A type of plane that typically flew the route between Vancouver & Bella Coola.

There is an airport in Bella Coola, but sometimes the low ceiling will not permit the planes to fly up the valley to it. In that case they had to land on the inlet near the wharf.

The plane would normally stop at Bella Bella, which did not have a dryland airport. There the plane would land in the sea.

This plane, which I was about to board, was scheduled to stop in Bella Bella and then go on to Bella Coola. Winter came late in 1976, and the end of February and the first part of March were marked by the first serious snowfall and cold weather, which stalled air transportation. This was the first plane in several days to leave Vancouver for the north.

This picture was taken in March, 1976