 1994 after TPA's bankruptcy in 1993. On April 24, 1997 C-FTPA ground looped on landing at Bronson Creek, collapsing the right main gear and crushing the fuselage when it went into a ditch. Serviceable parts were removed and the remains buried on site.

Pictured in Trans Provincial's final color scheme, this Twin Otter would go to Kenn Borek Air in 1993 when TPA was acquired by Harbour Air. The aircraft was leased to Harbour Air for the summers of 1993 and 1994. After that, periodic leases to Maldivian Air Taxi (8Q-CSL) occurred until the aircraft was re-registered C-GIKB when returned to Kenn Borek at the end of 2009.

Trans-Provincial acquired this Otter in 1970. Bought by Air BC in 1981, TPA would operate separately, flying with Air BC colors and TPA titles. In 1988 TPA became independent, changing their color scheme by reversing the red and blue colors on their aircraft. The airline ceased flying in 1993 and C-FKLC moved to Quebec, converted to a Vazar Turbine Otter circa 2003. In 2006 it was damaged in a ground collision. While being moved by helicopter, the aircraft detached from the sling. The wreck has changed hands several times and remains stored outside in Laval, QC as late as September 2022.

Originally delivered to Canadian Superior Oil in October 1967 (known as Mobile Oil Canada after 1984), this Twin Otter was first leased by Trans Provincial Airlines in 1987. Pictured with the former owner's colors and logo still on the tail, it was operated until withdrawn from use in March 1993. Bought by Kenn Borek Air, the aircraft has gone on periodic leases to Harbour Air in Vancouver and Maldivian Air Taxi in Male. It was re-registered C-GIKB after returning from the Maldives in 2009.

Cessna 180H, CF-UIG, was imported to Canada in 1966 and has operated on floats most of its career. It was part of Terrace & Prince Rupert-based Trans-Provincial Airlines' (TPA) fleet of 24 aircraft in 1970 and probably joined the fleet in the 1960s. The aircraft remained with TPA though its purchase and sale by Jim Pattison Industries until the airline went bankrupt in 1993. After five subsequent owners in British Columbia including Fort Langley Air, it's been based in La Ronge, Saskachewan since November 2020.

DHC-3, msn 445, was delivered to Trans Provincial Air Carriers Ltd. in Terrace, BC in Aug. 1964. Changed name to Trans Provincial Airlines after buying two routes from PWA. TPA served forestry, mining, fishing and First National sites on the NW BC coast from bases at the Terrace, the Seal Cove seaplane base in Prince Rupert and Sandspit Airport. In June 1980 it was delivering groceries to an exploration camp on Crescent Inlet, about 55 km S of Sandspit, when the tide started to go out almost grounding the Otter! This inlet is now the northern boundary of the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.

DHC-3, c/n 21, delivered to Royal Norwegian Air Force in March 1954. To the United Nations Air Transport Force (UNATF) in the Congo as No. 304 in Aug. 1960. Deployed to UN Observation Mission in Yemen in Sep. 1974. Flew Yemen to Canada as N128F in 1964. To G.Rae MacLeod of Aero Leasing, YUL as CF-RNO. To Pacific Western Airlines, YVR in Apr 1968. To Trans Provincial Airlines in YXT in Aug 1968. When PWA added 737s in 1968 it sold its northern svcs to TPA. C-FRNO flew on fixed and amphibious floats on the northwest coast of BC with TPA (1968-93) and Harbour Air (1993-01). To DHC-3T in 2001.

Grumman G-21A Goose, C-FUAZ was delivered new to the US Coast Guard in February 1940 as V185 and was sold by the US government in November 1946 as NC95400 and later N95400. The aircraft was registered to three different owners in the Bahamas between 1963-1965, then imported to Canada in December 1965 by Northwest Industries (NWI) which was large MRO company based in Edmonton, owned by CAE. In May 1966, NWI sold the Goose to BC Airlines, a subsidiary, and the aircraft was registered C-FUAZ. It joined the Trans-Provincial fleet in April 1969. With Wilderness Seaplanes in Port Hardy in 2022.

