Fox Harbour, Labrador
Photographs



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  1. Dining room at Christmas - December 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  2. Frozen lake - December 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  3. Another view of the frozen lake - December 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  4. Rec room and the typical pastime "drinking beer" (L-R) First Sgt (standing) and Gene Smith in the red shirt. The other three seated men were Canadian diesel operators - December 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  5. Looking down on the lake - December 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  6. Memorandum on Water Conservation - 26 November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  7. A squirrel in a tree - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  8. Gene Smith and his camera out for a walk - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  9. Dining and Rec Room area - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  10. Gene Smith looking at the transmitter section of the FPS-14 radar set - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  11. Gene Smith resting on his cot - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  12. Jospeh Valentine (Val) Brown's daughter at their home on the south shore of Fox Harbour - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  13. Waiting for a helicopter arrival at the pad - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  14. Airman Jackson trying to walk the path to Fox Harbour - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  15. Airman Jackson eventually falls on the steep path - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  16. The kludge and the Weasle. The radar site is on the hill to the right, obscured by fog - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  17. Desolation across the miles. POL tank in lower left corner - November 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  18. View of the ocean west of the site - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  19. Gene Smith with a shotgun used to shoot ducks - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  20. Kludge rigged to pump water from the lake to the site. Gene Smith in the photo - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  21. Taking the Weasle for a ride. Note the kludge in the background - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  22. Weasle hauling a small boat to the lake - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  23. Beautiful sunset to the north - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  24. Another sunset - October 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  25. FPS-14 radar tower and radome. Digging to install Troposcatter commonications antenna footings - September 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  26. Resupply ship in the harbor, taken from the road at the site - September 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  27. USAF vehicle waiting for supplies from the resupply ship - September 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  28. USAF Otter seaplane landing in the harbor - August 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  29. Looking north across the harbor as a USAF SA-16 seaplane brings in supplies - July 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  30. USAF SA-16 seaplane lands in the harbor - July 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  31. Floating dock for sea planes - July 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  32. Looking north from the site towards the lake - July 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  33. Rocky coast at the ocean - July 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  34. A Russian fishing boat. I wonder why they were at Fox Harbour? - June 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  35. Gene Smith's room - June 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  36. Gene Smith with the local RCMP and his dog - June 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  37. Helicopter welcomed with refuelling pump - June 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  38. Setting up the drum to refuel the helicopter - June 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  39. Ice flow as seen from the site - May 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  40. Smaller lake west of the site - May 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  41. Large iceberg. Note how small the ships are in size compared to the iceberg - May 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  42. Making music in the kitchen. The Hatfield brothers were cooks (one playing the guitar and the other looking at the camera). Others were Radar Operators - May 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  43. Looking across the harbor towards the north shore of Fox Harbour - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  44. Looking north across the harbor from the main part of Fox Harbour - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  45. USAF helicopter bringing in food and mail to the site - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  46. View of the Gap Filler site. (L-R) Fuel tank, disaster building, main building, radar tower and radome for FPS-14 search radar. Note the H-21 helicopter shadow in the foreground. This photo was taken by Gene Smith from the Helo pad - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  47. Fox Harbour AFS as seen from the helicopter pad. Note the Weasle in the left foreground - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  48. Fox Harbour Gap Filler Air Force Station - April 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  49. Gene Smith on right getting ready to depart for Fox Harbour - 8 March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  50. Even though we were civilian Tech Reps, we were required to wear the Air Force uniform with this Tech Rep patch on the shoulder - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  51. Partial view of the Fox Harbour Gap Filler site as seen from a helicopter - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  52. Cartwright AFS as seen from a helicopter - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  53. Gene Smith evaluating the snow depth at Goose Bay - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  54. (L-R) Gene Smith, Tech Rep for Fox Harbour and Bud Berryman, Tech Rep for Spotted Island in front of the Polaris Hotel, (Officers Transit Quarters) at Goose Bay - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  55. (L-R) unidentified Tech Rep for Cut Throat Island and Bud Berryman, Tech Rep for Spotted Island in front of the Polaris Hotel, (Officer's Transit Quarters) at Goose Bay - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  56. Flight from Pepperrell AFB to Goose AB - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  57. Flight from Pepperrell AFB to Goose AB - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  58. Living quarters at Pepperrell AFB - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  59. Flight to Pepperrell AFB in Newfoundland - March 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  60. Bendix FPS-14 class in the Curtis-Wright Hangar at Pimlico, MD - March 1957.
    Back row (L-R) - William Clark (Instructor), unknown, Roy Rose (Cut Throat Island), Gene Smith (Fox Harbour), unknown, Vic Malange, Cy Thomas. Front row (L-R) Al Hall (deceased), Walter "Bud" Berryman (Spotted Isle), Donald Siekmeier (St. Anthony).
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  61. Transportation Authorization Orders. Number 2476, page 1/2 - 26 February 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.

  62. Transportation Authorization Orders. Number 2476, page 2/2 - 26 February 1957.
    Courtesy Gene Smith.



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