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It was an RCAF photo survey crew, flying in the canadian -built photo-graphic Lancaster pictured above, that added more than 5000 square miles to the map of Canada this summer by discovery of two previously uncharted islands in Foxe Basin, north of Hudson Bay on the west coast of Baffin Island. Larger of the two islands is between two and three times the size of Prince Edward Island. The Lancaster, with a companion plane, both from 413 Squadron, Rockcliffe, photographed all the Baffin Island
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| Title | It was an RCAF photo survey crew, flying in the canadian -built photo-graphic Lancaster pictured above, that added more than 5000 square miles to the map of Canada this summer by discovery of two previously uncharted islands in Foxe Basin, north of Hudson Bay on the west coast of Baffin Island. Larger of the two islands is between two and three times the size of Prince Edward Island. The Lancaster, with a companion plane, both from 413 Squadron, Rockcliffe, photographed all the Baffin Island |
| Author | Air Force, Royal Canadian |
| Photo ID | AINA-49-16 |
| Photo Description | It was an RCAF photo survey crew, flying in the canadian -built photo-graphic Lancaster pictured above, that added more than 5000 square miles to the map of Canada this summer by discovery of two previously uncharted islands in Foxe Basin, north of Hudson Bay on the west coast of Baffin Island. Larger of the two islands is between two and three times the size of Prince Edward Island. The Lancaster, with a companion plane, both from 413 Squadron, Rockcliffe, photographed all the Baffin Island |
| Photo Location | Foxe Basin|Hudson Bay|Baffin Island|Prince Edward Island|Rockcliffe |
| Institution | Arctic Institute of North America |
| Collection | Arctic Institute of North America Photo Collection |
| Date Issued | N.D. |
| Type | image |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | http://digitization.ucalgary.ca/index.php/Conditions_of_Use |
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