CFS Carp Almonte Detachment

The Almonte Detachment was a military-operated radio communications receiver station linked by land line to CFS Carp located in Burnt Lands alvar off Lanark County Road 49 East of Almonte, Ontario, Canada. A second antenna receiver site was located further east near Dunrobin, Ontario; the Dunrobin Detachment. Both of these sites were linked to CFS Carp Richardson Detachment, which was a remote-operated transmitting site. CFS Carp Almonte Detachment was unmanned and the location primarily used as a remote antenna farm. After the end of the Cold War, CFS Carp was decommissioned and the antenna site was no longer needed.[3][4]

Almonte Detachment
Part of CFS Carp
Remnants of CFS Carp Almonte Det.
Almonte Detachment is located in Southern Ontario
Almonte Detachment
Almonte Detachment
Coordinates45°15′43″N 76°09′08″W
TypeMilitary Radio Receiver Site
Site information
Controlled by Canadian Army
Site history
Built1962[1]
Built by Canadian Army
In use1962-1994[2]

The land is now part of the Burnt Lands Provincial Park.

References
  1. Ozorak, Paul (2012). Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. Pen & Sword Books Limited. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-84884-480-3.
  2. Ozorak, Paul (2012). Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. Pen & Sword Books Limited. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-84884-480-3.
  3. Forsyth, Bruce. "A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013. A two-story communications bunker was also constructed near Perth (Richardson Detachment), which was staffed exclusively by members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), later 701 Communications Squadron post-Unification.
  4. "CFS Carp - Units". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013. CFS Carp was to provide the administration, security and housekeeping services needed to maintain a constant state of operational readiness for all sites under its command; most importantly, the communication facilities at Carp, Richardson, Almonte and Dunrobin


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