Mitchell B-25 crash in 1953

2011-12-04T05:29:00.000-08:00

This plane looks nothing like these photos today.

Frank Goodship fonds. Item No. IHP9267-0710. Date 1953. b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm. Photograph shows the remains of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashed against a mountain. Research indicates it was a Mitchell B-25 Mk 3PT Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31346 that crashed at Widgeon Lake, near Pitt Lake.
Record ID 48255

Frank Goodship fonds. Item No. IHP9267-0712. Date 1953. b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm. Photograph of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashed against a mountain with helicopter 9606 hovering over it. Research indicates it was a Mitchell B-25 Mk 3PT Ex USAF B-25J-30/32-NC serial number 44-31346
Record ID 48257
Both photos from New Westminster Archives
I have created a PDF that contains many pictures, and the newspaper articles of the time about this tragic event. Download the 1130kb PDF, or view the file using the Google viewer.
Cheers

Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park

2008-09-08T19:20:00.000-07:00

This blog was created for anybody interested in the Park, which is located in south-western portion of British Columbia, encompassing the western uplands of Pitt Lake, Upper Pitt River. Trail conditions, and maintenance schedules will be posted as time permits. I encourage all visitors, to post trail conditions here, it will help us to target the worst areas.
Burke Mountain Naturalist members, regularly organize walks, hikes throughout the area, check the schedule here
Maps and GPS coordinates, are a work in progress, stay tuned!
A pdf map of the lower park's trails, from the Province.
The City of Coquitlam has a mapping application called Qthemap (IE only!) which allows you to print off maps of the Coquitlam portions of the park, the hiking trail overlay in this application is very vague and poor.