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Project: Pinetree Line Phase-Out
and Cleanup
while CFS Holberg in British Columbia required
$1.6 million for demolition and cleanup. The radar site at
St. Margarets, in New Brunswick, was also demolished,
while soil remediation was carried out at the Mont Apica
radar station in Quebec’s Laurentides Park.
With the Pinetree Line radar technology having been
superseded by new technology and by Department of
Transport air traffic radars, the network had been closed
in the late 1980s. The radar facilities were removed,
while the land and accommodation facilities were being Project: Withdrawal from Europe
sold off. Just as DCC had been involved in the creation
of the Line, now it helped to close it down and clean up
No new capital construction programs were begun in
what remained.
Europe after 1989 due to the IAP, and in 1991, the
federal government announced the withdrawal of the
This involved personnel from across the country. In
CF from Europe. Operational commitments ceased by
1989–90, the Ontario Region personnel at CFB North
the end of 1992, CFB Baden-Soellingen closed in 1993
Bay dealt with the phasing out of CFS Falconbridge and
and CFB Lahr in 1994. With no need to view Eastern
CFS Lowther, with demolition and environmental clean
Europe and the Soviet Union as a potential threat, NATO
up work being done the following year. Baldy Hughes,
no longer needed forward operating locations in places
in British Columbia, and CFS Sydney and CFS
such as Germany. After more than 40 years on the
Barrington in Nova Scotia followed—Barrington, for
continent, Canadian military bases—and, by extension,
example, was the subject of a $1.1 million contract,
Defence Construction’s presence—in Europe came
to a close.
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