Although abandoned as a formal airstrip, today it is popular as a fly-in and camping area for recreational light aircraft enthusiasts.

Early during the planning of the airstrip the location was initially named McCarthy, after another nearby village on the railway.

In the early 1970s planes spraying for the spruce budworm used the airstrip to fill up with larvacide, fuel, and take off.

[5][6] In November 1992 a Convair 580, C-GGWJ, piloted by Raymond Boulanger landed after being pursued by an CF-18 fighters, found to be loaded with 4,343 kilos of cocaine flown from Colombia (said to be worth C$ 2.7 billion).

[7] Today, the airstrip is popular as a fly-in and camping area for recreational light aircraft enthusiasts.