DEW Line

Dew Line (1957-1993) - A Cold War line of radar sites across the top of Canada, through Alaska and across Greenland. Established to provided early warning of a Soviet bomber attack from the north or west. See Also: SAGE System BUIC System US Radar Sets Defense Installations Portal Sources: Wikipedia - Dew Line Radar Sites Wilson - Dew Line Dew Line Radar Sites (edit list) ID Site Type State DEW NWS Equip Unit From To GPS Notes COB-Main Cold Bay AFS AK MAIN LRR FPS-19 714th 1959 1969-09-30 55.26361, -162.88556 Converted to AC&W COB-1 Nikolski AFS AK AUX FPS-19 714th Det 1 1959 1969-09-30 52.95972, -168.86750 COB-2 Driftwood Bay AFS AK AUX FPS-19 714th Det 2 1959 1969-09-30 53.97444, -166.90500 COB-3 Cape Sarichef AFS AK AUX FPS-19 714th Det 3 1959 1969-09-30 54.59222, -164.87611 COB-4 Port Moller AFS AK AUX FPS-19 714th Det 4 1959 1969-09-30 55.97806, -160.50028 COB-5 Port Heiden AFS AK AUX FPS-19 714th Det 5 1959 1969-09-30 56.97722, -158.65250 LIZ-1 Cape Lisburne AFS AK UNK LRR FPS-3 FPS-20A FPS-93A FPS-19 FPS-117 711th 1955 1983 1983-11-01 Present 68.87000, -166.15 LIZ-2 Point Lay LRRS AK AUX SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1957 1994 69.73550, -163.01687 LIZ-3 Wainwright LRRS AK AUX SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1953 2007 70.61028, -159.87000 LIZ-A Cape Sabine DLS AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.02417, -163.85694 LIZ-B Icy Cape DLS AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 70.28972, -161.91110 LIZ-C Peard Bay DLS AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 70.80806, -158.25889 POW-Main Point Barrow LRRS AK MAIN LRR FPS-19 FPS-117 Civilian Contract 1957 Present 71.32722, -156.63610 POW-1 Lonely AK AUX SRR FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 Present 70.91028, -153.23972 POW-2 Oliktok AK AUX LRR FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 Present 70.49833, -149.88944 POW-3 Flaxman Island AK AUX SRR FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 2007 70.17611, -146.85528 POW-A Cape Simpson AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 71.05722, -154.72750 POW-B Kogru AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 70.57667, -152.26556 POW-C McIntyre AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 70.40278, -148.67944 POW-D Brownlow Point AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.97472, -144.83583 BAR-Main Barter Island LLRS AK MAIN LRR FPS-19 FPS-117 Civilian Contract 1957 1990-11-15 1989 Present 70.13028, -143.63917 BAR-1 Komakuk Beach YT AUX SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1957 1993 69.59472, -140.17806 BAR-2 Shingle Point YT AUX LRR FPS-19 FPS-117 Civilian Contract 1957 1989 68.92278, -137.26056 BAR-3 Tuktoyaktuk NT AUX SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1957 1993 69.44306, -132.99860 BAR-4 Nicholson Peninsula NT AUX SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1957 1993 69.92417, -128.97333 BAR-A Demarcation Bay AK INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.88639, -142.31194 BAR-B Stokes Point YT INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.33028, -138.73694 BAR-C Tununuk Camp NT INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.00583, -134.66806 BAR-D Atkinson Point NT INT FPS-19 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 69.93306, -131.43167 BAR-E Horton River NT INT SRR FPS-19 FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1957 1963 70.01639, -126.94306 BAR-BA3 Storm Hills NT SRR FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1990-11 Present 68.89417, -133.94194 BAR-DA1 Liverpool Bay NT SRR FPS-124 Civilian Contract 1990-11 Present 69.60417, -130.89360 PIN-Main Cape Parry NT MAIN LRR FPS-117 1957 1989 1989 Present 70.17139, -124.72500 PIN-1 Clinton Point NT AUX FPS-19 1957 1963 1993-09-03 69.58333, -120.74610 PIN-2 Cape Young NU AUX FPS-19 1957 1993-08-31 68.93556, -116.93610 PIN-3 Lady Franklin Point NU AUX LRR FPS-117 1957 1989 1989-06 Present 68.47917, -113.22556 2000 Fire PIN-4 Byron Bay NU AUX FPS-23 1957 1993-08-21 68.75972, -109.08778 PIN-1BD Keats Point NT SRR FPS-124 1991-07 Present 69.67278, -121.67194 PIN-1BG Croker River NU SRR FPS-124 1991-08 Present 69.26667, -119.21667 PIN-2A Harding River NU SRR FPS-124 1991-09 Present 68.83611, -116.96806 PIN-A Pierce Point NT INT FPS-23 1957 1963 