Contents
The
Official History of the NWT&Y Radio System by WO1 Cal Vince
A
Northern Adventure: The Mad Trapper of Rat River by
"Nash" Neary.
How It All Began: RCSigs in the North by Rex Terpening
"Wop" May's
Hunt for Albert Johnson. Flight Log, and speech
by "Wop" May
Down North: A Dependent's Notes
of Interest by Jean Watts
The Day
the Yanks Bombed Dawson (newspaper clip from
The Standard)
Legacy Notes: Broadcast
Stations operated by the NWT&Y RS
Vignettes: Anecdotes from NWT&YRS Days
Oil
for Victory: The Canol Project by
Murray Lundberg
The Search for Levanevsky
by
Viktor Yeletsky
The
Last Flight of Will Rogers and Wiley Post
A
Signaller's Life on the Northern Stations
by Vince
Cavanagh (WO II Retd.)
A
Civilian Operator with the R.C. Sigs
by Doug Brabner
Memories
of The North by Bill Rogers
Memories of
the NWT&Y RS by Chuck Owens
The
Lost Patrol
Exercise Moccasin :
Excerpts from Sgt. Dick Watts' letters home
Exercise
Muskox :
Notes and links on the exercise from various sources
Tales from
the Territories: by Peter
Sinclair
Early History of Station
VEA, Dawson City: by WO Frank Heath
Plane Crash at Beaverlodge:
"The Venture", Urainium City
The Clandestine Beginnings of CFYT.by Dan Davidson.
Klondike Sun, August 8th, 1997.
Canadian Army Signals: Big Job in Northland The Drumheller Mail, Wed. May 11th 1949
Voices from the Past. The Yellowknifer, August 25th, 2006 by Andrew Raven.
Radio Station Opened at Great Bear Lake, Edmonton Journal Article, April 1, 1932
New Wireless Plant Opened in Northland, Edmonton Bulletin Article, August 16, 1933
First in the Field. JP Croal on first Defence Research Board establishment in arctic 1945/46
Special
Events Page
Vignettes
Page
Check out the Photo Albums: Aircraft
& WaterCraft
Check out the Broadcast Stations Page - Forerunners to CBC in the North
Books
of Interest
Visitors
to our Stories Page will note the inclusion of two new books on
subjects relating to Canada's northland in the era of the NWT&Y
Radio System - in this case, aviation - and because there is very
little direct involvement of RC Signals personnel in those stories
you may ask "why include them?".
When I first decided on this history project all I had to work on
was WO Cal Vince's official history. Any popularized version of
military history needs "people" stories so I invited others
to submit their reminiscences. It soon became apparent that in order
to get a full appreciation of what the RCCS signallers encountered
and endured during their service on the System it would be necessary
to put it all into a community context. Therefore it was decided
to also include stories of the communities, the industrial enterprizes
and the service industries - hence the inclusion of those fascinating
books written by Jack Lamb and Rex Terpening.
If any of our readers wish to recommend other such writings about,
or located in, the NWT&Y during the four decades between 1920
and 1960 we would be delighted to add them to our list of recommended
readings. -- MM
Bent Props and Blow
Pots by Rex Terpening
My Life in the North
by Jack Lamb
Bush Pilot with a Briefcase
by Ronald A. Keith
The Mad Trapper of Rad River
by Dick North
Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories by Cliff Lord
