Canadian Radars

This page shows all the radar sites in Canada that were installed before, during, and after World War II and during the Cold War. It includes all the DEWLine stations, the Mid Canada Line, and Pinetree Line.

Allan's Island Radar Station

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Active: 1943-1945
Wikipedia: Allan's Island Radar Station
Link:
SCR-270 radar

BAF-2

Cape Mercy, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1992-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

BAF-3 (RES-X-1)

Brevoort Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1988-Present

BAF-4A

Loks Land, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1992-Present
Wikipedia: Loks Land

BAF-5

aka: Pinetree CFS Resolution Island 1943-1961
aka: N-30 Resolution Island AS
Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1943-Present
Wikipedia: CFS Resolution Island
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-1 1957-1998

aka: NWS SRR 1990-Present
Komakuk Beach, Yukon, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-2 1957-1989

aka: NWS LRRS 1989-Present
Shingle Point, Yukon, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-3

Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada
Active: 1957-Present

BAR-4

Nicholson Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures
Link: Photos by Brian Jeffrey

BAR-B 1957-1963

aka: NWS SRR 1991-Present
Stokes Point, Yukon, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-BA3

Storm Hills, NWT, Canada
Active: 1990-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-C

Tununuk Camp, NWT, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-D

Atkinson Point, NWT, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-DA1

Liverpool Bay, NWT, Canada
Active: 1990-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BAR-E

Horton River, Northwest Territories (Malloch Hills), Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

BIR-X Rear Comm Site

Bird, Manitoba, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
Wikipedia: List of DEW Line Sites
DEW Line Adventures
Fortwiki
This site received data from the DEW Line stations and relayed it to military in the U.S.

Baldy Hughes AS

aka: Pinetree CFS Baldy Hughes 1953-1988
British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1955-1963
Wikipedia: CFS Baldy Hughes
Fortwiki
C-20

C-16B gap filler

Atikokan, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Link: The Pinetree Line Gap Filler Sites

C-34B Alder River gap filler

Alder River, Nova Scotia, Canada
Active:

C-3A CG18 gap filler

Westport, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Link: The Pinetree Line Gap Filler Sites

C-3C Algonquin Park gap filler

Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Link: The Pinetree Line Gap Filler Sites

CAM-1

Jenny Lind Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1992
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-1A

aka: NWS
Jenny Lind Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

CAM-2

aka: DEW 1957-1992
aka: NWS 1990-Present
Gladman Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-3

Shepherd Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-4

Pelly Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-5

Mackar Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1992
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-5A

Cape McLoughlin, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

CAM-A

Sturt Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963

CAM-A3A

aka: NWS
Sturt Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

CAM-B

aka: DEW 1957-1963
aka: NWS 1991-Present
aka: Site 21
Hat Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
Wikipedia: North_Warning_System
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-C

Matheson Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-CB

Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1990-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

CAM-D

aka: Site 25
Simpson Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-E

Keith Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

CAM-F

aka: Site 29
Scarpa Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963

CAM-FA

Lailor River, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

CAM-MAIN

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

CFB Comox

British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1954-1958
Wikipedia: CFB Comox

CFB Gander

NL, Canada
Active: 1953-1990
Wikipedia: CFB Gander

CFB North Bay

Ontario, Canada
Active: 1963-1983
Sage: DC-31
Wikipedia: CFB North Bay
Link: USAF

CFS Alsask

Saskatchewan, Canada
Active: 1953-1986
Wikipedia: CFD Alsask
The Wikipedia page is incorrectly titled. It should be CFS Alsask.

CFS Armstrong

aka: Pinetree CFS Armstrong 1952-1974
Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1962
Wikipedia: CFS Armstrong
C-15

CFS Beaverlodge

aka: C-21 919th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
aka: Saskatoon Mountain AS
Saskatoon Mountain, Alberta, Canada
Active: 1953-1988
Wikipedia: CFS Beaverlodge

CFS Chibougamau

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1962-1988
Wikipedia: CFS Chibougamau
Link: Breaking The Cold War Barriers

CFS Cold Lake

Alberta, Canada
Active: 1954-1991
Wikipedia: CFB Cold Lake

CFS Dana

Saskatchewan, Canada
Active: 1964-1987
Wikipedia: CFS Dana
Link: 1997 – General History – The NBC Group
Link: What Life Was Like on a Saskatchewan Canadian Forces Station

CFS Edgar

Ontario, Canada
Active: 1953-1964
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Edgar
Link: Edgar – A Cold War relic

CFS Falconbridge

Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1986
Wikipedia: CFS Falconbridge

CFS Foymount

Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1974
Wikipedia: CFS Foymount

CFS Gypsumville

Manitoba, Canada
Active: 1962-1987
Wikipedia: Gypsumville

CFS Holberg

aka: R-35, C-18
Mount Brandes, Holberg, British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1954-1991
Link: 101 Squadron (North Island)

CFS Kamloops

British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1957-1988
Wikipedia:

CFS Lac St. Denis

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1952-1986
Wikipedia: CFS Lac St. Denis
Link: 1998 History, Paul Ozorak

