BUCK MOUNTAIN
Breton Division
September 12, 1938: "Estimated to cost $15,000, four radio equipped lookout of fire detection stations have been placed in operation by the forestry branch of the Alberta department of lands and mines.
One station is located at Buck Mountain, north of Buck Lake, southwest of Calgary. The stations not only will locate fires, but it is possible for them to convey reports of fires to inspectors and rangers immediately.
The system is believed to be the first established in Canada. Each lookout unit is composed of a cabin which provides living quarters for the lookout man and houses the radio transmitter. Messages are received by fire inspectors and rangers, who are equipped with rangers, who are equipped wilt portable receiving sets." (Calgary Herald)
One station is located at Buck Mountain, north of Buck Lake, southwest of Calgary. The stations not only will locate fires, but it is possible for them to convey reports of fires to inspectors and rangers immediately.
The system is believed to be the first established in Canada. Each lookout unit is composed of a cabin which provides living quarters for the lookout man and houses the radio transmitter. Messages are received by fire inspectors and rangers, who are equipped with rangers, who are equipped wilt portable receiving sets." (Calgary Herald)
1947: "During the summer it was decided that the lookout tower at Buck Mountain no longer served any useful purpose in fire detection due to the fact that timber operators in that part of the country were ceasing their operations and moving away to other points where timber is more plentiful. It was decided therefore to abandon this tower and utilize the equipment installed therein at another point. The tower was accordingly closed at the end of the fire season and the equipment was all brought in to Edmonton for overhaul and repair." (Annual report of the Department of Lands and Mines, FY ended 3/31/1948)