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British Columbia Aircraft Photographs - Wilderness Air
British Columbia Aircraft Photographs
Dateline: April 12, 2026.

Wilderness Air's base at Bella Coola, July 3, 1987. Photo by Murray Lundberg.
Postcard, ca. 1985: Cessna A185F Skywagon C-GYKE in the Bella Coola Valley. Photo by Henry Tenby.

Postcard, ca. 1985: Cessna A185F Skywagon C-GYKE

Postcard, ca. 1985: Cessna A185F Skywagon C-GYKE, MSN 185-03191. This view is over the Bella Coola Valley. Photo by Henry Tenby.
Postcard: Pilatus (Britten-Norman) Islander C-GOMC in the Bella Coola Valley. Photo by Henry Tenby.

Postcard: Pilatus (Britten-Norman) Islander C-GOMC.

Postcard, ca. 1985: Pilatus (Britten-Norman) Islander C-GOMC, MSN 10. This view is over the Bella Coola Valley. Photo by Henry Tenby.
On December 4, 1987, this Islander vanished with 4 people on board. The wreckage of the crash has never been located, but it is believed that the plane went down in the vicinity of Mount Waddington.