DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND MINES
Fredericton, NBFebruary 24, 1960
Chief of the Air Staff
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of National Defence
Victoria Island
Ottawa, Ontario
Attention: Group Capt JW Griffith
File S10-136-80/5 (JDPG)
Dear Sir:
Please refer to your letter of February 8 to Fraser Companies, Ltd, Edmundston, NB.
On June 11, 1959, the Hon NB Buchanan, Minster of this Department, wrote to Mr JP Adam, Regional Manager of Real Estate, Department of Transport, Montreal, granting permission to enter on Provincial Crown lands for testing purposes. I enclose a copy of his letter for your information. Since that time Mr Adam has twice reported that he has no further information on the matter. Your letter to Fraser Companies, forwarded to us, is the first information we have been able to obtain concering the proposed project.
I enclose part of a map of New Brunswick on which Provincial Crown lands are indicated in green. You will note that Mount Carleton and part of the access road to it are on Provincial Crown land. The Forest Fire Lookout Station is the property of the Province.
Will you please forward to this office as soon as possible a detailed statement concerning the proposed project indicating the location and standard of the access road and the location and area of land that will be required for structures.
Meanwhile the matter will be referred to the Forest Fire Protection and Communications Branches of this Department preliminary to discussing with you an agreement for mutual use of the site. It will be necessary that such an agreement receive the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Yours very truly,
K B Brown
Executive Assistant.
Frederiction, NB
June 11, 1959
Mr JP Adam
Regional Manager Real Estate
Department of Transport
Room 44
211 St Sacrament Street
Montreal 1, Quebec
Dear Mr Adams:
This will acknowledge your letter of June 8 re sites for Gap Filler Stations.
The location of Scotch Settlement is now occupied by the NB Telephone Co and the Department of Public Works stations as well as the Department of Lands and Mines radio and lookout tower. The Department of Lands and Mines owns about 4 acres as shown on the enclosed return of survey. This will be your authority to enter on the Department of Lands and Mines property for testing purposes.
Access to Mount Carleton is over roads constructed by Fraser Companies on Crown lands under timber license to them and land which they own. Permission for access should be obtained from Mr VC Bastin, Manager, Lumber and Logging Department, Fraser Companies Ltd, Edmunston, NB. This will also be your authority to enter on Crown land in the Mount Carleton area for testing purposes.
Permission for surveys and construction of roads and power lines over privately owned lands should be arranged with the owners. Both the Crown and Fraser Companies will be interested in construction over Crown land leading to Mount Carleton. Please contact this office again on the matter when your plans are sufficiently advanced.
Adequate measures to avoid interference with the Department's established radio communications and forest fire detection systems will be a matter for future discussion. If these are satisfactory, permission to erect structures can be obtained for Mount Carleton. It seems probable that purchase of an additional area from the property owner will be desirable at Scotch Settlement.
Yours very truly,
Normal B Buchanan
Minister