CFS Senneterre

CFS Senneterre
RCAF Station Senneterre
Part of the Pinetree Line
Senneterre, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Code	C-8
Site information
Owner	Private
Controlled by	Royal Canadian Air Force
Condition	Partially demolished, also repurposed
Site history
Built	1950 (1950)
Built by	Royal Canadian Air Force
In use	1953-1988
Garrison information
Garrison	34 AC&W Squadron

CFS Senneterre, initially called RCAF Station Senneterre prior to 1967, was a long-range radar and Ground Control Intercept station, part of the Pinetree Line radar defence network, situated 40 miles (64 km) north of Val-d'Or, Quebec. Situated atop Mount Bell, east of the town of Senneterre, Quebec, construction started in 1950. By 1953 the 34 AC&W Squadron became operational. From 1968 to 1973 Senneterre was the backup to CFB North Bay, the regional command post; in the event it was incapacitated by a nuclear strike, Senneterre was designated an Alternative Command Post (ALCOP). In 1988 the station was deemed no longer necessary as a long-range radar, and closed.

Post closure

After closure in 1988 some of the facilities were sold to private interests. At the operations site:

• Telebec purchased the southmost radar building and erected a cell phone tower .
• The height finder building has been demolished for unknown reasons.
• The operations building was demolished after a fire in the early 1990s.
• The SAGE Annex is intact and privately owned.
• The northmost standing radar building is intact and privately owned.
• The TX and RX communications buildings have been repurposed by a local firearms club as indoor target ranges.