CFS Senneterre
The location of RCAF Station Senneterre / CFS Senneterre, operational from 1953-1988, was a significant air defence station, as it was the fall-back in case North Bay (The Hole) were to be taken out by a nuclear strike. Some ruins of the buildings exist, but many are still intact and in use, re-purposed by local businesses. |
| RCAF Station Senneterre / CFS Senneterre |
CFS Senneterre GATR Site
A GATR (Ground-to-Air Transmit & Receive) station was set up in the early 1960s, and I'm unsure what of that location is still intact - it's up the road a little North of Senneterre.Locals report there is nothing at the top of the mountain... I suspect the foundation and stumps of antenna poles will still be present. In late 2012 I tried to get to the Senneterre GATR site, unsuccessfully. The road is quite wet, and I didn’t have the right footwear. The trail would be passable by ATV, but there is a steel farm gate at the end. Rubber boots would be required to get to the base of the mountain.
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| CFS Senneterre GATR Site |
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| Former site of the CFS Cenneterre GATR building and antenna farm 48.48089, -77.2093 |
Photos of CFS Senneterre Trip (October 2012)
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I loved this base! I lived in a PMQ that backed onto the firebreak and the forest was our playground. You couldn't get lost as there was train tracks on one side of the forest and a cut line on the other end. There was even a ski hill with a rudimentary rope tow that was I think made from a VW. There was a heliport run by the forestry department and strangely enough I actually learned to fly on one of the Bell 47's that was stationed there when I was there. It was bought by Canadore College at the Bomarc site. Unfortunately it was lost in a crash right after I finished a flight in it.
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