Armstrong, ON
Photographs



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  1. Mel Canell's Edsel on the logging road to Thunder Bay - November 1963.
    Courtesy Andy Andresen.

  2. Operations site - November 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  3. Operations site - November 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  4. Operations site - October 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  5. Len McCormick and his $20.00 Limo (1946 Dodge) bought from Chuck Melanson - October 1963.
    Courtesy Andy Andresen.

  6. Looking east from the cliff top - October 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  7. LAC John Lalonde in barracks - October 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  8. Operations site - October 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  9. Cross located at Suicide Point on the cliffs where the American GI jumped - September 1963.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  10. "Cindy" loose dog of Josie the Trapper at cliff top - September 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  11. First Aid Certificate - August 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  12. Fiberglass radomes at Operations site - August 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  13. ECCM antenna Side Lobe suppression - August 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  14. The road out to Hurkett Ontario as seen from the Operations site - August 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  15. Installing the FPS-27 tower - August 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  16. T-2 Techs sitting outside of barracks - July 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  17. Theresa Hanlet. She owned the restaurant on the base - July 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  18. Time to meet the train in town - July 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  19. Nakina Dart Tournament winners in Junior Ranks Club. (L-R) Andy Andresen, Bernie O'Rourke, Jake the Snake, Si Fraser, Ernie Pierce, Len McCormick - June 1963.
    Courtesy Andy Andresen.

  20. The gang in the Junior Ranks Club after the Nakina Dart Tournament victory - June 1963.
    Courtesy Andy Andresen.

  21. Radar bluffs and cliffs above the site - March 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  22. Radar bluffs showing overhead steam pipes - March 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  23. FPS-27 search radar, FPS-26 and FPS-507 height finders. Blackstone diesels in the power plant - February 1963.
    Note the "white cross" on the left side of the hill at base of trees. An American GI committed suicide by jumping off the cliff at that point in 1961.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  24. Better view of "white cross" located at the suicide point. - February 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  25. Main gate at entrance to the station - February 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  26. View of Operations site from a distance of four miles in minus 60 degree below zero weather - January 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  27. Skiing trip in minus 40 degree below zero temperatures - January 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.

  28. Road to the station on a very cold and snowy day - January 1963.
    Courtesy John Lalonde.



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