Canadian Forces Bases | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Browse "Canadian Forces Bases"

Displaying 1-6 of 6 results
  • Article

    Canadian Forces in Europe During the Cold War

    During the Cold War, Canada stationed army and air force units abroad for the first time during peacetime. Soldiers and airmen began to arrive in the early 1950s, shortly after the Cold War began, and remained until 1993, after it ended. In total, more than 100,000 Canadian military personnel served in France and West Germany in that period.

    "https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/e011169341-v8.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/e011169341-v8.jpg Canadian Forces in Europe During the Cold War
  • Article

    CFS Shelburne (HMCS Shelburne)

    During the Second World War, a large naval repair base was established at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, where many Allied ships were refitted and repaired following their work maintaining convoy and antisubmarine surveillance in the Atlantic. During the Cold War, HMCS (later CFS) Shelburne played an important role in antisubmarine warfare, part of the SOSUS/IUSS network of passive sonar stations that identified and tracked Soviet submarines. CFS Shelburne was decommissioned in 1995.

    "https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/ASW/Shelburne1962.jfif" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/ASW/Shelburne1962.jfif CFS Shelburne (HMCS Shelburne)
  • Article

    Happy Valley-Goose Bay

    Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, incorporated as a town in 1973, population 8,109 (2016 census), 7,552 (2011 census). The town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the result of the amalgamation of two towns situated at the western end of Hamilton Inlet, Labrador. The community began with the construction of an air base during the Second World War. It remains home to a Canadian Forces Base and a small civilian population.

    "https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/dcdb9156-1ed7-43df-b8d3-36f7d617cd41.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/media/dcdb9156-1ed7-43df-b8d3-36f7d617cd41.jpg Happy Valley-Goose Bay
  • Article

    HMCS Conestoga

    HMCS Conestoga was a basic training establishment for the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) during the Second World War. Located in Galt, Ontario, it operated from 1942 to 1945. Of nearly 6,800 women who served in the WRCNS, most trained at Conestoga.

    "https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/IsabelMacneill/WRCNS at Conestoga.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/IsabelMacneill/WRCNS at Conestoga.jpg HMCS Conestoga
  • Memory Project Archive

    Edith Marion Garden (née Greenly) (Primary Source)

    Edith Marion Garden (née Greenly) served in the RCAF during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/vimy/EdithMarionGarden/5386_resize.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/vimy/EdithMarionGarden/5386_resize.jpg Edith Marion Garden (née Greenly) (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    Nina Rumen (Primary Source)

    Interview with Nina Rumen. Nina Rumen was a nursing sister in the R.C.A.M.C. and then C.F.M.S. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    
    https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Nina Rumen (Primary Source)