Debert is an unincorporated farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's It is located approximately 20 km west of the town of Truro. Truro (2006 population 11765; Urban area population 22777, conglomeration area population 45777 is a Town in
Situated near coal and iron ore deposits, Debert was established on the Halifax-Montreal mainline of the Intercolonial Railway of Canada in the 1870s. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Metropolitan Halifax (2006 pop 282924) often referred to as Metro Halifax, or inaccurately Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Intercolonial Railway of Canada ( IRC or ICR) also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway, was a historic Canadian railway that operated
Military history
- For more information, consult the main CFS Debert article. Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Air Force and Army facility located in Debert, Nova Scotia
During the Second World War Debert was the location of the Debert Military Camp and RCAF Station Debert. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Air Force and Army facility located in Debert, Nova Scotia Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Air Force and Army facility located in Debert, Nova Scotia Camp Debert was a large army facility capable of accommodating division-size units where personnel received training prior to deployment to Europe. RCAF Station Debert was used as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility which saw pilots and aircrew from Commonwealth nations trained for military service. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, also known as the Empire Air Training Scheme, Empire Air Training Plan, Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Demobilization of the military during the post-war brought about many other changes at Camp Debert with many of the barrack buildings and workshops being demolished. Many materials were salvaged from the demolition and reused to help construct numerous new homes in the nearby village of Debert and throughout this part of Colchester County.
For a brief period shortly after the war, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College operated out of the old Camp Debert hospital. The Nova Scotia Agricultural College ( NSAC) is a Canadian University college located in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, a village near the The temporary relocation of NSAC resulted from a major fire that had occurred at the principal campus in Bible Hill, which destroyed many barns and academic facilities. Bible Hill (2001 population 5741 is a Canadian village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
Camp Debert's role as a training facility was eliminated in the early 1950s with the opening of the much larger Camp Gagetown in New Brunswick. This article is about the military base known as CFB Gagetown headquartered in the town of Oromocto with an extensive training area in southwestern New Brunswick The airfield was downgraded at this time to an adjunct facility for RCAF Station Shearwater. Debert Airport is located near Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada and has three runways 12 Wing Shearwater, is located in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
A new lease on life was given to the military facility in the early 1960s when Camp Debert was chosen as the location for a Regional Emergency Government Headquarters, also known as a "Diefenbunker". The seven Emergency Government Headquarters (commonly referred to as Diefenbunkers) are Nuclear fallout shelters that were built across Canada at the height This facility became the focus of the newly-formed CFS Debert by the late 1960s. Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Air Force and Army facility located in Debert, Nova Scotia
The primary unit attached to CFS Debert was the 720 Communications Squadron, which maintained the REGHQ and provided communications support to Canadian Forces units throughout Atlantic Canada and around the world. The Canadian Forces (CF ( French: Forces canadiennes) are the unified Armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence Substantial antenna facilities were constructed close to the nearby villages of Masstown and Great Village to support the military operations at CFS Debert, providing world-wide radio communications. Masstown is a farming community located approximately 17 kilometers from Truro, Nova Scotia. Great Village is a community of approximately 500 people located along Trunk 2 and the north shore of Cobequid Bay in Colchester County Nova Scotia
In 1971 the aerodrome and training facilities were declared surplus and were purchased by the provincial government to create the "Debert Air Industrial Park" as well as a municipal airfield.
CFS Debert was closed in the mid-1990s and decommissioned in 1998 with remaining site facilities being transferred to a local development authority named "Colchester Park". Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Air Force and Army facility located in Debert, Nova Scotia The ongoing residual military communications role of Debert was transferred to the transmitter/receiver facility near Great Village.
The Debert Airfield is now also the location of Royal Canadian Air Cadet Summer Glider Scholarship program for the Atlantic region. More than 50 cadets earn their Transport Canada Glider Pilot License during a 6 week course each summer.
Paleo-Indian discovery
In 1994, a significant paleo-indian site was discovered on the grounds of the old military camp by a private contractor who was preparing a plot of land to be used as a tree farm. Paleo-Indians or Paleo-Americans were the ancient peoples of the Americas who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock Researchers from Saint Mary's University were requested to conduct a thorough archeological excavation on the site. Saint Mary's University (SMU is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Preliminary reports suggested that the site held evidence of human activity that pre-dated any other sites found within the northern part of Nova Scotia.
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