In 1935 Broadview was selected as an emergency landing field
for a national airline known as Trans Canada Air Line which later became Air
Canada. It was located about 10 miles south of Broadview on the north bank of
the Pipestone Creek, on the “Sand Plains”.
The runways were grass with the usual runway
markers. It was lit up at night. With the advent of the war, Broadview became a
refueling stop for R.C.A.F (Royal Canadian Air Force). To fuel the planes the
Imperial Oil Agent hired a man to haul gas drums out to the airfield by team.
