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1963 – Farm Type Gate Requirements – National Archives of Canada

10-36-80/5 (DCEP) TD 3175

MEMORANDUM

24 Jun 63

DCEP

Requirement for Farm Type Gate on Access Road

Gap Filler Radar Stations, General

Our letter S10-136-80/5 (DM) of 20 Aug 62 to DCL regarding termination of construction, requested that the stations listed in Appendix "A" (95% complete) be provided with a 14 ft. farm type gate at the beginning of the access road where it did not already exist as part of the original contract. This requirement applied to Algonquin Park, Belleterre, Elliot Lake, Formosa, Lac Ste. Marie, Nicolet, Scotch Settlement, St. Joseph, Timmins and Tobermory.
It can be seen from the attached Appendix that the a/n requirement was not carried out at the following sites: Elliot Lake, Lac St. Marie, and Timmins. In addition to these sites, it is considered that the gates and No Trespassing Signs should be erected at the beginning of the access roads which are accessible to the general public even though the buildings, tower and/or security fencing are not erected. This situation exists at Bridgetown, La Tuque, Nipigon, and Westport. A special situation exists at Oba where our records do not indicate whether gates were erected at the railway crossing.
These farm type gates and No Trespassing Signs are considered necessary to protect the Department against claims arising from damage or injury caused to the general public and resulting partially from the fact that our access roads are not being maintained in a passable condition. It is conceivable that public vehicles could become bogged down part way up any of these roads and incapable of being turned around.
In the case of Nipigon, our agreement with Mr. Rajala stipulated that gates would be erected at both limits of his property which has not been done.
Where the gates will be erected on private property, it will be necessary to obtain the owner’s permission which it is believed will be readily granted.

Signed:

(WR Alexander) Mr.

CEP-3-3

2-3173

Station	General Site Plan	Site Owner	Buildings	Tower	Security Fencing	Road Owner	Access Road	Farm Type Gate
Algonquin Park	A19-1-1002-1	Crown	Erected	Erected	Erected	Crown	100%	Existing
Atikokan	A20-1-1002-1 A20-8-1001-1	Steep Rock	Erected	Erected	No	Steep Rock	100%	Existing
Batchawana	B45-1-1001-1	Crown	No	No	No	Crown Roddis Belco	75%	Not Required
Belleterre	B46-1-1002-1	Crown	Erected	No	Erected	Consol. Paper	100%	Existing
Biscotasing	B44-1-1003-1	Crown	Erected	No	No	Crown	100%	Existing
Bridgetown	B49-1-1001-1	Private	No	Erected	No	Private	50%	Required (1)
Chapleau	C66-1-1003-1	Crown	Erected	Erected	No	Three Logging Companies	N/A	N/A
Elliot Lake	E24-1-1002-1	Crown RioAlgom	Erected	No	Erected	RioAlgom Mine	100%	Required
Formosa	F24-1-1002-1	Private	Erected	Erected	No	Private	50%	Existing
Lac Ste. Marie	L32-1-1002-1A	Crown	Erected	Erected	Erected	J MacLaren CIP Private	100%	Required
La Tuque	L29-8-1000-3-4	Crown	Erected	No	No	Consol. Paper	50%	Required
Lucknow	L37-1-1001-1	Private	No	Erected	No	Private	50%	Required (2)
Manitouwadge	M77-1-1002-1A	Willroy Mine	No	No	No	Willroy Mine	50%	Not Required
Marathon	M70-1-1001-1	Crown	No	No	No	Crown	50%	Existing at RR
Nicolet	N21-1-1001-1	Private	Erected	Erected	Erected	Township	N/A	N/A
Nipigon	N19-1-1001-1	Crown	No	No	No	Crown Private	35%	Two Required
Oba	O22-1-1002-1	Crown	Erected	No	No	Crown	100%	Required (3)
Scotch Settlement	S93-1-1002-1	Private	Erected	Erected	Erected	Private	100%	Existing
Sparta	S111-1-1001-1	Private	No	Erected	No	Private	50%	Existing
St. Joseph	S95-1-1001-1	Private	Erected	Erected	Erected	Private	100%	Not Required
Summerville Centre	S112-1-1001-1	Private	No	No	Erected	Private	100%	Not Required
Timmins	T53-1-1002-1	Crown	Erected	No	Erected	Crown	100%	Required
Tobermory	T52-1-1001-1	Private	Erected	Erected	Erected	Private	100%	Not Required
Todd Mountain	T54-1-1001-1	Miramichi	Erected	No	Erected	Miramichi	100%	Existing
Westport	W42-1-1001-1	Private	Erected	Erected	No	Township Private	100%	Required

NOTES:

Farm type gate required if agreed to by Municipality.
Gate to be installed by ADC (Station Edgar).
Two gates required if demanded by Railway.