Visitors Log

Every fire tower has a guestbook. Probably every tower has a journal for those who climb. Mine did. Tony Tower, Berland Tower, Whitecourt Tower (or Whitecourt Mountain Tower, or House Mountain Tower), and two fill-ins at Imperial Tower, all in Woodland FMA, Alberta.

FYI, the original location for Tony Tower was to the east on the other side of the hollow. Built in '56. If I recall it was '58 when they relocated. It was originally an 80' tower. After the move they raised it to 100'. Forgot the year, but I'm guessing mid-60's. The new free-standing 100 footer was installed in the early 2000's.

Don't know where you got your info from - but i worked Mt Sarbach Lookout 71 & 72 then transferred to Castle Mt lookout for 73 & 74.

I'm interested in fire towers in Manitoba, if anyone has any information to share.

Hello,
Am looking to know if there is a need or interest in a iOS app to triangulate to fire towers to get the intersection coordinates?



Brett Davidson
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Continuing on from the previous post...

During a large electrical storm in the Siskiyou N.F. in 1963, Wildhorse L.O.'s rooftop lightning arrestor took a direct hit and it was a good thing I was perched on that little glass insulator stool at the time. A few hours later I spotted and reported what became known as the Indigo Fire. It was the only forest fire over that two summer period in the Gold Beach Ranger District.

I could go on but I will just add that I sure hope I live long enough to be able to rent out Wildhorse L.O. for a few days after its rehab process is completed.

Warmly,

Bob Coykendall

Ron,
I was stationed at Oregon's Josephine County Silver Peak L.O. in 1962 and Curry County's Wildhorse L.O. in 1963. My college roommate - George Buse, manned Silver Peak L.O. in 1963 after it had suffered severe damage in the 1962's Columbus Day Storm. Sadly, Silver Peak L.O. no longer exists and Wildhorse L.O. is slowly being rebuilt as a future USFS rental.

Both of these lookouts were served by a single wire crank telephone system which was networked in Agness, Oregon. After each day's duty, George Morey - the great old ranger in Agness, would throw a few switches and the lookouts in the Gold Beach District could chat with each other for an hour or so before bedtime. At that time we also had VHF handi-talkies for emergency-only communications. Wildhorse L.O. was supplied with an additional VHF transceiver from the Coos Fire Patrol so we could coordinate fire spotting efforts with their lookout network.

While stationed on Wildhorse L.O. an extensive electrical storm hit the Siskiyou N.F. a

Nice work -- thanks!!