BELL IRVING
RADIO SITE

Built by Herman and Rolly, this plywood building
was only used a few times as emergency shelter.
The couple times I stayed overnight there,
we were kept company all night by a family of Pack Rats.
As well as Pack Rats, we had our own family of mice
to keep us company.
As you can see in the picture,
the building was anchored to the bed rock
with a couple cables over the tin roof.
It was equipped with a propane burner stove,
and a propane heater.
A couple of rough bunks, were home!
If the building wasn't in this picture,
it would look like a moon scape!
No trees at Bell Irving!

BELL IRVING SITE
Apr 1972
This picture shows the ladder into the top 3rd floor.
Also shows the Boat style hatch door,
in the open position, which was only about 3ft high.
The bottom floor is covered with snow.
The half moon vents shown,
are the air vents for the 2nd floor Telan Generators.
In the picture is Dave "Zoomin" Newman,
pilot with Okanagan Helicopters (now Canadian)
and on the right is Radio man Birke Brookbank
Bell 206 is in the background
Pictures taken by myself