Seaplane in Alaska -1949

The shallows along an Alaskan sandbar or lake edge were a convenient put-down location for a “Widgeon” seaplane engaged in spot checks of Alaska anglers in 1949. Here, C.L. Anderson, director of Alaska’s Territorial fisheries department and Louis McDonald, assistant to the director, take a break while on patrol on Sitkoh Lake in southeastern Alaska. Float planes and bush pilots remain a primary mode of transportation for waterfowl biologists and refuge managers who operate in the vast expanses of the 49th state.