CFS Carp Richardson Detachment

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CFS Carp Richardson Detachment
Coordinates 44°56′12″N76°08′42″W / 44.93673°N 76.1449247°W / 44.93673; -76.1449247 (CFS Carp Richardson Detachment) Coordinates: 44°56′12″N76°08′42″W / 44.93673°N 76.1449247°W / 44.93673; -76.1449247 (CFS Carp Richardson Detachment)
TypeMilitary Radio Transmitter Site
Site information
Controlled byFlag of the Canadian Army.svg  Canadian Army
Site history
Built1962 [1]
Built byFlag of the Canadian Army.svg  Canadian Army
In use1962-1994 [2]
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Location of Richardson Detachment

The CFS Carp Richardson Detachment was a military operated radio communications transmitter station linked by landline to CFS Carp located off Lanark County Road 10 East of Perth, Ontario. The detachment was built with a hardened two story underground bunker built to accommodate the Signals personnel needed to operate the transmitter in case of war, as well as a mess hall, sleeping quarters, offices, decontamination facilities, and its own power generation facilities. Its location was chosen to be far enough away from CFS Carp to ensure survivability in the case of a nuclear strike against CFS Carp, and to reduce the risk of interference from its twenty powerful radio transmitters. [1]

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Separate radio receiver detachments were located and administered by CFS Carp in the region; the CFS Carp Almonte Detachment and the CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment were linked to CFS Carp by land line also. [3] [4]

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. A second antenna receiver site was located further east near Dunrobin, Ontario; the Dunrobin 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.

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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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