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Big Bay Short Range Radar Site

55°44′19.6″N 060°25′47.9″W / 55.738778°N 60.429972°W / 55.738778; -60.429972 (Big Bay LRR LAB-4)TypeShort Range Radar StationCodeLAB-4Site informationControlled byNorth American Aerospace Defense CommandSite historyBuiltSeptember 1992Built byRoyal Canadian Air ForceIn use1992-present

Big Bay (LAB-4)

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Big Bay (LAB-4) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Short Range Radar Site located on the coast of Labrador, 167 miles (269 km) north of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[1]

Facilities

The facility contains a Short Range AN/FPS-124 doppler airborne target surveillance radar that was installed in September 1992 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-4) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.^[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ "The DEWLine | the Distant Early Warning Radar Line".
^ http://www.lswilson.ca/dewline.htm#L The DEW LINE

Military installations in Newfoundland & Labrador

Current

Air Force	CFB Gander CFB Goose Bay
Navy	CFS St. John's HMCS Cabot
Norad	Big Bay Cape Kakiviak Cape Kiglapait Cartwright Saglek Tukialik

Defunct

Canada	HMC Dockyard Bay Bulls Brig Harbour Island Cape Bauld Cape Ray Mid-Canada Line (Site 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, 209, 227) RCAF Saglek RCAF Station Botwood RCAF Aerodrome Torbay Port aux Basques
England	Cuper's Cove Fort Ferryland Fort George Fort William
France	Castle Hill Fort Plaisance Fort Royal Fort Saint Louis Gaillardin Redoubt Point Verde Battery
Nazi Germany	Weather Station Kurt
Great Britain	Fort Amherst Fort Carbonear Fort Frederick Fort Point Fort Townshend Fort Waldegrave
United Kingdom	RAF(U) Goose Bay Queen’s Battery
United States	Allan's Island Bell Island Border Beacon Cape Makkovik Cape Race Cape Spear Cartwright Comfort Cove Cut Throat Island Elliston Ridge Ernest Harmon AFB Fogo Island Fox Harbour AS Fox Harbour Goose AFB Hopedale La Scie NS Argentia McAndrew AFB Melville Pepperrell AFB Phillip's Head Red Cliff Saglek St. Anthony Spotted Island St. Bride's St. John's Stephenville