Frobisher Bay - Other  Photos

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1960: Frobisher Bay - Department of Transport - Married Quarters. (From the collection of D.S.K. Blackmore. Submitted by Donna Loewen)

1995: The awesome tides and the shallow harbour at Iqaluit provide some dramatic scenes as evidenced in the two lower photos. Here the MV Lady Franklin is off-loading cargo in Iqaluit during the annual sea-lift. At high tide, a barge was used to ferry the cargo to shore.

At low tide the trucks drove right alongside the grounded ship.

Stern view of the MV Lady Franklin.

The photographer of the photos in this table is unknown.

The grandfather of Christopher Reed absconded with the above Frobisher Bay roundel while serving at that station. For years it remained as a family heirloom until  the visit of HMCS Harry DeWolf to Iqaluit as part of Operation Nanook in the fall of 2023. Iqaluit was formerely called Frobisher Bay. Between Christopher Reed and his father, it was decided to donate the roundel to HMCS Harry DeWolf.

Here, Christopher Reed is presenting the original roundel to the Coxswain  of Harry DeWolf when the ship visited Iqaluit. When the Coxswain asked if she could have a duplicate made for the ship, it can as quite a delightful surprise when she found out she could have the original.

The Frobisher Bay roundel will now hang in the Petty Officer's Mess aboard the HArry DeWolf. It will be framed along with a plaque saying it was donated by the Reed family. From left to right: Christopher Reed, Cdr Guillaume Cote and Rear Adm (Ret'd) the Honourable Rebecca Patterson, Senator.

All photos in this table by Christopher Reed.

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Contributors and Credits:

1) Donna Loewen <donnaern(at)telus.net>
2) David Smith <drdee(at)sympatico.ca>
3) MV Franklin photos via Gord Walker <walker6(at)sympatico.ca>
4) Christopher Reed

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