CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment explained

Dunrobin Detachment
Partof:	CFS Carp
Type:	Military Radio Receiver Site
Built:	1962^[1]
Used:	1962-1994^[2]

The Dunrobin Detachment was a military-operated radio communications receiver station linked by land line to CFS Carp located on the corner of Dunrobin Road and Vance's Side Road NW of Dunrobin, Ontario. A second antenna receiver site was located further West near Almonte, Ontario; the Almonte Detachment. The detachment was unmanned and the location primarily used as a remote antenna farm. After the end of the Cold War, CFS Carp was decommissioned and the antenna site was no longer needed.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Ozorak, Paul. Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. 2012. Pen & Sword Books Limited. 978-1-84884-480-3. 12–13.
2. Book: Ozorak, Paul. Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. 2012. Pen & Sword Books Limited. 978-1-84884-480-3. 44.
3. Web site: A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases . 2013-06-02 . Forsyth . Bruce . A two-story communications bunker was also constructed near Perth (Richardson Detachment), which was staffed exclusively by members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), later 701 Communications Squadron post-Unification. . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055938/http://www.militarybruce.com/history/base-history_13.html . 2013-10-23 .
4. Web site: CFS Carp - Units . 2013-06-02 . CFS Carp was to provide the administration, security and housekeeping services needed to maintain a constant state of operational readiness for all sites under its command; most importantly, the communication facilities at Carp, Richardson, Almonte and Dunrobin . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061701/http://www.rcsigs.ca/ViewUnit/59/ . 2013-10-23 . dead.