Canadian Forces Base Ottawa (also CFB Ottawa) was a
Canadian Forces Base located in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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.
CFB Ottawa was formed in 1972 to consolidate several
Department of National Defence properties in the national capital region for administrative purposes.
The two largest components of CFB Ottawa were the former
CFB Uplands
Canadian Forces Base Uplands (also CFB Uplands) was a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario. Most of the land which formed the base was transferred to the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport after the base was closed in th ...
and
CFB Rockcliffe, which were referred to as CFB Ottawa (South) and CFB Ottawa (North) respectively.
Many residents of Ottawa continued to use the historic names of these geographically separate facilities. CFB Ottawa lost its status as a base during defence cutbacks in the mid-1990s.
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Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
Transport in Ottawa
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