RCAF Station Mont Apica


RCAF Mont Apica was a radar station of the Pinetree Line, located in Mont-Apica, Quebec, Canada, during the Cold War. The station opened in 1952 and had a staff of some 500 persons at its peak.
Political and technological changes made the station redundant and it closed in 1990. The radar squadron that was there was transferred to CFB Bagotville.
2452 AC&W squadron, an auxiliary unit from Quebec City trained at Mont Apica until its closure in 1960.
There was also a weather radar used by the military and later by the Meteorological Service of Canada. After the closing of the station, it was transferred to the Lac Castor site of the Canadian weather radar network.