Border Beacon
Former Royal Canadian Air Force military installation in Labrador
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Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line Site 212) was a United States Air Force military installation in Labrador, located approximately 190 km (120 mi) west of the Town of Hopedale.[1] Border Beacon was a bistatic radar Doppler Detection Station on the Mid-Canada Line system of early-warning radar stations.[2]
United States Air Force United States Air ForceBorder Beacon | |||||||
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Mid-Canada Line Site 212 | |||||||
| Part of Mid-Canada Line | |||||||
| Labrador, Canada | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Controlled by | United States Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  Border Beacon Location of MCL Site 212 | |||||||
| Coordinates | 55.332761°N 63.214139°W | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1957 | ||||||
| Built by | United States Air Force | ||||||
| In use | 1958 – April 1965 | ||||||
| Demolished | 1987 | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
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Opened in 1957, and fully operational in 1958,[3] Border Beacon was in operation for eight years. The eastern portion of the Mid-Canada Line was shut down in 1965 and the site was closed.[4]
Transport Canada
The Government of Canada took possession of the Border Beacon site from the US in 1965 and transformed it into a weather station. Transport Canada operated the weather station until it closed in the 1970s.[1]
Accidents and incidents
- On 10 January 1986, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (C-GUBD) of Goose Bay Air Services departed CFB Goose Bay and crashed at Border Beacon due to unknown circumstances.[5]