Former CAM-D DEW Line Radar Site

Canada / Nunavut / Oqsuqtooq /
 former air force base, early warning radar
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Established in 1957 as an "I" or Intermediate site on the DEW Line, the CAM-D or Simpson Lake/Site 25 site operated as a backup radar and communications relay post between other sites in the CAM Sector of the DEW Line. Staffed year-round by five personnel, the site remained operational until radar and communication system improvements rendered it obsolete in 1963.

Mothballed thereafter and never returning to active service, the site was stripped of the majority of its infrastructure when DEW Line operations ceased in 1993 and was subsequently razed and declared environmentally remediated in 2005.

lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/camd.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DEW_Line_Sites
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Coordinates:   68°35'33"N   91°58'55"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago