![[Photo P7-289]](P7-289.jpg)
Courtesy of Hazel Montague
Two masted ships are docked. Some men can be seen working near the water in the deep middle ground. At least a dozen crates are in the middle ground. A large tarpaulin covers other rectangular objects in the foreground. Large hills in the background.
In Chapter 24 of "North to Adventure", pp234-245, Monty tells of the arrival of the equipment to build three air bases in Hudson Strait in July of 1928. "One of these was to be at the eastern entrance of Port Burwell, and was to be known as Base A. There was to be another at the center of the south shore of Wakeham Bay, and this was to be known as Base B; and Base C was to be the name of the establishment at Nottingham Island on the western entrance to the strait" (p.234-235). Monty was assigned to Base A. On the SS Larch came "more men and more freight, among the last a tractor being unloaded (p.237-238).
Can this be Base A? It certainly has supplies and a tractor, however, it is hard to imagine it as an airbase.
In Chapter 24 of the book "North to Adventure", Monty describes the economica of shipping from the Hudson's Bay Company to Europe and the description of shipping conditions in both winter and summer. This explains the rationale of the attempt to set up these air bases in the late 20's as well as the attendant difficulties.
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