CFS Leitrim

45°20′11″N 75°35′15″W / 45.336495°N 75.587504°W / 45.336495; -75.587504

Canadian Forces Station Leitrim, also referred to as CFS Leitrim, is a Canadian Forces Station located in the neighbourhood of Leitrim in Ottawa, Ontario. It is concerned with the interception, decrypting and processing of communication for the Communications Security Establishment and the Canadian Forces, and forms part of the ECHELON system.

The station's motto Pacem Petere means Research For Peace.^[1]

History

CFS Leitrim, located south of Ottawa, is Canada's oldest operational signal intelligence collection station. Established by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in 1941 as I Special Wireless Station and renamed Ottawa Wireless Station in 1949, CFS Leitrim acquired its current name when the Supplementary Radio System was created in 1966. In 1946, the station's complement was 75 personnel. The current strength is 975 military personnel and 50+ civilian employees.^[2]^[3]

To enhance security, Leitrim road, which passed directly in front of the station, was diverted roughly 300m to the south of the station in 2009.

References

^ Proc, Jerry (26 October 2013). "CFS Leitrim". Radio Communications and Signals Intelligence in the Royal Canadian Navy. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ [1] Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Canadian Forces Station Leitrim". Granite Island Group. 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ "CFS Leitrim Detachment - General Information | 9 Wing Lodger Units | 9 Wing Gander | RCAF | DND/CF". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-09-16.

External links

Badge
Station designator
Official DND website
Aerial view of Pusher HFDF array

Canadian Forces bases and stations

Current

Army	CFB Borden CFB Edmonton CFB Gagetown CFB Kingston CFB Montreal Garrison Petawawa CFB Shilo CFB Suffield CFB Valcartier 5 Cdn Div TC Aldershot 4 Cdn Div TC Meaford 3 Cdn Div DET Wainwright
Navy	CFB Esquimalt CFB Halifax CFS St. John's
Air Force	CFB Bagotville CFB Borden CFB Cold Lake CFB Comox CFB Gander CFB Goose Bay CFB Greenwood CFB Kingston CFB Moose Jaw CFB North Bay CFB Trenton CFD Mountain View CFB Winnipeg CFD Dundurn
NORAD	Big Bay Cape Kakiviak Cape Kiglapait Cartwright Resolution Island Saglek Tukialik
All services	CFS Alert CFS Leitrim CFNA HQ Whitehorse CFNA HQ Yellowknife
Headquarters	Major-General George R. Pearkes Building NDHQ Carling

Defunct

Bases	CFB Calgary CFB Baden-Soellingen CFB Chatham CFB Chilliwack ASU Chilliwack CFB Clinton CFB Cornwallis CFB Downsview Denison Armoury CFB Griesbach CFB Lahr CFB London CFB Moncton CFB Ottawa CFB Penhold CFB Picton CFB Portage la Prairie CFB Rivers CFB Rockcliffe CFB Shearwater CFB St. Hubert CFB St. Jean CFB Summerside CFB Toronto CFB Uplands CFB Winnipeg
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Temporary bases	Canada Dry One Canada Dry Two Camp Julien Camp Mirage Camp Nathan Smith