CFS Carp - Citizendia

Canadian Forces Station Carp (also CFS Carp) is a former Canadian military facility located in the rural farming community of Carp, Ontario, approximately 30 km west of Ottawa. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Carp is a large Village west of urban Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.

In 1958, at the height of the Cold War and the infancy of the ICBM threat, Carp was selected as the site for one of the Emergency Government Headquarters (also known as Diefenbunkers) complexes being constructed across Canada. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The seven Emergency Government Headquarters (commonly referred to as Diefenbunkers) are Nuclear fallout shelters that were built across Canada at the height The Carp facility would be the largest of such facilities, and the only one in the immediate Ottawa area. Construction began in 1959 in an abandoned gravel pit outside Carp. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The original site, some six miles west of Almonte (45 15'06. 66" N x 76 19'31. 05 W)was abandoned when ground water proved impossible to remove.

The underground 4-storey bunker was capable of withstanding a near-hit from a nuclear explosion. It had massive blast doors at the surface, as well as extensive air filters to prevent radiation infiltration. Underground storage was built for food, fuel, fresh water, and other supplies for the facility which was capable of supporting several hundred people for weeks. A vault was also constructed on the lowest level to hold the gold reserves of the Bank of Canada. For the defunct commercial bank see Bank of Canada (commercial.

These facilities were administered by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (later the Communications and Electronics Branch). The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS RC Sigs was a corps of the Canadian Army. The Communications and Electronics (C&E Branch is a Personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF A decentralized transmitter site was located further to the west where an antenna farm was built in Perth, Ontario (approx 45 16'00. Perth is a Town in eastern Ontario, Canada (pop 6003 in 2001) 70 N x 76 08'22. 58 W).

On April 12, 2006, the City of Ottawa designated the entire site as a property of cultural heritage value under the Ontario Heritage Act. The City of Ottawa ( French: Ville d'Ottawa) is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Heritage Act, first enacted on March 5 1975 allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in The site has been recognized as a heritage property by the federal government since 1994.

Diefenbunker Museum

CFS Carp was decommissioned in 1994 following the reduction in the ICBM threat (or more appropriately the obsolescence of bunkers in general). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The local municipality took control of the facility and a group of local volunteers, recognizing the heritage and tourism value of the Carp Diefenbunker, undertook to open the facility as a cold war museum and conduct public tours. It was purchased by the Diefenbunker Development Group in 1998, and officially opened as a museum. The non-profit group changed their name to the Diefenbunker, Canada's Cold War Museum shortly thereafter. It is currently open year-round for public tours (guided only).

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