CFS Senneterre | |
Native Name: | RCAF Station Senneterre |
Partof: | the Pinetree Line |
Location: | Senneterre, Quebec, Canada |
Map Type: | Canada Quebec |
Coordinates: | 48.3619°N -77.2227°W |
Code: | C-8 |
Used: | 1953-1988 |
Condition: | Partially demolished, also repurposed |
Ownership: | Private |
Garrison: | 34 AC&W Squadron |
CFS Senneterre, initially called RCAF Station Senneterre prior to 1967, was a long-range radar and Ground Control Intercept station, part of the Pinetree Line radar defence network, situated 40miles north of Val-d'Or, Quebec. Situated atop Mount Bell, east of the town of Senneterre, Quebec, construction started in 1950. By 1953 the 34 AC&W Squadron became operational. From 1968 to 1973 Senneterre was the backup to CFB North Bay, the regional command post; in the event it was incapacitated by a nuclear strike, Senneterre was designated an Alternative Command Post (ALCOP). In 1988 the station was deemed no longer necessary as a long-range radar, and closed.[1]
After closure in 1988 some of the facilities were sold to private interests. At the operations site: