Marble Island Radar Station

The islands south of spider island from typhoon island southeast to kidney island formed the breadner group named after the chief of air staff in 1943 air marshall l s.

Marble island radar station.

Established to protect the nation from a potential japanese invasion this pacific coast air defence radar system operated until the end of the war in 1945. The main difference for them was that now they had company and a weekly delivery of supplies while the radar station was active. 9 br squadron was equipped with stranraer and then canso. 1 cwu had eight detachments each with a woodsman two radio operators and a man with some cooking and camping ability located north to south at frederick island hippa island kindakun island marble island hibben island tasoo harbour barry harbour and big bay.

Marble island was the base for one of 11 radar stations the canadian government built in 1943. From the ops site the radar could see well into dixon entrance and straight down the west coast of graham island. The radar was fairly new technology at that time and so the canadian government built this radar station so they also built a camp on there. Canadian radar stations 1 one of the most overlooked stories of world war ii radar is the work of thousands of men and women on the coastal radar stations built right here in canada.

On the home front. The following personnel were employed at the radar stations in canada during world war ii and they have communicated with our web site providing their email address. Windfinder specializes in wind waves tides and weather reports forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing windsurfing surfing sailing or paragliding. Radar stations in canada during world war ii.

Rcaf stn bella bella was the administrative and supply station and used its resources to do so. And west of the queen charlotte islands there was an island called marble island that the canadian government decided to build a radar station on marble island. This is the wind wave and weather forecast for marble island malletts bay in vermont united states. National data buoy center recent observations from station mrho1 41 544n 82 731w 9063079 marblehead oh.

In 1943 when radar coverage permitted the coast watchers were withdrawn. Doug welch one of the partners called me into his office and asked if i would accept the task of building a radar station on marble island off the coast of the queen charlottes he produced maps and explained that this was the most westerly piece of land in canada and was separated. After a few days at marwell s office to finalize the vulcan project i was invited to handle a very tough job.