RCAF Station Parent

RCAF Station Parent
Part of the Pinetree Line
Parent, Quebec, Canada
Site information
Code	C-7
Controlled by	Royal Canadian Air Force
Condition	Derelict
Location
RCAF Station Parent Location of RCAF Station Parent
Coordinates	47°53′15″N74°40′09″W / 47.88741°N 74.66925°W / 47.88741; -74.66925
Site history
Built	1951 (1951)
Built by	Royal Canadian Air Force
In use	1953-1964
Garrison information
Garrison	14 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

RCAF Station Parent was a Canadian early warning radar station and formed part of the Pinetree Line air defence network. Ground was broken in 1951, and by 1954 the station was operational. 14 Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W) Squadron was the lodger unit operating the facility. In 1963 the station was moved to Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) operation; in 1964 it closed, as it was deemed redundant with more powerful radar stations coming online in the sector.

Present day

Nothing remains of the operational installation other than the foundations, guard rails, and paved parking lot at the top of the mountain. A communications antenna has been erected at the site of the original operations building. Some of the buildings at the domestic site below, where station personnel lived, are still inhabited. Supporting buildings such as the hospital, sewage treatment facility, and mess hall have long been demolished and removed; only their foundations remain.

See also

• List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations

References

• A History of the Air Defence of Canada, 1948-1997. Commander Fighter Group. 1997. ISBN   978-0-9681973-0-1.
• Ozorak, Paul (1991). Abandoned Military Installations of Canada: Quebec. Vol. 2. Paul Ozorak. ISBN   978-0-9695127-2-1.

External links

• Information for RCAF Station Parent