Originally the living quarters at Brown Bear,
was a 12 ft TeePee Trailer,
at the side of the Nass Road.
Beside it, was a Snow Cat Garage.
Later, in the early 70's,
the trailer was moved up to the Radio Site,
only a few meters from the Radio Room.
The Garage was moved 100 yds up the road,
still visible from the highway.
The TeePee was replaced with a permanent Living Quarters,
built by Herman Wiebe and Rolly Anderson.
It was one main room, with an open porch,
and closed bathroom, equipped with a Humus toilet.
This building burnt to the ground in the 90’s.
It was replaced by a house trailer.
I left $5.00 in the table drawer,
for an emergency trip to Hyder, can I claim that now?
Originally the site was powered by 2- BMC Diesels.
One was always on stand-by.
These were replaced by 2 Deutz diesels.
Originally there was no battery back-up at the site.
The first radio system was the Lenkurt 71 radio,
and later 74 radio to Aiyansh.
Both of these were tube type analog radios.
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BROWN BEAR
STORIES 

Tee-Pee Trailer Sleeping Conditions

Some Brown Bear stories that come to mind,
are the living conditions in the little Tee-Pee trailer.
I worked with one fellow, by the name of Birke Brookbank,
who could shake the trailer with his snoring.
You learned quickly to go to bed early,
and get to sleep before him, or you were up all night.
The heater seldom worked in the winter,
so in the morning it would sometimes be a little frosty on the floor.
It was big enough for one person, but crowded with 2.
I remember days and nights with 4 sleeping in the trailer,
and 1 or 2 in the radio room on the floor.
Imagine all them in this little trailer to eat!
Speaking of eating, Birke Brookbank,
would order in New York steaks
the size of a dinner plate to be prepared
on the hibachi, summer or winter.
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Bum Guts?

One story retold, is the day Chuck Lequereux,
came upon a dead moose, and as the story goes,
he removed the “Bum Guts” and cleaned them,
and had them drying in the open porch.
When the supervisor, Don Parr came to the site for a visit,
what a surprise he got staring at the entrails,
of a moose hanging in the porch.
This also happened with a few fish that Chuck had caught.
What's wrong with a couple fish heads,
hanging up at the door?
Needless to say, Don wasn’t impressed!