Armstrong, ON
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Bob Agar visited Armtrong Ontario on 19 August 1999. He provided the following comments: "The road was good - paved all the way. It took two and a half hours to drive there from Thunder Bay. I was on the base for two and a half hours. The Operations site is abandonded and looks much like a city dump. Many businesses have come and gone in the past 25 years (the base was closed on 1 October 1974). There are many old trucks, buses, logging equipment, motors, old sawmill parts etc scattered all over.

The PMQ's have people living in them and it looks as if they have brought in some large trailers at the end of the domestic site on the right hand side of the road. There are a few people living in these units. I do not think that D-L Estates is doing too well. There were many broken and boarded up windows in the barracks. The hotel, laundromat and restaurant did not look as if they were being used very much, if at all."


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  1. D-L Estates use of height finder antenna at entrance of the station - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  2. Guard house at main gate of the station - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  3. Administration building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  4. Main road in domestic site with Administration building on left - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  5. Main road in the domestic site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  6. Barracks in domestic site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  7. Mess Hall (now the Jackpine Restaurant) - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  8. Assorted barracks in the domestic site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  9. End view of one of the barracks - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  10. Unidentified building at the end of the main road in the domestic site. People were living here - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  11. Unidentified buildings at the end of the main road in the domestic site. People were living here - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  12. MSE Section 10 bay vehicle storage building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  13. Jr. Ramks Club on left side of the road going to the Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  14. Jr. Ranks Club on left side of the road going to the Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  15. Unidentified building in domestic area on the road to the Operations site. This is the last building on the left hand side. - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  16. Inside of unidentified building on right side of Operations site road - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  17. Armstrong public school - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  18. Foundations of an unidentified building at the corner of the road leading to the Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  19. Unidentified buildings on right of Operations site road, in the domestic area - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  20. Unidentified buildings on right of Operations site road, in the domestic area - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  21. Main gate to Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  22. Guard house at main gate to Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  23. Guard house at main gate to Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  24. Guard house at main gate to Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  25. Operations area with building #J on left and FPS-27 search radar tower on right - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  26. Rear view of building #J - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  27. Interior of building #J. Far right wing heading towards front of building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  28. Interior of building #J - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  29. Side view of building #J - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  30. Entrance into FPS-27 search radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  31. Rear view of FPS-27 search radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  32. FPS-27 search radar tower in middle and Operations Center in foreground - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  33. FPS-27 search radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  34. FPS-27 search radar tower. Microwave antenna on roof is operational - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  35. FPS-27 search radar tower on left with Operations building on right - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  36. Operations site with FPS-27 search radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  37. Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  38. Main Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  39. Interior of Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  40. Interior of Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  41. Interior of Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  42. Interior of Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  43. Inside hallway in Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  44. Inside hallway in Operations building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  45. Old switchboard in Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  46. Assorted buildings in the Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  47. Building #I at Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  48. Building #I at Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  49. Inside of building #I - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  50. Building #I at Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  51. Side view of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  52. GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  53. GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  54. Back view of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  55. Rear of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  56. Front of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  57. Interior of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  58. Interior of GATR site building - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  59. Height finder radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  60. Height finder radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  61. Rear of height finder radar tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  62. Front of height finder tower. The main gate to the Operations site is just beyond the fuel tanks - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  63. Height finder tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  64. Height finder tower - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  65. Assorted buildings in the Operations site - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  66. Building #G at left with FPS-27 search radar tower at right - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.

  67. Inside of building #G (to left of tower) - August 1999.
    Courtesy Bob Agar.


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All photos are used with permission.

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Updated: October 10, 1999