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| Keywords: aviation aviation history aviationhistory airplanes planes thunder bay thunderbay fort william fortwilliam pilots cars automobiles arthur street arthurstreet victoria avenue victoriaavenue transportation ontario canada history blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Date: 1911 Description: According to the note that accompanied the donation of this photograph, the plane pictured here was the first aircraft to fly in Northwestern Ontario. Pilot Edward C. Peterson put the plane into the air for the first time over Mission Island at Fort William in the summer of 1911. In addition to piloting the plane, Edward C. Peterson built the aircraft himself in a workshop at the rear of a restaurant on Victoria Avenue. In this photograph Peterson is readying for takeoff at the corner of Edward Street and Arthur Street. Peterson passed away in 1940 and is buried at Forest Lake Cemetery near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Accession No.: 975.10.86 Date: 1911 Description: According to the note that accompanied the donation of this photograph, the plane pictured here was the first aircraft to fly in Northwestern Ontario. Pilot Edward C. Peterson put the plane into the air for the first time over Mission Island at Fort William in the summer of 1911. In addition to piloting the plane, Edward C. Peterson built the aircraft himself in a workshop at the rear of a restaurant on Victoria Avenue. In this photograph Peterson is readying for takeoff at the corner of Edward Street and Arthur Street. Peterson passed away in 1940 and is buried at Forest Lake Cemetery near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Accession No.: 975.10.86 | ||||