Pacific Western Airlines of Vancouver, BC imported Grumman G-21A Goose, CF-UMG, from Alaska in August 1966. It had previously flown with the US Dept of Interior's Bureau of Land Management in Alaska as N643 and with Fleet Air Transport in 1963-1964 as N643H. In August 1968, PWA sold CF-UMG to Trans-Provincial Airlines (TPA) which had a landline base in Terrace and a seaplane base at Seal Cove in Prince Rupert. The airline's main business was servicing coastal communities and logging camps on the northern BC coast. TPA was acquired by Jim Pattison Ind. c1980 for Air BC, but remained separate.

Originally a Convair 340 delivered to United Airlines in 1952, Sierra Pacific Airlines bought this Convair 580 in November 1982. Pictured on a short lease to Trans Provincial Airlines (May to September 1990), the aircraft was eventually retired in 1995 and the registration cancelled.

Trans-Provincial Airlines Goose pictured in their recently revised colors; the airline reversed the red and blue of their previous scheme. Trans-Provincial ceased flying in March 1993 and the aircraft was leased to Waglisla Air from June until it crashed on take-off at Prince Rupert, BC on December 4, 1993. The wreck was salvaged and the wings used to re-build Goose N327 / cn 1051.

Trans-Provincial Airlines was acquired by the Pattison Group in the early 1980s when Air BC was formed but operated as a separate division primarily serving the north coast of British Columbia. The main base of operations was the former wartime RCAF seaplane base at Seal Cove in Prince Rupert. Goose CF-EFN operated on the BC coast from the early 1970s until Feb 28, 1991 when it was damaged when it ground looped on landing at Sandspit Airport (CYZP). The wreck was acquired by the Tongass Historical Society in Ketchikan (AK) in 1992 as N88821, and was still under restoration for static display with them by 2022.

Trans-Provincial Airlines was bought by the Jim Pattison Group (owner of Air West) in 1979. When six coastal carriers merged to form Air BC in 1980, Trans-Provincial kept it's name and operated separately out of Prince Rupert, BC. In 1987, Trans-Provincial and Powell Air merged to form Pacific Coastal Airlines. C-FUJM went to the USA as N67KA in 1997. A year later the aircraft had a Vazar Turbine conversion and was flying in Alaska registered N959PA until 2021.

On August 8, 1964, this Otter was delivered to Trans Provincial Air Carriers. Later re-named Trans Provincial Airlines, TPA would fly this Otter for the next 29 years. Although owned by Air BC after 1981, the airline kept operating under it's own name. In 1991, the airline began an expansion with larger aircraft (DHC-6, CV580 and Bristol Freighters) but the expense brought them down in 1993 with C-FRHW sold by receivers in 1993. Still flying, the aircraft had a Texas Turbine conversion in 2008.

This Beaver was delivered to the US Army as 56-0406 on September 27, 1957. It was one of a batch of Army Beavers bought by B & M Aviation of Lachute, QC in 1973 for re-build and re-sale. Trans-Provincial Airlines operated the aircraft 1974 to around 1983. It went to the USA in 1993 as N67680 . The bush plane is current as N115CX based in Anchorage, AK at the time of uploading.

Registered N41JA in 1971 by Britten-Norman distributor Jonas Aircraft, this Islander would fly with several local carriers before coming to Canada in 1980 for Air BC / Trans Provincial Airlines. In 1985, the aircraft was sold to Borealis Exploration Ltd. for Oil and Gas support. It was written off September 18, 1987 at Caribou Horn Lake, NT, the accident report providing no details.

Built for Pan Am in 1954, imported by Kelowna Flightcraft in 1988 and here on lease to Trans-Provincial. In 2021 it was back in service with KFC.

Delivered to Shell Canada Ltd on April 14, 1958 as CF-KLC, this Otter flew with Trans-Provincial Airlines from 1970 through 1993. The aircraft moved to the Province of Quebec in 1995 and had a Vazar turbine conversion in 2003. Damaged in 2006 when another landing Otter ran into C-FKLC, tearing off the right wing. When being moved by helicopter, it was dropped from a substantial height and destroyed.