Abandoned Aircraft Wreck Recovery in Canada?

Rhino-9-3 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:28 pm

Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone was aware of the laws concerning the recovery of abandoned aircraft wrecks in Canada? I've been doing some research on the matter but am finding it difficult to narrow things down law wise. Basically all I've been able to find is the "Canadian Shipping Act" but I'm not sure if that applies to a wreck that is just on the land (not in water). Any details or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks! :wink:

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:09 pm

Look up the Historic Resources Act; then check out the stories about the Watson Lake B-26 Marauder. Good luck!

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

Wasn't there a thread on here a few years ago about a crashed PBY in BC or Vancouver Island that discussed something similar WRT the Canadian salvage laws???

Jeremy S · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:39 am **Posts:** 120

Just read about the B-26 in the Yukon. Looks like the guys to salvaged it did get some kind of a salvage reward but they lost the plane. I wonder if the Yukon government will actually restore it or just end up scrapping it?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/set ... -1.1004673

Rhino-9-3 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:12 am

Thanks guys! Yeah I did look into that one a bit.. Seems like the Yukon has some of the strictest laws concerning historical remains on their land. Most other provinces don't seem as bad though. I wasn't able to find the PBY thread but I'll keep searching. Making some progress!

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

This might be the one I'm thinking of?? Not much help though.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45657&p=458554&hilit=pby+vancouver#p458554

camshaw · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2016 4:30 pm

I heard a year or two ago a group got together and recorded all the known crashed planes in canada they could come up with and added them to the royal antiquities preservation record or some bs like that....so now you cant touch them but they are preserved outside to rust away!...smart move...lol....like the USA's naval protection act........if all this crashed stuff is soo important to these people go spend thousands of your dollars locating them and hauling them out of the forest or lakes and putting them inside to conserve and display them!..........its baloney in my opinion.......if a private party spends his resources to locate this stuff and its abandoned he should be able to file for ownership and have a year or two to get the stuff off the natural lands they soo love....

JohnB · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:41 pm

Is there anything left worth recovering...that isn't in several (hundred?) pieces or requires a Skycrane to get at?

camshaw · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:08 am

underwater there is if you got the money........there is a bunch of stuff up there that I've heard of.......had a friend who collected info on a bunch of sunken planes for years all around canada......problem is there is more water in canada then all of the usa combined!...Id love to get the motors off that York that crashed outside of yellowknife in the 50s..would love to have those merlins for a warbird project....how about a barge full of crated hawker hurricanes that sunk with all its cargo? That would be the find of a lifetime!

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2016 4:53 am

For that matter, any news on the recovery of Lodestar CF-CPA?

Rhino-9-3 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2016 3:35 pm

JohnB wrote:

Is there anything left worth recovering...that isn't in several (hundred?) pieces or requires a Skycrane to get at?

Still in pieces, but pieces worth recovering..

ALOHADAVE · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:50 pm

I remember there was a recent change to Canadian laws. They are allowing permit required recoveries. I believe B-17 parts recovered is a recent example.

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:08 am

camshaw wrote:

underwater there is if you got the money........there is a bunch of stuff up there that I've heard of.......had a friend who collected info on a bunch of sunken planes for years all around canada......problem is there is more water in canada then all of the usa combined!...Id love to get the motors off that York that crashed outside of yellowknife in the 50s..would love to have those merlins for a warbird project....how about a barge full of crated hawker hurricanes that sunk with all its cargo? That would be the find of a lifetime!

That York in Yellowknife is long gone. The centersection was still there in the early eighties but it got dug up and hauled out and I think the location has now been paved over. The Merlins were gone well before that though.

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

FWIW.....semi-related. I was doing some USCG research on the below website a while back. I was researching the rum runner days. There were a few articles about aircraft flying between the US and Canada running hooch. Some of those early aircraft did crash....some in Lake Ontario, some in the bush.

http://bklyn.newspapers.com/

PinecastleAAF · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2007 4:50 pm **Posts:** 1028

Anyone ever seen pictures of the B-24 that is in storage that Tom Reilly recoved from the crash site in Labrador?

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