camps

Conawapa spring 1975

Helair

The proposed Conawapa generating station on the Nelson River was located approximately 18 miles downstream from the Limestone station. Midwest Helicopters was there with a Bell 206.

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Where’s an oven when you need one?

Hughes

On Dryden-18 it was unusual for some of us to eat in the base camp kitchen on a regular basis. Thus began the search for an edible substitute to actual food, which culminated in the Swanson TV Dinner and the clamshell oven.

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A case of cola oversupply

OMNR

A lone semi pulled off the brand-new road and into the Dryden-18 base camp at Pine Beach on Eagle Lake. People rushed out to open the trailer doors and unload the latest orders. To their great surprise, the trailer wasn’t filled with groceries and line camp supplies.

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Filling the orders

OMNR

One of the many problems on a large campaign fire is supply and the associated supply management. Most of the time, the supply chain works as it should. However, when things go wrong in the supply chain, they sometimes go wrong in a big way.

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Early July timeline

OMNR

In early July a phenomenal amount of resources had been mobilized and put in place to assist in the attempts made to gain control of Dryden-18. Although, so far, it was all to no avail. Consequently burnout operations were commenced.

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