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1960 – National Archives of Canada


ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS
Forest Protection Branch

5-1 (SFP)

March 22, 1960

Dear Sir

Re: Forestry Towers in Northern Ontario

Further to our recent correspondence on this subject and particularly your request for information on the tower sizes required at the locations we are concerned with.

At Atikokan, Batchawana, Elliot Lake, Timmins and Biscotasing, we will require 100' towers. Your standard 75' tower will be satisfactory for Oba.

Although Timmins and Biscotasing are presently only 80' towers, we would erect 100' towers if we were to replace them. In any event, we would not wish to degrade our visibility from these sites to the 65' level of observation from your standard tower.

Yours very truly,

T E Mackey,
Chief, Forest Protection

J W Griffith, Group Captain
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of National Defence
Victoria Island,
Ottawa, Ontario