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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1952-1986) - A [[Cold War]] RCAF Pinetree Line Radar Station established during the [[Korean War]]. Located near Morin Heights, Quebec. Initially assigned a Permanent ID of C-2, and a Sage ID of C-2. Originally named RCAF Lac St. Denis. After unification it was renamed CFS Lac St. Denis. Closed in 1986.
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| |width="50%"|[[Image:.jpg|350px|thumb|left|CFS Lac St. Denis]]
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| |colspan="2"|[[Image:.jpg|795px|thumb|center|CFS Lac St. Denis]]
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| == History ==
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| Established in April 1952 and became operational on 1 Jul 1952 as RCAF Lac St. Denis manned by the No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.
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| Initial equipment included a [[CPS-6B]] search/height finder radar and second CPS-6B as a backup if the active CPS-6B had a problem with either function.
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| == Manual System Operation ==
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| In April 1952, the No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W) moved to Lac St. Denis and on 1 Jul 1952 it became fully operational as a Ground Control Intercept (GCI) radar site. On 1 Nov 1952, No. 1 Air Defence Control Centre (ADCC) was also formed at Lac St. Denis and remained there until its disbandment as Montreal NORAD Sector on 15 Sep 1962. The No. 11 AC&W Squadron reported to the colocated No. 1 ADCC (as did other squadrons as they came on-line).
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| Operations continued in the manual mode until the SAGE annex at Lac St. Denis was completed and the new SAGE equipment (FST-2) was installed and checked out. The SAGE building construction commenced in May 1961 and was completed on 31 Mar 1962. By September 1963 the FST-2 was installed and testing was complete with the FST-2 connected to the [[Topsham SAGE Direction Center DC-05]], Bangor Air Defense Sector.
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| == [[SAGE System]] Transition ==
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| {{SageTransition}}
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| == [[SAGE System]] Operation ==
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| [[File:.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Former Topsham SAGE Direction Center DC-05]]
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| {| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
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| |+ CFS Lac St. Direction Centers & Sectors
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| ! Assigned
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| ! Direction Center
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| ! Sector
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| | 1 Oct 1952 - 1 Oct 1960 || [[No. 1 Air Defence Control Centre]] ||
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| | 1 Oct 1960 - 15 Sep 1962 || [[No. 1 Air Defence Control Centre]] || Montreal NORAD Sector
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| | 15 Sep 1962 - 1 Apr 1966 || [[North Bay SAGE Direction Center DC-31]] || Ottawa NORAD Sector
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| | 1 Apr 1966 - 14 Nov 1969 || [[North Bay SAGE Direction Center DC-31]] || 41st NORAD Division
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| | 14 Nov 1969 - 1 Jul 1983 || [[North Bay SAGE Direction Center DC-31]] || 22nd NORAD Division
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| | 1 Jul 1983 - Aug 1984 || [[North Bay Region Operations Control Center (ROCC)]] || 22nd NORAD Division
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| | Aug 1984 - 31 Dec 1985|| [[North Bay Region Operations Control Center (ROCC)]] || 22nd NORAD Division
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| The site began operation as a SAGE site on 15 Sep 1962 initially feeding the [[Bangor SAGE Direction Center DC-05]]. On 15 Sep 1962 the squadron designation was changed from the No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W) to No. 11 Radar Squadron (SAGE) indicating the new [[SAGE System]] role.
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| In September 1963
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| In
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| == Closure ==
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| CFS Lac St. Denis AFS and the No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron ceased radar operations in December 1985 and the site closed on 1 Aug 1986
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| == Gap Fillers ==
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| CFS Lac St. Denis AFS was responsible for the maintenance of one remote unattended gap filler radar site. {{GapFillerCommon}} The CFS Lac St. Denis gap filler radar was located at ......
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| {{CFSLacStDenisGFS}}
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| == Physical Plant ==
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| The physical plant of the site was divided into the main site, a cantonment area, a housing area and a radio site. The main site housed the operations buildings, the radar towers, and the backup generators. The cantonment area housed the enlisted barracks, the bachelor officer's quarters, the orderly room, the dining hall, the motor pool and other support buildings. Apart from the main site was a housing area for married personnel.
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| A separate radio site housed the radio equipment for directing aircraft intercepts. {{GATRSite|AFS=CFS Lac St. Denis}}
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| |+ CFS Lac St. Denis AFS Major Equipment List
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| !Search Radar
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| !HF Radar
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| !Data Systems
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| !Comm
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| !Scopes
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| !IFF/SIF
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| * [[CPS-6B]]
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| * [[FPS-20]]
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| * [[FPS-508|FPS-508B]]
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| * [[CPS-6B]]
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| * [[FPS-507|FPS-507A]]
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| * [[FST-2|FST-2/A/B]]
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| * [[FYQ-47]]
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| * [[FST-1]] GF
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| * [[GKA-5]]
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| * [[UPA-62|UPA-62A]] (4)
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| * [[UPA-35]]
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| * [[GPA-23]] (4)
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| * [[OA-1163]] (1)
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| * [[UPX-6]]
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| * [[UPX 14]]
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| * [[GPX-7|GPX-7A]]
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| |+ Unit Designations
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| * No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W) (1952-1960)
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| * No. 11 Radar Squadron (SAGE) (1960-1986)
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| |}
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ No. 11 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Assignments
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| *
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| <!--{{CFS Lac St. DenisAFSCmdrs}}-->
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| == Current Status ==
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| <!--{{CFS Lac St. DenisAFSStructures}}-->
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| {|
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| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="45.93750" lon="-74.31139" zoom="16" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png">
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| (R) 45.93750, -74.31139, CFS Lac St. Denis
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| (1952-1986)
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| </googlemap>
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| |valign="top"|
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| '''Location:''' CFS Lac St. Denis in Quebec.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|45.935228|-74.31139}}
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| * Elevation: 1,674'
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| <br>
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| '''GPS Locations:'''
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| * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=45.935228|Lon=-74.308309}} Operations Site
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| * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=45.936533|Lon=-74.313896}} Housing Area
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| * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=45.938039|Lon=-74.313932}} Cantonment Area
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| * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=45.937144|Lon=-75.850943}} Lac St. Marie Gap Filler
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| * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=45.999546|Lon=-74.346448}} GATR SITE
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| |}
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| '''See Also:'''
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| * [[Pinetree Line]]
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| * [[US Radar Sets]]
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| * [[SAGE System]]
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| * [[North Bay SAGE Direction Center DC-31]]
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| '''Sources:'''
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Station_(film) Wikipedia - 15 min Film showing CFS Lac St. Denis]]
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFS_Lac_St._Denis Wikipedia - CFS Lac St. Denis]
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| * [http://c-and-e-museum.org/Pinetreeline/site24.html C and E Museum Website - Overview]
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| * [http://c-and-e-museum.org/Pinetreeline/other/other24/other24a.html C and E Museum Website - The NBC Group Lac St. Denis General History, 1997.]
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:CFS Lac St. Denis}}
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| [[Category:FPS-20]]
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| [[Category:FPS-6]]
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| [[Category:FPS-507]]
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| [[Category:FPS-508]]
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| [[Category:FST-2]]
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| [[Category:FYQ-47]]
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| [[Category:GKA-5]]
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| [[Category:GPA-23]]
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| [[Category:UPA-62]]
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| [[Category:UPA-35]]
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| [[Category:OA-1163]]
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| [[Category:UPX-6]]
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| [[Category:UPX 14]]
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| [[Category:GPX-7]]
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