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CFS Senneterre

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Code
  
C-8

In use
  
1953-1988

Year built
  
1950

Owner
  
Private

Province
  
Québec

CFS Senneterre

Controlled by
  
Condition
  
Partially demolished, also repurposed

Built by
  
Royal Canadian Air Force

Address
  
Montée de la Tour, Senneterre, QC, Canada

Similar
  
CFS Falconbridge, CFS Debert, CFB Chatham, CFS Leitrim, CFS St John's

CFS Senneterre, initially called RCAF Station Senneterre prior to 1967, was a long-range radar and Ground Control Intercept station, part of the Pinetree Line radar defence network, situated 40 miles north of Val D'Or, Quebec. Situated atop Mount Bell, east of the town of Senneterre, Quebec, construction started in 1950. By 1953 the 34 AC&W Squadron became operational. From 1968 to 1973 Senneterre was the backup to CFB North Bay, the regional command post; in the event it was incapacitated by a nuclear strike, Senneterre was designated an Alternative Command Post (ALCOP). In 1988 the station was deemed no longer necessary as a long-range radar, and closed.

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Post closure

After closure in 1988 some of the facilities were sold to private interests. At the operations site:

  • Telebec purchased the southmost radar building and erected a cell phone tower 48.36140°N 77.22291°W / 48.36140; -77.22291.
  • The height finder building 48.36261°N 77.22237°W / 48.36261; -77.22237 has been demolished for unknown reasons.
  • The operations building 48.36180°N 77.22254°W / 48.36180; -77.22254 was demolished after a fire in the early 1990s.
  • The SAGE Annex 48.36195°N 77.22271°W / 48.36195; -77.22271 is intact and privately owned.
  • The northmost standing radar building 48.36208°N 77.22218°W / 48.36208; -77.22218 is intact and privately owned.
  • The TX and RX communications buildings have been repurposed by a local firearms club as indoor target ranges.
  • References

    References

    CFS Senneterre Wikipedia


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