Pinetree Line Miscellaneous

North Bay, Ontario – Assorted Sources


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  1. Historical detail pertaining to the underground complex at North Bay.
    Courtesy Assorted Sources.


  2. Defence security at North Bay.
    A Canadian Forces Military Policeman opens one of the three 19-ton blast doors protecting the underground headquarters of the 22nd NORAD Region at North Bay. These 10-foot square doors can be closed in a matter of seconds to ptotect the vital defence installation.
    Courtesy Cliff Ruttan.

  3. The main entrance to the Underground Complex - 1984.
    This is the blast door at the main audit.
    Courtesy NBC84-1370.

  4. A view of the main entrance to the Underground Complex, known as the Main Audit.
    Courtesy DND PL-137733.

  5. A 40 passenger bus transports personnel to and from their working areas.
    Courtesy Cliff Ruttan.

  6. Six generators provide the electrical requirements at the underground installation at North Bay.
    Courtesy Cliff Ruttan.

  7. An artist's depiction of the Underground Complex.
    Courtesy The NBC Group.

  8. The infamous SAGE "Blue Room".
    This was the operations room for controlling intercept missions on North Bay's assigned area. Note the Senior Director's dias in the background.
    Courtesy DND PL-137732.

  9. The site location and communications board located in the SAGE Complex at North Bay.
    Courtesy DND PL-137736.

  10. One of the operations rooms in the Sector Operations Control Centre (SOCC) - 1984.
    This was shortly after the SAGE had been replaced with the ROCC/SOCC and Canada assumed control over all of Canada.
    Courtesy NBC84-1362.

  11. The original switchboard in the SAGE complex at North Bay.
    Courtesy DND PL-137737.

  12. A view of the small guage railway built through the North Portal to the main construction site.
    Courtesy DND PL-118737.

  13. A view of the small guage railway built through the North Portal to the main construction site.
    The railway was used primarily to transport slag out of the underground site.
    Courtesy DND PL-118739.

  14. A view of the North Portal under construction.
    Courtesy DND PL-118735.

  15. Construction of the underground complex started in 1959 and was completed in 1963.
    Seen here is the South Portal during the construction phase.
    Courtesy DND PL-118743.

  16. Another view of the South Portal under construction.
    Courtesy DND PL-137734.

  17. The Construction Engineering (CE) Audit in the underground complex.
    Courtesy DND PL-141386.


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