1941 Nottawasaga Bay Rescue

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Town of Wasaga Beach

Ivan, Russell and Charles Eberhardt with the compass they used to assist in locating a crashed Harvard training plane that crashed near Wasaga Beach in 1941

Ivan, Russell and Charles Eberhardt with the compass they used to assist in locating a crashed Harvard training plane that crashed near Wasaga Beach in 1941

Name/Title

1941 Nottawasaga Bay Rescue

Entry/Object ID

2025.4.16

Scope and Content

A newspaper clipping documenting a water rescue at Wasaga Beach in 1941

Context

The article reads: "PLANE LOCATED WITH AID OF COMPASS-HE HEARD IT CRASH Ivan Eberhart, Russell Eberhart and their father, Charles Eberhart, are shown LEFT to RIGHT in this Star photo, studying the compass which helped them locate the spot where the Harvard training plane crashed off Wasaga Beach. Mr. Eberhart is a resident at the beach and offered the use of his boats to R.C.A.F. officials. In the other picture is shown Samuel Sage, who heard the plane crash."

Acquisition

Accession

2025.4

Acquisition Method

Gift