Border Beacon
Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line Site 212) was a RCAF military installation in Labrador, located approximately 190 km west of the Town of Hopedale. Border Beacon was a bistatic radar Doppler Detection Station on the Mid-Canada Line system of early-warning radar stations. Opened in 1957, and fully operational in 1958, 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.
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Border Beacon
Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line Site 212) was a RCAF military installation in Labrador, located approximately 190 km west of the Town of Hopedale. Border Beacon was a bistatic radar Doppler Detection Station on the Mid-Canada Line system of early-warning radar stations. Opened in 1957, and fully operational in 1958, 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.
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Location of MCL Site 212
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Canada Newfoundland and Labrador
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Border Beacon
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Mid-Canada Line Site 212
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Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line ...... 1965 and the site was closed.
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