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Fordy_Styles
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|  | | | Hey guys, im new to the forum. Just wondering if anyone knows of the DND base in between Mt Uniacke and Lakelands, its in the marshy area you can still see the fence, the front gate and the road going in thru the bushes, and a white building in the distance, I havent been in to check it out, have any of you guys? what do you know about this place? and do you have any pics?. Also heard a tower used to stand a few hundred meters from the road, torn down now. Thanks!
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darbycrashin
     
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| | Re: Uniacke/ Lakelands DND radio station?
<Reply # 1 on 7/16/2010 2:06 AM >
|  | | | I think I remember driving by this place with nootz... it's active and off-limits to my understanding.
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Fordy_Styles
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<Reply # 2 on 7/16/2010 2:09 AM >
| | | | Hmm, interesting. I wasnt sure if it was or not, its well grown up, and the gate is knocked down, and someone towed it back with a truck or something.
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nootz
 
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<Reply # 3 on 7/16/2010 9:15 AM >
| | | | Actually, this place hasn't been in DND hands for at least 20 years. To my knowledge, it was more recently used as a paintball field. If you've ever been down that path/road/driveway, you can see the remains of where there was once a safety net and filling station. And from what I've been told from people in the area, that white shack in the middle of the bog was built when it was run as a field, not in the bog's DND career.
This location was most likely replaced by CFS Newport Corner.
EDIT:
DND operates three bases in the Maritimes:
CFB Greenwood in the Annapolis Valley is operated by 14 Wing and is home to Maritime Patrol squadrons operating CP-140 Aurora (and CP-140A Arcturus variety) patrol aircraft, and also to a search and rescue/transport squadron operating CC-130 Hercules fixed wing aircraft and the new Cormorant helicopter.
CFB Halifax is primarily the home to Canada's east coast navy and hosts the operational and support fleet. The former CFB Shearwater is now a component of the Halifax base and a unit called 12 Wing operates the air base, primarily hosting operational and training naval helicopter squadrons using the CH-124 Sea King helicopter.
CFB Gagetown is an army base that is home to an infantry battalion that is often deployed overseas.
Each of these bases also support subsidiary stations and reserve units. The subsidiary stations are for the most part remote facilities with no or very few personnel on site except when required. From a radio standpoint it is interesting to note the following facilities and practices. Communications between shore facilities and deployed ships and maritime patrol aircraft go through the Naval Radio Station at Newport Corner, NS. The receivers are at Mill Cove, NS. At one time this was complete with personnel on site; however since the late 90's all operation is done from Halifax. Ironically, before Mill Cove went into operation in the 60's, the naval radio station was in Dartmouth at Albro Lake. The NRS system also handles A/G/A communications with the Auroras based at Greenwood, NS. Previous to the early 70's there was an A/G/A radio station at Mount Uniacke, NS, with xmtr and rcvr sites not far apart. These sites can still be recognized in 2004 though all antennas are long gone.
There is another still-functioning military radio station located near Debert, NS. This station has a xmtr site at Great Village and rcvr at Masstown. This station is used for communications with deployed units overseas such as in Afghanistan or elsewhere. It may or may not be a backup for Trans-Canada communications and communications with embassies. There may still be personnel at this facility.
There are also remotely operated radar facilities at Barrington and Sydney (operated from North Bay, Ontario) and also thought to be an underwater sensing facility coming ashore near Shelburne, NS. There is a major militia (army reserve) training facility located at Aldershot, near Kentville, NS and there is an annual sea cadet camp (HMCS Acadia) operating from the former base at Cornwallis, NS.
There are reserve forces units in a number of Maritimes towns and cities and these are served for logistical and maintenance needs by one of the bases.
These facilities are mentioned in a scanning website such as this because some of you will be interested in such information, but also because it is possible that you might hear the military police on the air from these locations. Patrols are made and incidents must be investigated.
For information's sake, here are some bases in the Maritimes (other than those mentioned above) that have closed in the past 30 years: CFB Summerside, PEI (Maritime Patrol air base), CFB Cornwallis, NS (Recruit training base), CFB Chatham, NB (Air defence fighter base) and CFB Moncton (Regional supply base). Long range radar stations, such as CFS St. Margarets have also closed. Well into the past, Beaver Bank was a radar station in the early cold war days, Debert airport was an air training base in World War II, as was Yarmouth, and the now completely closed airfield at Pennfield Ridge, NB and several other airfields around the Maritimes. |
[last edit 7/16/2010 10:14 AM by nootz - edited 2 times]
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darbycrashin
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| | Re: Uniacke/ Lakelands DND radio station?
