In January and February, 1962, HMCS Fort Erie was on a West African Cruise. Ports of call included:
- Freetown (Sierra Leone)
- Dakar (Senegal)
- Lagos (Nigeria)
- Accra (Ghana)
- Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
A steward on board the Fort Erie provided this information in his Forces Air Letter to Robinson's Corner, Nova Scotia, cancelled at Montreal on February 16, 1962:
The Letter: