CAM-3 Radar Site

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Established in 1957 as a Auxiliary Radar Site on the DEW Line, the CAM-3 or Shepherd Bay radar site operated as part of the CAM Sector of the DEW Line under the operational control of the Cambridge Bay/CAM-Main site to the West.

Simultaneously deactivated from its DEW Line operations and activated for service with the North Warning System in July of 1989, the CAM-3 site reused the majority of its DEW Line infrastructure in its new role. Now one of two long-range radar sites in the CAM Sector of the NWS, CAM-3 operates as a minimally-attended facility with AN/FPS-117 radar systems.

lswilson.dewlineadventures.com/cam3.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Warning_System
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Coordinates:   68°47'34"N   93°26'20"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago