Hydrographic Surveying and
Charting of British Columbia waters and the
Canadian Western Arctic
ByThomas D.W. McCulloch
1953 to 1967Barry Lusk Productions
General Charts of the British Columbia Coast and inland waters
The “Clash of 53” – a peculiar group!!The author. Thomas McCulloch
Porcher Island and Kitkatla Inlet. Surveys of 1953
Kitkatla Inlet and the 28 foot tides were awe
inspiring to see.
Vancouver Island and the inside passage
Vancouver Island Inside Passage and the Broughton archipelago
The peace and tranquility of surveys in Knight Inlet
Hydrographic Activities on the West Coast of British Columbia
Queen Charlotte Islands 1955
Wm. J. Stewart, Burrard Inlet 1954Captain George Billard Master Wm. J. Stewart
1953-62
The old covered wagon ready for action
Queen Charlotte Is. “Curlew” 1956. A motley
crew
Butedale- Sundaymail Day, 1955. Charlie Poole ,Sandy Sandilands, Ralph Wills, Al
Ages
Inshore and off shore survey areas in the
Queen Charlotte Islands 1954 to 1957(4 to 5 months each of these years
were spent aboard the Wm. J. Stewart)
Operational Area In the Queen
Charlotte’s 1954
Operational Area in the Queen Charlotte’s 1955
Operational Area in the Queen
Charlotte’s 1956/57
Copper Island Green Slave Decca 6F site.
A happy bunch of hydrographic
surveyors? Ward Room Wm J.
Stewart, 1954
Operational area 1954
Cumshewa Inlet
Operational area 1955 Selwyn
Inlet
Operational area 1956/57.
Skincuttle Inlet
Operational area out of
Prince Rupert in the 1953’s
McKenney Island Decca
site in the 1950/1960’s
Decca Station on McKenney Island 1957
Decca surveys were conducted in Hecate Strait from 1953 to
1961
McKenney Island. Purple Slave. Decca
6F site
Copper Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Decca 6F Station. Established 1957
Decca surveys in Hecate strait required electronic positioning of the ship. Sites ashore were cleared by hand to facilitate shore station’s.
“A Long Journey”
4047 nautical miles between Victoria and Tuktoyaktuk
Canada’s Western Arctic
CSS Richardson 1962 Canada’s Western Arctic
CCG Camsell towing Richardson 1967
RCMP launch Spalding1961 US Coastguard Icebreaker
“Storis” 1958 in Cambridge Bay
US Coastguard icebreaker “North Wind off Point
Barrow- 1967
14,000 horse power ride for “Richardson” astern of
“Camsell” and “Northwind”
This Ends my Presentation
15 years of hard but satisfying hydrographic
surveying
Thank you for your attention
Visual presentation prepared by Lusk Hydrographic Expertise S.P.
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