CFS Carp Almonte Detachment

Almonte Detachment
Part of CFS Carp
Remnants of CFS Carp Almonte Det.
Site information
Type	Military Radio Receiver Site
Controlled by	Canadian Army
Location
Almonte Detachment
Coordinates	45°15′43″N76°09′08″W / 45.26188°N 76.15213°W / 45.26188; -76.15213 (Almonte Detachment)
Site history
Built	1962 [1]
Built by	Canadian Army
In use	1962-1994 [2]

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]}

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