“Point Petre” – Marc Keelan-Bishop

11×17 inches

Point Petre  – The Avro Arrow was a Canadian supersonic fighter jet that proved ahead of it’s time. In 1959 it came to a dramatic and mysterious end when the Canadian government scrapped the project and destroyed all planes, practically overnight. While no planes remain, the original aerodynamic models rest at the bottom of Lake Ontario off of Point Petre on the southern tip of Prince Edward County.

After many failed searches, a new team found and recovered one in 2018. It was delivered back to land at CFB Trenton after resting on the bed of Lake Ontario for over 64 years. This historic discovery appears to be the grandfather to the delta wing design of the Arrow program. It is one of three original free-flight models from the Arrow design program launched into the lake in 1954 as a part of a series of tests to develop the CF 105 Avro Arrow.