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The Pine Tree Line of stations were built as part of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War.Station Foymount was located 13 miles southeast of Eganville on the historic Opeongo Road in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. The operations site built on top of a mountain was 1,800 feet above sea level and one of the highest points of land in Ontario. Construction started on the radar site in the fall of 1949. The station was (cite-3 call sign Eskimo) No. 203 Royal Canadian Air Force Radio Station. The station was operational by September 1 1952.
Under Sheldon's supervision, cable was erected in 1950 from Eganville to the large radar station at Foymount and new copper circuits were built between Eganville and Pembroke.
In the early seventies the role of Foymount was fast coming to an end due to advancements in radar technology and it was closed in October of 1971.
For more information: www.pinetree.org/site16.html
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Royal Canadian Air Force Foymount main gate Pinetree Line1957
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Unknown
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Gate at Foymount R.C.A.F. Foymount1962
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Unknown
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Foymount before the radar domes were erected1957
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Unknown
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Closed October 1st 1974 Canadian Forces base Foymount showing radar domes in winter.1960
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Sheldon Davis
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Opened September 1st 1952 Foymount was part of the Pine Tree Line air radar base defence of Canada1960
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Sheldon Davis
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A military radar operator at work in Radar room.1960
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Unknown
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Radar operators hard at work1953
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
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Young man based at Foymount calls his girlfriend1955
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
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Young men based at Foymount look out over the valley1955
Foymount, Ontario, Canada
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