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Randy Stagg Video Production, BC Airfield Stories, Telegraph Creek

Telegraph Creek is a small community located off Highway 37 in northern British Columbia at the confluence of the Stikine River and Telegraph Creek.[3] The only permanent settlement on the Stikine River, it is home to approximately 250 members of Tahltan First Nation and non-native residents. The town offers basic services, including Anglican and Catholic churches, a general store, post office, clinic, two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, and a K-9 school. Steep river banks and rocky gorges form the terraced nature of the geography. The Stikine region is the traditional home of the Tahltan people, who have lived there for generations. The modern history of the Telegraph Creek and Dease Lake area dates back to the 1860s and 1870s with the Stikine and Cassiar Gold Rushes. The first airfield in use at Telegraph Creek was just that – a field close by to the village itself. The other possibilities for aircraft landing at Telegraph Creek varied with the aircraft’s landing gear and the season. Sawmill Lake was less than two miles to the north west behind two small ridges, and would be the site of the landing of an American ski-equipped Consolidated Fleetster on November 21, 1931, which sank through the thin ice. On this same date a Fairchild 71 on skis had crashed at the field near the village injuring its pilot. The other possibility for landing was the Stikine River, itself usable in ice free months by float planes and possibly on skis in winter. The wartime RCAF Pilots Handbook CAP384, lists the field as being 2,100 feet long by 150 feet wide, with one runway 01-21. It further referenced the field at an elevation of approximately 600 feet and as being operated by the B.C. Government. References: Chris Weicht is an accomplished 18,000 pilot and has chronicled the history of aviation in BC. He is the author of the book series "Air Pilot Navigator". Air Pilot Navigator, Volume 3: Air Route To The Klondike is where the story for this videos story can be found as part of the video series “British Columbia Airfield Stories”. Chris’s research included interviewing aviators and their next of kin who opened up their photo albums and often related exploits of flights creating some outstanding historical aviation books. If you would be interested in buying Chris Weicht’s books go to coasteaglepublications.com Special thanks to Doug Rollins and Geoff Hallett Archival Photos for providing this material. Google Earth Pro Map Data 2022 Google Wikipedia Linda R Stagg: Host / Script Chris Weicht: Author book series "Air Pilot Navigator" Geoff Hallett: Archival Files / BCAM Librarian Back Ground Music: “The Original Boogie Wookie 1928” by J. Lawrence Cook "Bob’s Boogie” by Bob Seeley Randy Stagg: Video Production / Script    / @rvjs100   Playlist: “BC Airfield Stories”