Radar Beaches

Radar Beaches (49˚04'00" 125˚50'00" Below Radar Hill), Radar Hill (49˚05'03" 125˚50'29" Just SE of Tofino, in Pacific Rim National Park, W side of Vancouver I). A long-range radar station, part of the Pinetree Line, an early-warning defence against incoming missiles, was built on the hill in the early 1950s and closed down in 1958. The buildings were dismantled by 1971. Several years later, Transport Canada installed a VOR (VHF omni-directional radio range) facility there. In 1998 a Korean...

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