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New Construction and Expansion 



During the period no new construction was undertaken, although we are in 

 need of several new additions and hope that they may be completed at an early date. 

 These involve two cottages at Kenora, two cottages and a workshop at Lauzon Lake, 

 two cottages at Sioux Lookout, and two cottages and a workshop north of White River 

 at Tutney Lake. It has been difficult for the Department of Public Works to get 

 satisfactory prices on these projects and we think this is the main reason for their 

 construction having been deferred. There are still a few odds and ends to be completed 

 in the new Hangar building itself, but a contract has been let which I believe will 

 accomplish this end. Xo new bases were opened during the period covered in this 

 report. 



Equipment 



During the period six new Beaver aircraft were purchased from the De Havil- 

 land Company of Canada. Some of these were put into service immediately, while 

 others acted as spares and were utilized as it became necessary to do so. It was also 

 decided to reduce our Norseman fleet, and to this end three Mark VI's and three 

 Mark V's were sold. To replace these an order for six new Beavers was placed with the 

 De Havilland Company for delivery in the spring of 1951. 



Winter Operations 



Winter operations as conducted during the previous winter were continued 

 in the winter of 1950-51. Beaver aircraft were operated from Toronto, Algonquin 

 Park, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Gogama, Chapleau. Geraldton, Port Arthur, Eva 

 Lake; and two Norseman were again operated from Sioux Lookout. A special deer 

 census was undertaken in the vicinity of Kenora and Fort Frances to provide informa- 

 tion on which legislation for this area can be formulated. Other winter flying included 

 supervision and enforcement of Fish and Wildlife activities, supervision of timber and 

 logging operations, transportation of scalers, selection of tower sites, transportation of 

 Departmental officials, and such emergency flights as were required. 



JJ^ndex ol tables 



Table No. Page 



1. Allocation of aircraft --------------17 



2. Transport aircraft — effective loads carried -------18 



3. Hours flown on various phases of flying operations - - - - 19 



4. Passengers and personnel carried ----------20 



5. Hours flown at bases --------------20 



6. Flying time — pilots ---------------20 



7. Flying time — aircraft -------------22 



