Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Rocky Point | arsenal / weapon and ammunition storage, military

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Southernmost point on Vancouver Island.

Part of CFB Esquimalt, Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) Rocky Point is one of four ammunition depots strategically located across Canada. It provides ammunition, explosives and related support services to CF operations and DND activities.

Opened in 1955, CFAD Rocky Point is located southwest of Victoria and occupies approximately 500 acres of property on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. CFAD Rocky Point is a lodger unit of CFB Esquimalt and reports directly to the Commander Canadian Materiel Support Group (CMSG) in Ottawa. As a field unit assigned to CMSG, CFAD Rocky Point falls under the Canadian Operational Support Command (CANOSCOM).

Lodger Unit

Organizational structure: CANOSCOM/CMSG > CFAD Rocky Point
Officer in Charge: Commanding Officer
# of military personnel: 3
# of civilian personnel: 57

CFAD Also used as military training area. Good navigation course.

www.navy.forces.gc.ca/marpac/0/0-w_eng.asp?category=4&t...
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Coordinates:   48°19'42"N   123°34'18"W

Comments

  • The ordinance blasting is quite disruptive to breeding birds and marine mammals in the Race Rocks Eco-preserve just offshore. It shakes the house here and scares me too! Could DND be more considerate of what times of year it conducts it's noisy activities? I would recommend March through June be a quiet time so that seals pups don't get crushed in stampedes to the water and birds like the guillemots can avoid being frightened out to sea when the ordinance is detonated. Thank you.
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