Former CAM-Main DEW Line Radar Site

 military, early warning radar

Declared operational in 1957 following two years of construction, the CAM-Main DEW Line radar site became the headquarters and logistics hub for the entire CAM Sector of the DEW Line, which in 1957 comprised 11 other stations stretching over 500 miles Eastward to CAM-F at Scarpa Lake. Covering some 1,627 acres at its maximum size, CAM-Main was equipped with extensive storage areas for supplies and material awaiting transit throughout its sector, and also had several additional dormitory buildings which housed transient personnel. Typically busiest in the short Summer months, CAM-Main's large airfield and seaside beaching area operated on a 24/7 basis to receive, house, process and distribute men and materials throughout the CAM Sector as quickly as possible.

Remaining operational as the HQ for CAM Sector into the 1980's, the facility was selected to serve as the HQ for its own sector in the next-generation North Warning System which began replacing DEW Line sites in 1988. Ceasing its role in the DEW Line in September 1988, CAM-Main went online as a long-range radar and Logistics Support site with a significantly reduced manning requirement. Overseeing the drawdown of DEW stations in its sector as they were either inactivated or transferred into operations with the NWS, by 1992 CAM-Main officially went in operational control of nine NWS sites ranging from PIN-3 in the West to CAM-D in the East.

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