CFS Carp Almonte Detachment

Almonte Detachment
Part of CFS Carp
Coordinates	45°15′43″N 76°09′08″W / 45.26188°N 76.15213°WCoordinates: 45°15′43″N 76°09′08″W / 45.26188°N 76.15213°W
Type	Military Radio Receiver Site
Site information
Controlled by	Canadian Army
Site history
Built	1962[1]
Built by	Canadian Army
In use	1962-1994[2]

Location of Almonte Detachment

The Almonte Detachment was a military-operated radio communications receiver station linked by land line to CFS Carp located off Lanark County Road 49 East of Almonte, Ontario. A second antenna receiver site was located further east near Dunrobin, Ontario; the Dunrobin Detachment. The detachment was unmanned and the location primarily used as a remote antenna farm. After the end of the Cold War, CFS Carp was decommissioned and the antenna site was no longer needed.^[3][4]

References

1. Ozorak, Paul (2012). Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. Pen & Sword Books Limited. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-84884-480-3.
2. Ozorak, Paul (2012). Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below. Pen & Sword Books Limited. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-84884-480-3.
3. Forsyth, Bruce. "A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases". Retrieved 2013-06-02. A two-story communications bunker was also constructed near Perth (Richardson Detachment), which was staffed exclusively by members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), later 701 Communications Squadron post-Unification.
4. "CFS Carp - Units". Retrieved 2013-06-02. CFS Carp was to provide the administration, security and housekeeping services needed to maintain a constant state of operational readiness for all sites under its command; most importantly, the communication facilities at Carp, Richardson, Almonte and Dunrobin