Still in the Soo we visited the Bushplane Museum and Heritage Center. This is a collection of the older bush planes used to fight fires and really keep communication and medical supplies to the north of Canada. The museum, movie, and displays are really first rate. One of the early stalwarts of the bushplane era was the Beaver, of which hundreds were built and are still flying with the huge Wright engine.

While this is a float version of the Bell 47 helicopter, I flew the one with skid type landing gear during a tour at Fort Knox Kentucky in 1968 and 69. Yes, the throttles were made by Harley-Davidson.