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Hollinger Ungava Transport was a special role Canadian airline that played a pivotal role in the building of the 580 kilometer Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway that was built to transport iron ore from a mine to the coast.[1][2] It was based out of Mont-Joli, Quebec and used aircraft like the Douglas DC-3. [2]In the span of three years they expanded from two to eleven aircraft. [1]As the railroad neared completion they carried nearly 169 thousand passengers and 68 million pounds of cargo. They had their own airstrips and had a good safety safety record by having all airstrips on a North-South Axis and their planes landed in a crosswind under 25 miles per hour.

Train going down the railway that Hollinger helped create

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While taking off from Mont-Joli Airport the aircraft went out of control and crashed killing the sole occupant onboard on May 5, 1955.[3]

While making a practice landing the Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso sank in 1953.[4]

On October 8, 1953, a C-47A Skytrain crash-landed without any details given.[5]

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