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NASS LIGHT ROUTE
MICROWAVE SYSTEM
CHAPTER #5y

 
LAVA LAKE
RADIO SITE

 


AERIAL OF LAVA LAKE
FROM THE LAVA LAKE SIDE
Pictures by Glen Olver


Clearing the land

The land for this site was cleared
 by the Terrace Radio Crew.
We built a plastic shelter, small tin stove,
and there we stayed until all the trees,
small stumpy variety were cleared.


Bringing supplies in, chain saws, water pump, food, plastic. etc.

 
Clearing the trees and burning them


Temporary plastic structure while building permanent Living Quarters


Home sweet home in the plastic tent

Building the Permanent Living Quarters

The living quarters was built on site,
but the radio room and diesel room,
were flown up the mountain from a logging road,
accessed at end of lava lake at 48 mile.
This and Kitsum. were the first sites,
to have Deutz Diesels and cyclic power.

 


Looking towards Kitsumkalum

One Lava Lake story was our acquiring
the beautiful cedar picnic table we had.
One day we needed a table, and leaving the Barn,
we noticed that Vic Filby had just got a nice cedar table,
all varnished up nice out behind the Barn.
(Construction Dept and Vic were proud of this table)
We needed a table to eat on,
so we loaded the table onto the flat deck,
and drove it up to the bottom of the hill,
and helicopter slinged it to the site.


Photo by Brian Wolfe

It was quite a sight, swinging under the machine.
Well the search was on back in Terrace,
but never did the table show up!
Out foxed by Radio again!
Old Victor passed away a few years ago,
so it is safe to tell the story now!


Looking toward Aiyansh

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