| Date and Time: | October 21, 2024, 10:30 AM |
| Travel Arrangements: | Car pool from the parking lot at Pet Valu, meeting at 9:30. We are meeting our host and tour guide at the Vanastra Recreation Centre, 26 Toronto Blvd, Vanastra. |
| Let’s not forget food! | Lunch at Bartliff’s Bakery and Restaurant in Clinton following the tour (byo$). Note: Because we have to provide the restaurant with a head count, please email Mike at indabush@hay.net if you plan to attend. |
| Rain Date: | October 22, 2024 – same arrangements, except that lunch will be at Kate’s Station right in Vanastra |
| PIL Fee: | $5.00 |
It is fitting that on the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Airforce that we learn about an historic base right in our back yard. It is less well known than Commonwealth Air Training bases at Goderich and Centralia, but no less significant. Here is what Wikipedia has to say by way of introduction.
“Canadian Forces Base Clinton, CFB Clinton for short, was a Canadian Forces Base located near Clinton, Ontario. It initially opened in July 1941 as RAF Station Clinton under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as a training unit for radar operators during a period when radar was a top secret device. UK, Canadian, US and other servicemen were trained at Clinton, with practical flights being carried out at nearby RCAF Station Centralia. Clinton remained the primary radar training site for Canadian Forces personnel through the Cold War era, with continued expansions throughout the 1950s and 60s. As part of a centralization effort, CFB Clinton was closed in 1971, with the site abandoned by 1972. A number of buildings remain on the site, including a large “golf ball” radome.”
Here is a link to an article in the Clinton News Record from February 2022 if you need more detail. Adastral Park was home of RCAF Clinton from 1948-1971
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