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RCAF Station Beaverbank

RCAF Station Beaverbank, Military radar station in Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia

RCAF Station Beaverbank was a Pinetree Line early warning radar station about 40 km north of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its 430 acres held two parts split by the Halifax–Hants county line: the domestic site and the operations site, roughly 800 m apart. The 22 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron operated there, and the headquarters building later became the Ivy Meadows nursing home.

The 22 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron was formed in 1953 and became operational at the station in autumn 1954, funded by the United States Air Force until 1962. Its manual radar reports went to the Fredericton NORAD Sector at RCAF Station St. Margarets until September 1962, then to the Bangor NORAD Sector at Topsham AFS. The unit became SAGE-operational on 1 January 1964 but was disbanded on 1 April 1964 after a NORAD realignment favouring the DEW Line.

The site is now Beaver Bank Villa, and its former headquarters became Ivy Meadows, a nursing home run by the Rosecrest family. The surrounding area is abandoned and most other buildings were demolished in 2004. The 22 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron's colours were created in 1953, and the unit became operational in the fall of 1954.

The former base is private land: the headquarters building became Ivy Meadows, a nursing home run by the Rosecrest family, and most other buildings were demolished in 2004, leaving the surrounding area abandoned. There is no public visitor access, so anyone wishing to see the site must obtain permission from the owners beforehand.

The 22 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron became SAGE-operational on 1 January 1964, but the station closed and the squadron disbanded just four months later, on 1 April 1964, after a NORAD realignment shifted focus to the DEW Line. The site was then briefly used as a cement factory.

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