CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment

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Dunrobin Detachment
Part of CFS Carp
Site information
TypeMilitary Radio Receiver Site
Controlled byFlag of the Canadian Army.svg  Canadian Army
Location
CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment
Coordinates 45°26′54″N76°02′51″W / 45.448407°N 76.047474°W / 45.448407; -76.047474 (Dunrobin Detachment)
Site history
Built1962 [1]
Built byFlag of the Canadian Army.svg  Canadian Army
In use1962-1994 [2]
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CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment

The Dunrobin Detachment was a military-operated radio communications receiver station linked by land line to CFS Carp located on the corner of Dunrobin Road and Vance's Side Road NW of Dunrobin, Ontario. A second antenna receiver site was located further West near Almonte, Ontario; the Almonte Detachment. The 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]

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