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Location DB > Canada > Ontario > Ottawa > Mid Canada Line Test Fence Site 012
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Mid Canada Line Test Fence Site 012
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created by Mutt on 8/20/2004 2:43 AM
last modified by Emperor Wang on 12/20/2016 6:09 PM
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This appears to be a cold war era military microwave tower and building. Lots of vandal damage inside and out. The tower is on the flight path into the Ottawa International Airport yet it has not lighting, nor is it painted for visibilty. The tower is definately climbable and still has two receieve and two transmitter dishes available for close inspection. There is some evidence that paintballers have been active inside judging by the few CO2 whippets and paint splats.
 Basic Information
Type: Building and Tower
Status: Abandoned and severely trashed
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: worth the trip
 Physical Information
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Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Owner: unknown
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  •  Hazards
  • Sparrows protecting their nests.
  •  Interesting Features
    Update: now also missing its roof; it's essentially just an empty, semi-demolished shell of a building. No more MG car.
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    An MG car wedged into a room. A large dead (easy climber) microwave tower.
     Security Measures
  • fences
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1950
    Closed: 1965
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  • Just go there.
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     History
    Sandwiched between the DEW Line and the Pinetree Line, the Mid Canada Line (MCL), also known as the McGill Fence was a series of military sites designed to function as the second line of detection. Its purpose was to detect enemy aircraft that had penetrated south of the DEW Line into the heart of North America. This system operated on the "Doppler" principle. Conceived during the "Cold War" in 1951 it wasn't until January of 1958 that the line became fully operational. The MCL sites were strategically located along the 55th parallel from the Alaska border to the Atlantic Ocean. At its peak, it consisted of 8 Sector Control Stations and approximately 90 unmanned sites about 30 miles apart. With the 1960's came improvements in technology and jet aircraft design in particular which rendered the MCL no longer economically feasible or strategically required, so it was shut down. The western sites were decommissioned in January 1964 and the eastern sites in April 1965.

    Four "test" sites were also constructed in eastern Ontario. This particular site was known as MCL test fence site 012 SOUTH GLOUCESTER.
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    Mutt's first trip in.
    Fri, Aug 20th, 2004
    posted by Mutt
    22 pictures
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    Mutt's Second Camera Trip
    Fri, Aug 20th, 2004
    posted by Mutt
    10 pictures
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    First ever exploration
    Sat, Aug 21st, 2004
    posted by KevlarKnight
    9 pictures
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    Companion pic to one in Mutt's Gallery
    Sun, Aug 22nd, 2004
    posted by phae-girl
    1 pictures
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    Abacab's First Visit
    Sat, Oct 28th, 2006
    posted by abacab
    7 pictures
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    shell of its former self
    Fri, Feb 6th, 2015
    posted by thetrainguru
    8 pictures


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    hedd's trip
    Thu, Aug 24th, 2006
    posted by hedd
     Web Links
    http://www.lswilson.ca/mcl.htm
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    Photography 6 / 10
    Coolness 7 / 10
    Content Quality 8 / 10
     Validation
    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 12/20/2016 6:09 PM.

     Latest Changes
  • on Dec 20 16 at 18:09, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Dec 20 16 at 18:09, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name, Type
  • on Feb 6 15 at 21:06, Mike Dijital validated this location
  • on Feb 6 15 at 19:48, thetrainguru updated gallery shell of its former self
  • on Feb 6 15 at 19:47, thetrainguru added some pictures to a gallery
  • on Feb 6 15 at 19:44, thetrainguru created a new gallery
  • on Dec 20 07 at 4:26, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Dec 20 07 at 1:36, abacab changed the following: Web Links
  • on Dec 20 07 at 1:34, abacab changed the following: History, Year Closed
  • on Dec 18 07 at 4:22, Emperor Wang validated this location
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