Fort Nelson/Mobil Sierra Airport, (TC LID: CBX2), was located 42.7 NM (79.1 km; 49.1 mi) northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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“There was a deserted log camp here, apparently used the previous winter, with its “hovel” or barn for cattle.... It was a simple and strong fort erected against the cold, and suggested what valiant trencher work had been done there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“From now on, if I ever get to burn another newspaper, I’ll remember what a few cents can buy.”
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“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)