Cartwright, Labrador
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  1. (L-R) Wallace Dean and Ed Shaw getting some fresh air - December 1953.
    Courtesy Ed Shaw.

  2. My luxurious accommodation at Cartwright - December 1953.
    Courtesy Norman Andree.

  3. Larry Peshek in barracks - December 1953.
    Courtesy Norman Andree.

  4. Are we having fun yet? - December 1953.
    Courtesy Norman Andree.

  5. Typical winter sunset - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  6. Winter sets in at the radar site - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  7. Getting some supplies from an abandoned tent in the construction contractor's village - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  8. The abandoned construction contractor's village - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  9. The abandoned construction contractor's village - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  10. Sled dog - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  11. Standing on the frozen bay looking at the wharf and the Hudsron's Bay store - Novemner 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  12. The Mounties dog team - November 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  13. View of Cartwright Air Station. Note that there is only one radome - October 1953.
    Courtesy Ed Shaw.

  14. Checking our the damage after a bit of wind and snow - October 1953.
    (L-R) Bob "Happy" von ?, Foley, Hall.
    Courtesy Norman Andree.

  15. The radar site as seen from the access road - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  16. Barracks on the radar station - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  17. Freeze up towards the open sea - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  18. Looking towards the open sea from the radar station - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  19. Barracks at the radar station - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  20. View of the village of Cartwright as seen from the radar station - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  21. (L-R) A/1C Dave Billings, S/Sgt Victor Alexander and A/1C Lyle Foltz - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  22. (L-R) S/Sgt Victor Alexander, S/Sgt Woodrow Wilson and A/1C Lyle Foltz - October 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  23. 111th AC&W Squadron, Grenier AFB, Speial Orders Number 48, List of 922nd AC&W personnel assigned to Cartwright, Labrador, page 1 of 3 - 11 September 1953.
    Courtesy Don Wisgirda.

  24. List of 922nd AC&W Squadron personnel assigned to Cartwright, page 2 of 3 - 11 September 1953.
    Courtesy Don Wisgirda.

  25. List of 922nd AC&W Squadron personnel assigned to Cartwright, page 3 of 3 - 11 September 1953.
    Courtesy Don Wisgirda.

  26. View towards the site after the first snow - September 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  27. Winter is coming - September 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  28. Two members of the advance party out for a walk - September 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  29. First frost - September 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  30. MV "Arctic Sealer" discharging cargo on the newly constructed dock - August 1953.
    Courtesy Bernie Heard.

  31. View of the Cartwright village as seen from the fuel tank site with the Grenfell Mission in the background - August 1953.
    Courtesy Bernie Heard.

  32. Looking southwest from the unfinished radar tower - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  33. Abandoned construction contractor's barge - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  34. Fuel tanks in distance - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  35. Looking towards Cartwright from the radar station - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  36. The new wharf area - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  37. The bay at Cartwright - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  38. Deserted village in the local area - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  39. Grenfell Mission School with the dormitory (at left) - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  40. View of the village of Cartwright as seen from Grenfell Mission - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  41. Dock at Grenfell Mission. Canadian Mountie and his wife - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  42. Advance party members at the dock watching an SA-16 - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  43. Advance party members (L-R) Van Johnson, Bill Pike, Lyle Foltz, Fred Sartain, an unidentified Army Corp of Engineers Lieutenant and USAF Lt Keith Lanier - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  44. SA-16 departing Cartwright - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  45. SA-16 departing Cartwright - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  46. Lyle Foltz in the local area - August 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  47. SA-16 on approach at Cartwright Bay - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  48. SA-16 on Cartwright Bay - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  49. SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  50. SA-16 at Cartwright Bay. Leith (Bill) Pike at right - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  51. SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  52. SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  53. Hudson's Bay Company store in Cartwright - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  54. Hudson's Bay store (left) and the dock area in Cartwright - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  55. The village of Cartwright - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  56. Radar station (on distant hill) as seen from the dock at Cartwright - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  57. Looking north from the Hudson's Bay store in the village of Cartwright - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  58. Looking across the bay from the village of Cartwright towards Grenfell mission - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  59. Unidentified Corps of Engineers Lieutenant looking towards the village of Cartwright from the radar station - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  60. Looking towards the town of Cartwight from the radar station. The contractors village in in the foreground - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  61. Advance Party - M/Sgt Fred Sartain and A/1C Dave Billings - July 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  62. Advance Party - Lyle Foltz in front of the enlisted mens tent - June 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.

  63. Advance party in front of enlisted mens tent. (L-R) A/1C Frank Niehaus, A/1C David Billings, S/Sgt James Tilley, Captain Sidney Kalmaer, S/Sgt Gordon Beamon, M/Sgt Fred Sartain, A/1C Van Johnson, A/1C Lyle Foltz, A/1C Leith Pike - June 1953.
    Courtesy Lyle Foltz.



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