DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1932 85 



(8) Improvements 



Due to the necessity of curtailing expenditures little or no improvement 

 work was carried out. 



Radio stations were again in use at Kapikik Lake, Swain's Lake, Red Lake, 

 Goose Island, Lake St. Joseph, Savant Lake, Caribou Lake, Sioux Lookout, 

 (2 stations), Otter Lake, Armstrong, Kenora, Upper Manitou Lake, Nestor's 

 Falls, Sphene Lake, Jackfish Island, Obonga Lake, Garden Lake, Macdiarmid, 

 Port Arthur, Pakashkan Lake, Puckaskwa, Sault Ste. Marie, Little Abitibi 

 Lake, Adair Tower, Stimson, Latchford Tower, North Bay, Delhi Tower, Maple 

 Mountain Tower, Mount Collins Tower, and Elk Lake. The stations at Gold 

 Pines and Fort Hope were discontinued and new stations opened at Sphene 

 Lake and Pakashkan Lake. 



Permanent Improvements 



Completed to October 31st, 1932 



Cabins 320 



Storehouses 73 



Boathouses 36 



Combined Storehouses and Boathouses, etc 14 



Bunkhouses 64 



Offices 16 



Garages 55 



Other Buildings 115 



Hose Towers 58 



Wooden Lookout Towers 89 



Permanent Telephone Lines (miles) 3,527 



Steel Lookout Towers 140 



(9) Air Operations 



Aircraft were again used extensively both for detection and suppression 

 purposes. Machines were located as follows: — 



Goose Island 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Caribou Lake 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Sioux Lookout 1 D.H. 61 



1 Moth 

 Kenora 1 Hamilton 



1 Moth 

 Fort Frances 1 Hamilton 



1 Moth 

 Port Arthur 1 Fairchild 



1 Vedette 

 Orient Bay 1 D.H. 61 



1 Moth 

 Twin Lakes 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 

 Oba Lake 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth 



Remi Lake 1 Moth 



Sault Ste. Marie 1 Moth 



Biscotasing 2 Moths 



Sudbury 1 Moth 



Elk Lake 1 Moth 