CFS Moisie

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1953-1988
Wikipedia: CFS Moisie

CFS Mont Apica

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1952-1990
Wikipedia: CFS Mont Apica

CFS Moosonee

Ontario, Canada
Active: 1961-1975
Wikipedia: CFS Moosonee

CFS Penhold

Alberta, Canada
Active: 1964-1986
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Penhold

CFS Senneterre

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1953-1988
Wikipedia: CFS Senneterre

CFS St. Margarets

New Brunxwick, Canada
Active: 1953-1988
Wikipedia: RCAF Station St. Margarets

CFS Sydney

aka: RCAF Station Sydney
aka: Canadian Coastal Radar Site Sydney
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Active: 1954-1991
Wikipedia: CFS Sydney

CFS Yorkton

Saskatchewan, Canada
Active: 1963-1986
Wikipedia: CFS Yorkton

CG1

Nobel, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG10 gap filler

Oba, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: M-119D

CG11 gap filler

Chapleau, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: M-119B

CG14 C-10D

Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG15

Belleterre, Quebec, Canada
Active:

CG16 gap filler

Nipigon, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: P-69E

CG19 M-119C

Biscotasing, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: M-119C

CG2 C-2E

Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Active:
Link: radomes.org

CG23

Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG24

Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG25 P-20E

Sparta, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: P-20E

CG26 C-4F

Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG27 gap filler

Batchawana Mountain, Ontario, Canada
Active:
Perm: P-66C

CG28 gap filler

Eaglet River, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG3 C-9B

Tobermory, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG31

L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada
Active:
Link: radomes.org

CG33

Mattawa, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG34

Gowganda, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG35 gap filler

Whitefish Lake, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG36

Squatteck, Quebec, Canada
Active:

CG37

Beaver Tower, Quebec, Canada
Active:
Link: radomes.org

CG38

Taschereau, Quebec, Canada
Active:

CG39 gap filler

Gold Rock, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG40

Whites Brook, New Brunswick, Canada
Active:

CG42

Saint Adalbert, Quebec, Canada
Active:
Link: radomes.org

CG43 gap filler

Graham, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG44 C-14C gap filler

Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG45

Father Lake, Quebec, Canada
Active:

CG5 C-4D

Formosa, Ontario, Canada
Active:

CG6

Springfield Parish, New Brunswick, Canada
Active:

CG8

Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
Active:

Cartwright AS

aka: Pinetree Cartwright AS
Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-27
Wikipedia: Cartwright AS
Fortwiki

Cartwright AS gap filler

Cut Throat Island Air Station, Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-27A
Wikipedia: Cartwright AS

Cartwright AS gap filler

Spotted Island Air Station, Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-27B
Wikipedia: Cartwright AS

Cartwright AS gap filler

Fox Harbour Air Station, Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-27C
Wikipedia: Cartwright AS

DYE-MAIN

aka: Broughton Island Radar Station
aka: Site 41
Cape Dyer, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
Wikipedia: DYE Stations
DEW Line Adventures

Elliston Ridge AS gap filler

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Active: 1957-1961
Perm: N-22B
Wikipedia: Elliston Ridge AS

FOX-1

Rowley Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-2

aka: Site 33
Longstaff Bluff, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1990-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

FOX-2-DEW

Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1991
now abandoned

FOX-3

Dewar Lakes, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures
Link: Photos by Mort Doyle

FOX-4

aka: Site 37
Cape Hooper, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures
Link: Photos by Mort Doyle

FOX-5 (Qikiqtarjuaq)

aka: Site 39
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-A

aka: Site 32
Bray Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-B (West Baffin)

Nudluardjuk Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-C

Ekalugad, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-CA

Kangok Fjord, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

FOX-D

Kivitoo, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-E

Durban Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

FOX-MAIN

aka: Site 30
Hall Beach, Sanirajak, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures

Frobisher Bay AB

aka: Pinetree Frobisher Bay AB
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1953-1961
Perm: N-31
Link: Military history

Goose AFB

Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1957-1970
Wikipedia: CFB Goose Bay
Wikipedia: Goose Air Defense Sector

Hopedale AS

Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1957
Perm: N-28
Wikipedia: Hopedale AS

Hopedale AS

Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Wikipedia: Hopedale AS

Kamloops AS

British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1958-1962
Wikipedia: CFS Kamloops
C-153

LAB-1

Cape Kakiviak, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1992-Present
Wikipedia: Cape Kakiviak Short Range Radar

LAB-2

Saglek, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1953-1970

LAB-3

Cape Kiglapait, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

LAB-4

Big Bay, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

LAB-5

Tukialik, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1992-Present

LAB-6

Cartwright, Labrador, Canada
Active: 1953-Present

La Scie AS

Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-26B
Wikipedia: La Scie AS

Lowther AS

aka: Pinetree CFS Lowther 1957-1987
Ontario, Canada
Active: 1956-1963
Wikipedia: CFS Lowther
C-119

MCL Dawson Creek Airport

British Columbia, Canada
Wikipedia: Dawson Creek Airport
DEW Line Adventures
Link: History of Dawson Creek Airport

