Royal Canadian Air Force Station Gypsumville Memorial

[plaque/plaque] ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE STATION GYPSUMVILLE WAS BUILT IN 1963 AND BECAME OPERATIONAL 23 JAN 1964. IT WAS BUILT TO FORM PART OF THE CADIN-PINETREE RADAR LINE WHICH WAS CANADA'S COMMITMENT TO THE AIR DEFENCE OF NORTH AMERICA THROUGH NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENCE COMMAND (NORAD). THIS PARTICULAR RADAR, AN FPS 507 HEIGHT FINDER, WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF UNKNOWN TARGETS IN ITS 383,000 SQ KILOMETRE AREA OF COVERAGE.

STORED IN THE BASE OF THIS RADAR IS A TIME CAPSULE WHICH CONTAINS ARTIFACTS, MEMORABILIA, AND UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY SOMEDAY BE OF INTEREST AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.

THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED IN MEMORY OF, AND IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RCAF AND THE CF AND THOSE CIVILIAN DND EMPLOYEES WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AT THIS STATION OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. IT ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL THAT EXISTED BETWEEN CFS GYPSUMVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING LOCAL COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 1963 AND 1987.

GYPSUMVILLE STATION DE L'AVIATION ROYALE CANADIENNE, A ETE CONSTRUITE EN 1963 ET EST DEVENUE OPERATIONELLE LE 23 JANVIER 1964. ELLE A ETE BATTE AFIN DE DEVENIR UN MAILLON DANS LA CHAINE DE RADAR CADIN-PINETREE CONSTITUENT AINSI L'ENGAGEMENT DU CANADA ENVERS LE COMMANDEMENT DE LA DEFENSE AEROSPATIALE DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD (NORAD). CE RADAR D'ALTIMETRIE, UN FPS 507 A ETE UTILISE POUR DETERMINER L'ALTITUDE DE CIBLES INCONNUES DANS SA ZONE DE SURVEILLANCE DE 383,000 KILOMETRES CARRES.

DANS LA BASE DE CE RADAR EST LOGEE UNE CAPSULE HISTORIQUE CONTENANT CERTAINS OBJETS ET DOCUMENTS COMMEMORATIES ET NON-CLASSIFIES QUI UN JOUR PLUVENT AVOIR UN INTERET ET UNE SIGNIFICATION HISTORIQUE.

CE MONUMENT A ETE ERIGE A LA MEMOIRE DE ET EST DEIDE A CES HOMMES ET FEMMES DE L'ARC ET DES FC, ET CES EMPLOYES CIVILS DU MDN QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS ICI MEME AU COURS DES VINGTS DERNIER ANNEES. IL EST AUSSI UN SYMBOLE DE L'AMITE ET DE LA BONNE VOLONTE QUI EXISTAIENT ENTRE LA SFC GYPSUMVILLE ET LES COMMUNAUTRES ENVIRONNANTES ENTRE 1963 ET 1987.