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RCAF Notebook - Look closely! It's been stamped at the bottom as a confidential RDF Notebook
1940-1945

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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The Filter Room in St. Johns, Newfoundland kept track of activity on Canada's east coast
1942-1945
St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
RCAF Photograph
The Secrets of Radar Museum Archives

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Trying out the ski hill at Gander, NL, was a welcome adventure on occasional days off
Feburary 1944
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
Simpson Collection

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A hanger fire in Gander, Nfld shook the RCAF base there in 1944
4 June 1944
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
Simpson Collection

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The station magazine in Gander, NL was slightly more professional, and was printed in New Brunswick!
May - June 1944
RCAF Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
Simpson Collection

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The Alcatrash, RCAF Station Marble Island's station magazine
1943 to 1946
Marble Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Chosen for their strategic position rather than for ease of access, the stations were in remote and rugged locations often with extreme weather conditions. Many sites lacked roads and communications, and geographical obstacles of bush, rock and muskeg presented daunting challenges. Most Canadians were not aware of these stations during the war, but the threat to Canada was very real. There were a variety of types of radar available, including early warning radar, ground controlled intercept radar and high-flying early warning radar.

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The most northerly B.C. radar station was located at Langara Island, in the Queen Charlotte Islands
1942-1946
Langara Island, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of D. Meltzer

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Radar stations were located in strategic locations and were often difficult to access.
1942-1946
Langara Island, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of D. Meltzer

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Eleven stations along the British Columbia coast were vigilant against the threat of attack
World War II
British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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Barracks at RCAF Station Marble Island, B.C.
1943 to 1946
Marble Island, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Private Collection
Courtesy of T. Chown

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"Out of nowhere - going nowhere" - The Isolationist station magazine
1943 to 1946

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum

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Newpaper clipping about radar veteran John N. Given and his brothers
1941-1945

Credits:
Unknown local newspaper (London area)
The Secrets of Radar Museum Archives
John N. Given Collection

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F/O Given's handddrawn map of proposed radar station site locations around Cape Scott, B.C.
1943-1945
Cape Scott, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
The Secrets of Radar Museum
John N. Given Collection