MCL RCAF Station Bird

Manitoba, Canada
DEW Line Adventures

MCL RCAF Station Cranberry Portage

Manitoba, Canada
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Cranberry Portage
DEW Line Adventures

MCL RCAF Station Fort Albany

Ontario, Canada
Wikipedia: Canada Line Site 050 Fort Albany

MCL RCAF Station Great Whale River

Quebec, Canada
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Great Whale River

MCL RCAF Station Hopedale

Newfoundland, Canada
Wikipedia: Hopedale Air Station

MCL RCAF Station Hopedale gap filler

aka: Cape Makkovik Air Station
Newfoundland, Canada
Wikipedia: Cape Makkovik Air Station

MCL RCAF Station Knob Lake

Quebec, Canada
Wikipedia: Mid-Canada Line
DEW Line Adventures

MCL RCAF Station Ramore (Kempis Mountain)

Ontario, Canada
Wikipedia: CFS Ramore
Wikipedia: Mid-Canada Line Site 070 Kempis
DEW Line Adventures
Link: Read the Plaque

MCL RCAF Station Relay

Ontario, Canada
Wikipedia: Mid-Canada Line Site 060 Relay

MCL RCAF Station Stoney Mountain

Alberta, Canada

MCL RCAF Station Winisk

Ontario, Canada
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Winisk

Melville AS

aka: Pinetree CFB Goose Bay 1953-1988
Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1971
Perm: N-24
Wikipedia: Melville AS
Fortwiki

NEL-X Rear Comm Site

Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
Wikipedia: List of DEW Line Sites
DEW Line Adventures
Fortwiki
This site received data from the DEW Line stations and relayed it to military in the U.S.

PIN 1BG

aka: NWS
Croker River, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

PIN-1

Clinton Point, NWT, Canada
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-1BD

aka: NWS
Keats Point, NWT, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System
unattended site

PIN-2

Cape Young, Nunavut, Canada

PIN-2A

aka: NWS
Harding River, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

PIN-3

Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
Wikipedia:
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-4

Byron Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1993
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-A

Pearce Point, NWT, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-B

Clifton Point, Nunavut, Canada

PIN-C

Bernard Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-CB

aka: NWS
Bernard Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

PIN-D

Ross Point, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-DA

aka: NWS
Edinburgh Island, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System
Replaced PIN-D

PIN-E

Cape Peel, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1957-1963
DEW Line Adventures

PIN-EB

aka: NWS
Cape Peel West, Nunavut, Canada
Active: 1991-Present
Wikipedia: North Warning System

PIN-MAIN

Cape Parry, Northwest Territories, Canada
Active: 1957-Present
DEW Line Adventures
Link: Photos by Mort Doyle

Pagwa AS

aka: Pinetree RCAF Station Pagwa 1952-1966
Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1963
C-14

Puntzi Mountain AS

British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1952-1966
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain
Fortwiki
C-19

RCAF Beaverbank

Nova Scotia, Canada
Active: 1954-1964
Wikipedia: RCAF Beaverbank

RCAF St. Sylvestre

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1955-1964
Wikipedia: RCAF Station St. Sylvestre

RCAF Station Parent

Quebec, Canada
Active: 1954-1964
Wikipedia: RCAF Station Parent

RCAF Tofino

British Columbia, Canada
Active: 1955-1957
Wikipedia: RCAF Tofino
Link: Phasing out Tofino

Ramore AS

aka: CFS Ramore
Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1974
Wikipedia: CFS Ramore
Fortwiki
Link: Camping Ramore
located close to the site of MCL Site 070 Kempis
C-10

May 1959 photo of Ramore operations center
Ren L'Ecuyer

Domestic Site from 4,200 feet, May 9th, 1962
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

close up of Operations site, May 9th, 1962
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

Diesel Power House on the Hill - February 1956
Ralph Gronlund

Search and height finder radar towers and radomes, February 1956
Ralph Gronlund

Saglek AS

aka: Pinetree
aka: LAB-2
Saglek Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Active: 1953-1971
Perm: N-29
Wikipedia: CFS Saglek

Saint Anthony AS

Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1968
Perm: N-26
Wikipedia: Saint Anthony AS

Sioux Lookout AS

aka: Pinetree CFS Sioux Lookout 1953-1987
Ontario, Canada
Active: 1952-1962
Wikipedia: CFS Sioux Lookout
C-16

St. Johns AS

aka: Red Cliff Air Station
Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1961
Perm: N-22
Wikipedia: Red Cliff Air Station

Stephenville AS

aka: Pinetree Stephenville AS
Newfoundland, Canada
Active: 1953-1971
Perm: N-23
Wikipedia: Stephenville AS
Fortwiki

WAT-X Rear Comm Site

Anzac, Alberta (AKA Stoney Mountain), Canada
Active: 1957-1964
Wikipedia: List of DEW Line Sites
DEW Line Adventures
Fortwiki
This site received data from the DEW Line stations and relayed it to military in the U.S.

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