69.81528, -122.71722 PIN-B Clifton Point NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 69.21556, -118.63639 PIN-C Bernard Harbour NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.78194, -114.83360 PIN-D Ross Point NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.53611, -111.19860 PIN-E Cape Peel NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 69.04472, -107.32583 PIN-CB Bernard Harbour NU SRR FPS-124 1991-09 Present 68.75528, -114.93917 PIN-DA Edinburgh Island NU SRR FPS-124 1991-10 Present 68.48583, -110.86389 PIN-EB Cape Peel West NU SRR FPS-124 1991-10 Present 69.03639, -107.82167 CAM-Main Cambridge Bay NU MAIN LRR FPS-117 1957 1989 1989-09 Present 69.11611, -105.11889 CAM-1 Jenny Lind Island NU AUX FPS-19 1957 1990 68.65694, -101.7386 CAM-2 Gladman Point NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 1990-10 1992 Present 68.68000, -97.81056 CAM-3 Shepherd Bay SRRS NU AUX LRR FPS-117 1957 1989-07 1989-07 Present 68.79278, -93.44028 CAM-4 Pelly Bay NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 1992 1992 Present 68.43694, -89.72611 CAM-5 Mackar Inlet NU AUX FPS-19 1957 1990 68.30083, -85.67472 CAM-1A Jenny Lind Island NU SRR FPS-124 1991 Present 68.74194, -101.85472 CAM-5A Cape McLoughlin NU SRR FPS-124 1992 Present 69.65361, -85.51778 CAM-A Sturt Point NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.79583, -103.34444 CAM-B Hat Island NU INT SRR FPS-124 1957 1991 1963 Present 68.31722, -100.06917 CAM-C Matheson Point NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.86917, -95.1575 CAM-D Simpson Lake NU INT SRR FPS-124 1957 1991 1963 Present 68.59472, -91.95667 CAM-E Keith Bay NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.25611, -88.17361 CAM-F Scarpa Lake NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.56778, -83.48139 CAM-A3A Sturt Point NU SRR FPS-124 1991 Present 68.96306, -103.75944 CAM-CB Gjoa Haven NU SRR FPS-124 1990 Present 68.64417, -95.86944 CAM-FA Lailor River NU SRR FPS-124 1992-08 Present 69.11056, -83.53972 FOX-Main Hall Beach NU MAIN LRR FPS-117 1957 1989-09 1989-09 Present 68.76083, -81.22639 FOX-1 Rowley Island NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 Present 69.06694, -79.06528 FOX-2 Longstaff Bluff NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 Present 68.89889, -75.13889 FOX-3 Dewar Lakes NU AUX LRR FPS-117 1957 1989-07 1989 Present 68.65056, -71.23278 FOX-4 Cape Hooper NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 1990-12 1991 Present 68.4725, -66.80028 Site 37 FOX-5 Broughton Island NU AUX SRR FPS-124 1957 1991 Present 67.53472, -63.78611 Site 39 FOX-A Bray Island NU INT SRR FPS-124 1957 Present 69.22389, -77.23000 FOX-B Nudluardjk Lake NU INT SRR FPS-124 1957 1963 Present 68.61944, -73.21250 FOX-C Ekalugad NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 68.73139, -68.58750 FOX-D Kivitoo NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 67.96611, -64.90778 FOX-E Durban Island NU INT FPS-23 1957 1963 67.08333, -62.21639 FOX-CA Kangok Fjord NU SRR FPS-124 1992 Present 68.6475, -69.12972 BAF-2 Cape Mercy NU SRR FPS-124 1992-07 Present 64.95472, -63.56056 BAF-3 Brevoort Island NU LRR FPS-117 1988-10 Present 63.34000, -64.15806 BAF-4A Loks Land NU SRR FPS-124 1992-08 Present 62.50611, -64.51833 BAF-5 Resolution Island NU SRR FPS-124 1943 1991-09 1961 Present 61.59639, -64.63889 DYE-Main Cape Dyer NU MAIN LRR FPS-117 1957 1989-08 1989-08 Present 66.66445, -61.35583 Site 41 DYE-1 Qaqqatoqaq GL AUX FPS-30 1961 1988 66.63417, -52.87000 DYE-2 Ice Cap 1 GL AUX FPS-30 1961 1988-10-01 66.49167, -46.30528 DYE-3 Ice Cap 2 GL AUX FPS-30 1961 1988 65.18250, -43.81944 DYE-4 Kulusuk Island GL AUX FPS-30 1961 1991 65.52750, -37.15944 DYE-5 Rockville IS AUX Many 932nd 1951 1992 64.03528, -22.65222 LAB-1 Cape Kakiviak NL SRR FPS-124 1992 Present 59.98750, -64.16528 LAB-2 Saglek NL LRR FPS-117 1953 Present 58.48861, -62.58556 LAB-3 Kiglapait NL SRR FPS-124 1992 Present 57.13528, -61.47556 LAB-4 Big Bay NL SRR FPS-124 1992-09 Present 55.74167, -60.42833 LAB-5 Tukialik NL SRR FPS-124 1992-10 Present 54.71472, -58.35833 LAB-6 Cartwright NL LRR FPS-117 1953 1988-11 1968-06 Present 53.55111, -56.83000 AGE-X Anchorage AK RCOM 1963 61.17472, -149.85722 NEL-X Fort Nelson BC RCOM 1963 58.80583, -122.69389 WAT-X Waterways AB RCOM 1963 56.45, -111.03333 BIR-X Bird MB RCOM 1963 56.50556, -94.21361