- AAAB5801
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- 1984-04-10 [date recorded]
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: First trips made by Queen Charlotte Airlines (QCA) into Black Tusk; QCA proposal for a commercial venture in Garibaldi Park in 1948; QCA's first commercial operations on Garibaldi Lake, and the construction of the first of two QCA cabins in 1949. Other QCA developments in the Black Tusk area of Garibaldi Park: snow floats; boat construction; trail blazing from lake outlet to the QCA cabin; operation of cabin by the Brandvolds and Glen "Red" Mahon. TRACK 2: Continued from track 1 -- Red Mahon operating QCA cabin; memorable events; 1951 crash below Barrier Lake; 1950 meeting with W.H. Mathews; termination of QCA operations at Garibaldi Lake; wraps up with QCA being taken over by PWA.