NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Cartwright Air Force Station (United States Air Force):

Opened in 1953 as Cartwright Air Force Station of the United States Air Force, with the radar functions being run by No. 922 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron.

The station closed in 1968. Only concrete building foundations remain.

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Hopedale Air Force Station (United States Air Force):

Opened in 1953 as Hopedale Air Force Station of the United States Air Force, with the radar functions being run by No. 923 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron.  Personnel stationed at Hopedale lived in the village of Hopedale, about one-half mile south-southeast of the site. A small airstrip on Ribback Island provided air support to the station.

The station closed 30 June 1968. The station remains intact, but has been abandoned since then.

Since 1992, the Canadian Forces have operated a Short Range Radar facility at a nearby site, a part of the North Warning System.

In 2009, a serious PCB contamination was identified at the former Hopedale station. 

Source Material:  “Black ooze at old Cold War station frightens Labrador town”, 15 June 2009, CBC News.

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Red Cliff Air Force Station (United States Air Force):

Opened in 1954 as Red Cliff Air Force Station of the United States Air Force, with the radar functions being run first by No. 108 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, then 642 AC & W Squadron. The station had a brief life, as it closed in 1961.

The former station in now used by local militia units as a Fighting in Built-up Areas (FIBA) training area. Some of the buildings remain, but abandoned.

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St. Anthony Air Force Station (United States Air Force):

Opened in 1953 as St. Anthony Air Force Station of the United States Air Force, with the radar functions being run first by No. 921 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, then 642 AC & W Squadron. The station had a brief life, as it closed in 1968.

Some of the buildings remain and in use, but many have been reduced to concrete foundations only. Those that remain have deteriorated since its inactivation. It is occasionally used by local militia units as a Fighting in Built-up Areas (FIBA) training area

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Ernest Harmon Air Force Station (United States Air Force):

Opened in 1953 as Ernest Harmon Air Force Station of the United States Air Force, with the radar functions being run first by No. 105 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, then 640 AC & W Squadron. The station closed in 1971.

The site is now used as a Commercial-industrial area and telecommunications centre. The operations area is now only a concrete foundation.