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Copy of an original photograph. This USAAF weather station was constructed on a hilltop outside of the town of Valleyview during World War II. Other buildings on the yard included a garage, a generator shed, pump station for the well, instrument shack and hydrogen generation shack.

Copy of an original photograph. Weather Station Office inside of the USAAF weather station at Valleyview during World War II.

Copy of an original photograph. Kitchen inside of the USAAF weather station at Valleyview during World War II

Copy of an original photograph. Kitchen inside of the USAAF weather station at Valleyview during World War II.

Copy of an original photograph. USAAF staff and visitor using the observation platform on top of the Valeyview Weather Station. Staff at the station were Seargent Lee Pooler, Seargent William Coe, and Corporal Bachman. Staff were required to send reports by teletype every hour on the different tyes of clouds, wind direction, cloud ceiling height, and any unusual features like fire.

Copy of an original photograph. The weather station at Valleyview was a pre-fab Army Signal Corps building with barracks for four men and the weather report station. On the roof was an observation platform. Staff had to report cloud ceilings because all the planes "flew contact", including the B25 Pursuit Planes which were being flown to Russia (many by women pilots) to help with the war effort.

Copy of an original photograph. When the USAAF staff first came to Valleyview, they had no supplies. Meals were eaten in the town of Valleyview at a small restaurant run by the woman in the photograph.

Copy of an original photograph. Image shows several men in uniform, including RCMP Constable Brown, gathered together at Sturgeon Lake Reserve for Treaty Day.

Copy of an original photograph. The Little Smoky River, seen from the bridge near Sid and Margo Brown's Stopping Place.

Copy of an original photograph. Teletype machines inside the USAAF Valleyview Weather Station during World War II. Reports were sent by teletype once a day, and hard copies delivered to headquarters in Grande Prairie once a day.