Charter flight with replacement fishing boat crew

Central British Columbia Airways bought this Beaver in August 1951. Amalgamating with several smaller companies, they became Pacific Western Airlines in 1953. Pictured with Trans-Provincial Airlines , the airline would be bought by Harbour Air in 1993, but this Beaver stayed in the Queen Charlotte Islands with Peregrine Air Charter.

Air North operated five DC-3s in the early years. This is the only one to have a serious accident. Flying back on August 19, 1995 after a two year lease to Waglisla Airlines in Vancouver, the right engine had to be shut down due to an overspeed propeller after take-off. Returning to Vancouver, the aircraft struck the bank of the Fraser River turning to the runway and was written off.