<Reply # 4 on 7/16/2010 8:17 PM >
| | | | what the hell am i thinking of then?
does it still have the DNR no trespassing signs up? i'd really like one of those signs.. not that i'd ever take one. ever.
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Fordy_Styles
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<Reply # 5 on 7/16/2010 9:31 PM >
| | | | So are there any other buildings other then the white shack? Hah, and yeah theres a couple signs along the fence, hard to see tho
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<Reply # 6 on 7/17/2010 1:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by sonikgirl
what the hell am i thinking of then?
does it still have the DNR no trespassing signs up? i'd really like one of those signs.. not that i'd ever take one. ever.
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I've got one if you'd like it.. Perks of a military family. 
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nootz
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<Reply # 8 on 7/17/2010 9:05 AM >
| | | | Posted by tribeachpunk
Sooooo it might be abandoned? 
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It is abandoned. I've been all through there. VERY swampy. But there is one building foundation that I remember, the guy wire mounts for the towers are still in place throughout the bog.
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darbycrashin
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<Reply # 9 on 7/17/2010 6:21 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jonnie B
I've got one if you'd like it.. Perks of a military family.
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uhm. yes!
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nootz
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| | | Re: Uniacke/ Lakelands DND radio station?
<Reply # 10 on 7/17/2010 9:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by sonikgirl
what the hell am i thinking of then?
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You're thinking of the one that we drove past in Mount Uniacke. It's that giant swampy area with the fence/barbed wire to the right on the way to Windsor.
Or in other words: same place.
[last edit 7/17/2010 9:07 PM by nootz - edited 1 times]
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darbycrashin
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| | Re: Uniacke/ Lakelands DND radio station?
<Reply # 11 on 7/17/2010 9:47 PM >
| | | | didn't that have radio towers/antennas in it?
maybe i'm combining two places... it happens..
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nootz
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Lake Echo, NS
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<Reply # 12 on 7/17/2010 10:02 PM >
| | | | You're probably thinking of the CFS Newport Corner towers, also on the way to Windsor.
Here's the old A/G/A site
Here's Newport Corner
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Fordy_Styles
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<Reply # 14 on 7/17/2010 11:49 PM >
| | | | Funny how theres only a little bit of info on the place. Ive heard stories that someone was shot and killed back there, not sure if its true or not, there is old faded police tape still on the fence
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nootz
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| | | Re: Uniacke/ Lakelands DND radio station?
<Reply # 15 on 7/18/2010 12:18 AM >
| | | | Posted by Fordy_Styles
Funny how theres only a little bit of info on the place. Ive heard stories that someone was shot and killed back there, not sure if its true or not, there is old faded police tape still on the fence
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There's that story, there's also a story I've heard floating around that there was a manhunt in there and police shot someone back in the seventies. Lots of stories, not many facts. It's probably similar to a lot of the old military sites on the Eastern Shore. Lots of people know about it, but nobody wants to tell about it.
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Fordy_Styles
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<Reply # 16 on 7/18/2010 3:14 PM >
| | | | True, doesnt take long for peoples imaginations to run. Thanks for all the info, been a great help.
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nootz
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Lake Echo, NS
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Many will always go where only one is needed
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<Reply # 17 on 7/18/2010 10:01 PM >
| | | | No worries, and welcome to the forums.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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nootz
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Lake Echo, NS
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<Reply # 18 on 7/22/2010 11:24 PM >
| | | | I was at the A/G/A site this past Monday on my way back from New Minas, drove my car in as far as I could before the ruts got too deep.
Here are some pics:
On my way out, two RCMP cars drove past and looked in at me, neither stopped, so I assumed they don't care too much about people trespassing on the property. Not to mention there aren't actually any DND or DNR "No Trespassing" signs on the fence anymore. Or not that I saw anyways.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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Fordy_Styles
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<Reply # 19 on 7/23/2010 2:05 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the pics! I guess the concrete foundations must be what I say from Google Earth, I thought they were buildings, ah well. Thanks again,
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