2018.027.2.17 Helicopter Mishap 9.4.60

Accession Num: 2018.027.2.17

Negative Code: P17-17

Extent:

Document Date: 1960-04-09 - --

Donors: Wilf Hewat

Creators: Wilf Hewat

Keywords: 1950s, accidents, Canadian Pacific Railway, Columbia & Kootenay Railway, Ellison Building, Grady; James, Kootenay Lake, McEachern; Glen, Nelson City Hall (original), Okanagan Helicopters, and West Arm of Kootenay Lake

Locations: Nelson

Physical Description:
1 colour slide (35 mm)

Notes:
Men attending to Okanagan Helicopters helicopter crashed on beach, West Arm of Kootenay Lake below Canadian Pacific Railway, Nelson, 9 April 1960. Ellison Building (now Ellison's Market) at top left. Nelson City Hall (demolished autumn 1960) with flags in background behind Ellison Building. Notes from Nelson Daily News, 11 April 1960: 'Two men escaped with minor injuries when a helicopter crashed in Nelson Saturday. Pilot James Grady tried to land the machine on the city wharf roadway when engine trouble developed, but the craft slid across the road, hit adjoining railway track and nosedived into the beach. Passenger was Glen McEachern.'

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