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Pinetree Line radar stations were upgraded for automation and consolidation of intercept data. No. 211 Aircraft Warning Squadron became No. 211 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron in November 1956. In July 1958 RCAF Station Moisie was placed on increased alert due to the
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in 1959 also saw an increase in commercial shipping traffic using the St. Lawrence River. Consequently, RCAF Station Moisie was deemed essential to protecting these assets from potential aerial attack.
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Using the radio callsign "CROWBAR," the Moisie station consisted of three sites: the
Operation Site (OPS), the Ground-Air-Transmission-Reception (GATR), and the Transmission Site (TX). A large
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housed the early warning and ground control intercept radars. Support buildings were constructed, including residences for personnel. The primary lodger unit established at the station was
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and obsolescence of the
Pinetree Line radar stations saw CFS Moisie's radar cease operations in 1986 and the site was declared surplus by the Canadian Forces.
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on 25 May 1953. The RCAF formally took over the site on 30 June 1953, and on 15 September 1953 the site was made operational under the RCAF's
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began broadcasting from the radar site in 1964. The popular station with a 10 watt output was located at 1340
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region) provided coverage of a large portion of eastern Quebec, western
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to the north, as well as the RCAF-operated
Pinetree Line stations at
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was located 50 km (31 mi) west of the site, on the
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520:Hubert Brooks: The Life and Times
419:Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
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344:RCAF Station St. Margarets
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26:Part of The Pinetree Line
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275:RCAF Station Clarke City
255:Royal Canadian Air Force
221:It was operational as a
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133:Royal Canadian Air Force
399:RCAF Station Bagotville
283:Sainte-Marguerite River
208:Canadian Forces Station
92:50.194167°N 66.087778°W
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638:5 Cdn Div TC Aldershot
370:. The opening of the
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451:Canadian Armed Forces
372:Saint Lawrence Seaway
354:to iron ore mines in
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1199:RCAF North Luffenham
893:CFB Baden-Soellingen
643:4 Cdn Div TC Meaford
481:Government of Quebec
477:Government of Canada
395:RCAF Station Chatham
391:RCAF Station Chatham
324:Gulf of St. Lawrence
185:Garrison information
838:CFNA HQ Yellowknife
443:Royal Canadian Navy
415:1958 Lebanon crisis
366:, connected by the
336:RCAF Station Sydney
330:to the east and at
301:Air Defence Command
269:where it meets the
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833:CFNA HQ Whitehorse
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1229:CFS Sioux Lookout
1159:CFS Lac St. Denis
1124:CFS Frobisher Bay
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797:Resolution Island
748:CFD Mountain View
618:Garrison Petawawa
403:Ernest Harmon AFB
360:Labrador City, NL
356:Schefferville, QC
342:to the west, and
297:Sept-Îles Airport
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1194:CFS Moosonee
1144:CFS Kamloops
1119:CFS Foymount
1013:CFB Winnipeg
993:CFB St. Jean
861:NDHQ Carling
848:Headquarters
816:All services
754:CFB Winnipeg
729:CFB Kingston
628:CFB Suffield
613:CFB Montreal
608:CFB Kingston
603:CFB Gagetown
598:CFB Edmonton
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1285:Camp Mirage
1280:Camp Julien
1254:CFS Yorkton
1169:CFS Lowther
1139:CFS Holberg
1084:CFS Cobourg
1064:CFS Bermuda
1008:CFB Uplands
1003:CFB Toronto
958:CFB Penhold
948:CFB Moncton
913:CFB Clinton
898:CFB Chatham
888:CFB Calgary
828:CFS Leitrim
758:CFD Dundurn
744:CFB Trenton
671:CFB Halifax
427:Topsham AFS
279:Clarke City
177:In use
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71:Coordinates
1353:Categories
1234:CFS Sydney
1214:CFS Saglek
1209:CFS Ramore
1184:CFS Moisie
1174:CFS Masset
1154:CFS Ladner
1099:CFS Debert
1034:CFS Alsask
973:CFB Rivers
963:CFB Picton
953:CFB Ottawa
943:CFB London
792:Cartwright
714:CFB Gander
699:CFB Borden
593:CFB Borden
507:References
459:CFS Moisie
437:CFS Moisie
293:North Star
204:CFS Moisie
83:66°05′16″W
80:50°11′39″N
59:CFS Moisie
21:CFS Moisie
823:CFS Alert
709:CFB Comox
686:Air Force
623:CFB Shilo
348:Côte-Nord
312:Côte-Nord
263:Sept-Îles
180:1953-1986
1313:Category
1094:CFS Dana
1069:CFS Carp
1022:Stations
938:CFB Lahr
807:Tukialik
466:Cold War
316:Labrador
190:Garrison
874:Defunct
777:Big Bay
577:Current
501:AM dial
499:on the
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212:Moisie
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493:radio
491:CFRM
487:Media
457:, or
431:Maine
144:Built
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585:Army
423:C-33
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