Cape Bauld, NF
1942


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  1. General view of the complex - 28 December 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  2. RCAF personnel with dogs in front of Nissen huts - 28 December 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  3. Closer view of the Nissen huts - 28 December 1942.
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  4. Hauling oil by manpower - 28 December 1942.
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  5. View of the Nissen huts - 28 December 1942.
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  6. Officers quarters - 28 December 1942.
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  7. Mail drop by parachute - 28 December 1942.
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  8. Mail drop by parachute - 28 December 1942.
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  9. Kitchen, Mess Hall and Airmen's barracks - 28 December 1942.
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  10. Snowed in at Cape Baud and trying to "dig their way out" - 25 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  11. Snowed in at Cape Bauld - 25 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  12. A family who befriended us on our trip to St. Anthony - 23 December 1942.
    Nore their "twin daughters"
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  13. Leaving for St. Anthony - 22 December 1942.
    (L-R) - P Coughlan, W McLachlan, M Gilmore, J Allen, R Gates, M Robitaille, R Goode.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  14. Mail delivery by parachute - 21 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  15. Picking up the damaged mail - 21 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  16. Collapsed communications tower and the pole that replaced it - 16 December 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  17. Toppled communications tower - 16 December 1942.
    This photo is extremlely rare - in that it shows the location of the lighthouse in relation to the communications towers.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  18. RDF Operations building with the rotating antenna - 16 December 1942.
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  19. Officers quarters - 16 December 1942.
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  20. Canso dropping supplies by parachute - 16 December 1942.
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  21. Canso dropping supplies by parachute - 16 December 1942.
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  22. Snow around the quarters after a 68mph blizzard - 16 December 1942.
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  23. Radio towers - 14 December 1942.
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  24. Local landscape and the wireless towers in the distance - 14 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  25. Larger image of the wireless towers in the distance - 14 December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  26. Outside toilet with stove for heat - 4 December 1942.
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  27. Power house - 4 December 1942.
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  28. Beacon building - 4 December 1942.
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  29. W/T building - 4 December 1942.
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  30. PO JM Redding, standing by our station sign. Who were to be our visitors - Germans? - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  31. Larger image of the 30 RD station sign - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  32. The landscape, the domestic site and the wireless towers on the hill-top - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  33. The bare terrain with a glimpse of the station and Labrador across the Strait of Belle Isle - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  34. The "one holer". A larger one was built later - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  35. Bill McLachlan on skis - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  36. Long cold Northern nights. The sun going down - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  37. Digging out the cook-house and loading the sleigh - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  38. Hauling to the snow dump - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  39. (L-R) Nelson Golding, Sgt Fournier, Sgt Richler - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  40. Unidentified Newfoundlander hauling wood to heat his house - December 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  41. Unloading lumber from the MS Aristocrat - 28 November 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  42. Power line running from pump house to other buildings - 28 November 1942.
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  43. The radio detachment - 28 November 1942.
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  44. This was the original "outhouse" to service 70 men - 28 November 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  45. Construction of the auxiliary store house - 20 November 1942.
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  46. Civilians were used to haul the heavy materials - 20 November 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  47. Hoisting oil barrels from "LK Swenney" - 16 November 1942.
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  48. Full compliment of personnel - 16 November 1942.
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  49. Radio towers of W/T buildings under construction - 16 November 1942.
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  50. Emergency oil supply - 6 November 1942.
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  51. RCAF personnel carrying lumber for the buildings - 6 November 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  52. Unloading oil barrels with antennas in the background - 6 November 1942.
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  53. The signals buildings and the communications towers before the collapse of 16 December - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  54. Hauling a diesel-electric unit to the Power-House - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  55. Hauling an diesel electric unit to the station making use of man-power - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  56. Hauling a diesel electric unit up the gang plank at Pigeon Cove - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  57. There were many people pulling the equipment, but this was not light work - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  58. The kitchen culinary assistants peeling potatoes for a meal - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  59. (L-R) Ray Goode and Martin Gilmore with a sled dog - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  60. The advance party - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  61. WO2 YJ Smith in charge of security. Note the ice-berg floating by - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  62. Banking the huts - November 1942.
    Ray Goode with wheel-barrow, Paul Coughlan spreading and Martin Gilmore looking on.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  63. Bill McLachlan filling the wheel-barrow - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  64. Dog team hauling material - November 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  65. The Air Force contingent aboard the LK Sweeney from Botwood to Cape Bauld - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  66. The "Aristocrat" leaving Botwood Harbour for Cape Bauld - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  67. MS Aristocrat in Botwood Harbour - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  68. RCAF personnel on the Arictocrat in Botwood Harbour - 27 October 1942.
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  69. Walking from Pigeon Cove, carrying our kits, to the domestic site - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  70. RCAF personnel carrying their kits across the rocks to the camp - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

  71. RCAF personnel on the beach at Pigeon Cove - 27 October 1942.
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  72. RCAF personnel on the beach at Pigeon Cove - 27 October 1942.
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  73. Pigeon Cove, where we landed from fishing boats from Quirpon village - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  74. The first accommodations at Pigeon Cove - 27 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  75. Unloading the fishing boats in Pigeon Cove - 26 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  76. The OK Service unloading to fishing boats at Pigeon Cove - 26 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  77. Transporting equipment to Pigeon Cove - 26 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  78. The lighthouse at Cape Bauld as viewed from the LK Sweeney - 25 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  79. The "Sweeny gun-crew" manning the protective gun - 25 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  80. The LK Sweeney with the OK Service in the foreground on the way to Cape Bauld - 25 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  81. The OK Service vessel on its way to Cape Bauld - 25 October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  82. Boats in the harbour at Quirpon - October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  83. Embarking from Sweeney to fishing boats at Quirpon - October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  84. RCAF personnel at in Quirpon - October 1942.
    Back row (L-R) - LAC John Allen, Cliff Boxtrom. Front row (L-R) - Sgt M Richler, LAC RA Gowrie, Cpl AG Roddick.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  85. Bill McLachlan with a Huskey pup captured by the crew in Labrador - October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  86. The Advance Party at Cape Bauld - October 1942.
    S/L Kenny (Commanding Officer - center), F/L Margeson (Radar Officer - right).
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.

  87. Landing and storage site at Cape Bauld - October 1942.
    Courtesy Bill McLachlan.


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