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(L-R) Wallace Dean and Ed Shaw getting some fresh air - December 1953. Courtesy Ed Shaw.
 
 
My luxurious accommodation at Cartwright - December 1953. Courtesy Norman Andree.
 
 
Larry Peshek in barracks - December 1953. Courtesy Norman Andree.
 
 
Are we having fun yet? - December 1953. Courtesy Norman Andree.
 
 
Typical winter sunset - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Winter sets in at the radar site - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Getting some supplies from an abandoned tent in the construction contractor's village - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The abandoned construction contractor's village - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The abandoned construction contractor's village - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Sled dog - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Standing on the frozen bay looking at the wharf and the Hudsron's Bay store - Novemner 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The Mounties dog team - November 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
View of Cartwright Air Station. Note that there is only one radome - October 1953. Courtesy Ed Shaw.
 
 
Checking our the damage after a bit of wind and snow - October 1953. (L-R) Bob "Happy" von ?, Foley, Hall.
 Courtesy Norman Andree.
 
 
The radar site as seen from the access road - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Barracks on the radar station - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Freeze up towards the open sea - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Looking towards the open sea from the radar station - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Barracks at the radar station - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
View of the village of Cartwright as seen from the radar station - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
(L-R) A/1C Dave Billings, S/Sgt Victor Alexander and A/1C Lyle Foltz - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
(L-R) S/Sgt Victor Alexander, S/Sgt Woodrow Wilson and A/1C Lyle Foltz - October 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
111th AC&W Squadron, Grenier AFB, Speial Orders Number 48, List of 922nd AC&W personnel assigned to Cartwright, Labrador, page 1 of 3 - 11 September 1953. Courtesy Don Wisgirda.
 
 
List of 922nd AC&W Squadron personnel assigned to Cartwright, page 2 of 3 - 11 September 1953. Courtesy Don Wisgirda.
 
 
List of 922nd AC&W Squadron personnel assigned to Cartwright, page 3 of 3 - 11 September 1953. Courtesy Don Wisgirda.
 
 
View towards the site after the first snow - September 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Winter is coming - September 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Two members of the advance party out for a walk - September 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
First frost - September 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
MV "Arctic Sealer" discharging cargo on the newly constructed dock - August 1953. Courtesy Bernie Heard.
 
 
View of the Cartwright village as seen from the fuel tank site with the Grenfell Mission in the background - August 1953. Courtesy Bernie Heard.
 
 
Looking southwest from the unfinished radar tower - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Abandoned construction contractor's barge - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Fuel tanks in distance - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Looking towards Cartwright from the radar station - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The new wharf area - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The bay at Cartwright - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Deserted village in the local area - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Grenfell Mission School with the dormitory (at left) - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
View of the village of Cartwright as seen from Grenfell Mission - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Dock at Grenfell Mission. Canadian Mountie and his wife - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Advance party members at the dock watching an SA-16 - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Advance party members (L-R) Van Johnson, Bill Pike, Lyle Foltz, Fred Sartain, an unidentified Army Corp of Engineers Lieutenant and USAF Lt Keith Lanier - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 departing Cartwright - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 departing Cartwright - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Lyle Foltz in the local area - August 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 on approach at Cartwright Bay - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 on Cartwright Bay - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 at Cartwright Bay. Leith (Bill) Pike at right - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
SA-16 at Cartwright Bay - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
  
Hudson's Bay Company store in Cartwright - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Hudson's Bay store (left) and the dock area in Cartwright - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
The village of Cartwright - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Radar station (on distant hill) as seen from the dock at Cartwright - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Looking north from the Hudson's Bay store in the village of Cartwright - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Looking across the bay from the village of Cartwright towards Grenfell mission - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Unidentified Corps of Engineers Lieutenant looking towards the village of Cartwright from the radar station - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Looking towards the town of Cartwight from the radar station. The contractors village in in the foreground - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Advance Party - M/Sgt Fred Sartain and A/1C Dave Billings - July 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Advance Party - Lyle Foltz in front of the enlisted mens tent - June 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
 
Advance party in front of enlisted mens tent. (L-R) A/1C Frank Niehaus, A/1C David Billings, S/Sgt James Tilley, Captain Sidney Kalmaer, S/Sgt Gordon Beamon, M/Sgt Fred Sartain, A/1C Van Johnson, A/1C Lyle Foltz, A/1C Leith Pike - June 1953. Courtesy Lyle Foltz.
 
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