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Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
 |  | Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
< on 5/27/2009 4:03 AM >
|  | | | During the height of the cold war era, it was important for North America to protect itself from, and to deter, any possible attacks by overseas countries. During the fall of 1958 Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s government announced that under NORAD, an agreement was reached with the United States to supply two Canadian bases with a version of the U.S. “Bomarc” anti-aircraft missile.
Bomarc stood for Boeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Centre, an abbreviation for the company that developed the missile. Each missile with a range of 640km and a speed of 3,434 km/h was an ideal replacement for the recently scrapped Avro Arrow project. The missiles were to be used against large bomber formations that might fly over North America.
At the time, the government did not want the missiles to have nuclear capabilities. It would not be until Diefenbaker’s government fell from power in 1963, and Pearson’s Liberals came into power, that the decision was made to accept nuclear capable missiles.
On December 30th 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a top-secret memo authorized the shipment of US nuclear weapons to Canada. The nuclear warheads were not shipped with any secrecy; in fact they were sent under a media circus. The missiles arrived at approximately 10:00 PM on New Years Eve in 1963.
At that time, a United States Air Force Military Air Transport carrier touched down at RCAF Station North Bay. There, seven CIM-10B warheads were removed from the aircraft, and convoyed to the Bomarc Site. The next shipment (of four) took place on January 5th, 1964. When the transportation was complete, the Bomarc site would contain 26 missiles.
There were only two Bomarc locations in all of Canada. The second location was at La Macaza, Quebec. During the summer of 1964 the location became a popular place for protestors to conduct sit-ins and block the main gate. During that year, the RCMP conducted secret observation on these citizens, and kept secret files.
The United States wanting to have defenses as far north as possible; covered most of the costs for the missiles. By the early 1970’s Canada was paying close to $4 million annually to keep the two Bomarc sites in operation.
By the early 1970’s the Bomarc missiles were becoming obsolete. First, they were intended to be used only until the late 1960’s. Second, the sitting missiles were vulnerable to missile attacks. Finally while the missiles served to defend the eastern portion of North America, the majority of land-based retaliatory forces were located in the west.
The North Bay BOMARC missle base and it’s Quebec equivalent were disbanded in April 7, 1972. The bases were closed on September 1, 1972 and the missiles returned to the United States.
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argonian
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
"Now with added cats!"
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 1 on 5/27/2009 4:11 AM >
| | | | Interesting.
I can't tell what is in all the buildings in 7. Are those where the planes are? Are there runways on either side?
PS I just noticed you changed your avatar again. Oh the games you play!
[last edit 5/27/2009 4:12 AM by argonian - edited 1 times]
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UnderGrounder
Location: Blue Mountians Area
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 2 on 5/27/2009 4:13 AM >
| | | | Great Write up! this is one of the locations iv always wanted to get to and explore, i assume that those buildings in picture 7 and 9 are the missile silos them selves? IS there any way to get in to them, and did u see any evidence that there underground silos or were they just surface level on a launching system?
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insanedArk
Location: GTA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 4 on 5/27/2009 4:18 AM >
| | | | Thanks for the info and pics. That's a really cool find, I need to check it some time. It's funny looking back at the missles that "replaced" the Arrow.
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Intrinsic
Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 5 on 5/27/2009 4:18 AM >
| | | | No, there are no runways just paved road.
The buildings were being used at one time by Canadore College's aviation program. The plane was the only one to be found although a few other buildings contained plane parts. The vast majority of them were filled with junk such as piping, lockers, or just scrap metal. Canadore purchased the property and then sold it to a private developer who currently owns it.
There were also a few large circles with the letter H painted inside them, which served as a helicopter landing pad.
Access to the cafeteria and office areas was secure. 
The buildings were just cement flooring and then a 'drop' in the ground that sunk to about 6 feet. As you can see from below, the drop in the ground was the support for the missle.
p.s. Thank you both.
[last edit 5/27/2009 4:38 AM by Intrinsic - edited 2 times]
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msgsudz
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
Msgsudz has an overactive bowel and shits like a Clydesdale.
| |  | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 6 on 5/27/2009 4:44 AM >
| | | | if you're in the area, check it out, otherwise i wouldn't make a trip solely for Bomarc. not too much to see unfortunately.
"She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan
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the_tourist
Location: galt
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 7 on 5/27/2009 5:29 AM >
| | | | Cool Place,
I don't know if this is related or not, but a guy owns an Atlas F ex-ICBM silo in upstate New York. www.siloboy.com And there is another website linked from his page of another Atlas 1 km south of the Canadian border south of Montreal.
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Honshu
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 8 on 5/27/2009 1:12 PM >
| | | | hey I still have my 5 1/2 floopies and my 8's for those Ibms, and the manuals. Lol! hey I can probably salvage one and get it operational and put it in a museum.
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msgsudz
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
Msgsudz has an overactive bowel and shits like a Clydesdale.
| | | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 9 on 5/28/2009 4:12 PM >
| | | | thought i'd post some of my shots from this location:
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"She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan
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UsER28459
Location: Southern Ontario
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 10 on 5/28/2009 5:38 PM >
| | | | Cool location,certainly there must be some way in those missile silo's?
Nice pics guys!
I was exploring the cave last night. That's why I was late.
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Intrinsic
Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 11 on 5/28/2009 5:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by UsER28459
Cool location,certainly there must be some way in those missile silo's?
Nice pics guys!
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The doors were unlocked for the majority of the silos but the insides were either empty, full of crap or had recently been converted into what looked like storage facilities. You could see/smell the freshly cut wood put up to create seperate rooms.
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videonerd
| | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 12 on 5/28/2009 8:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by Honshu
hey I still have my 5 1/2 floopies and my 8's for those Ibms, and the manuals. Lol! hey I can probably salvage one and get it operational and put it in a museum.
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There's some l33t 8086's in there with HALF-HEIGHT drives to make room for that full-height RLL hard drive!!
Where do you get 5 1/2" floppies from? They don't fit in my 5 1/4" drive.  Aw crap, they're 360K double sided? I only have the single sided 180K drive. Time to flip to side B and find that hole punch for the write-protect hole!
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msgsudz
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Gender: Male
Msgsudz has an overactive bowel and shits like a Clydesdale.
| | | Re: Bomarc Missle Base (North Bay, Ontario)
<Reply # 13 on 5/28/2009 11:28 PM >
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"She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!" - Zapp Brannigan
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