Canadian Forces Station Masset (french: Station des forces canadiennes Masset) was a
Canadian Forces station and signals intercept facility located near
Masset,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include ...
. The station was officially stood-down on 1 April 1997 and re-established as
Canadian Forces Station Leitrim
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 th ...
Detachment Masset.
History
Naval Radio Station Masset (1943 - 1968)
The station was constructed in 1942 as Naval Radio Station (NRS) Masset and became active on 23 February 1943.
NRS Masset was used as a
high-frequency direction finding (HFDF) intercept station and a relay station for ship-to-shore communications. At the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
NRS Masset was placed into caretaker status until reactivation in 1949, however an earthquake damaged the station and operations were suspended until 1951 when Masset became part of the military's SUPRAD (supplementary radio) system.
Canadian Forces Station Masset (1968 - 1997)
The station was re-designated as Canadian Forces Station Masset following the
unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968.
In 1971, a
Wullenweber AN/FRD-10 antenna was built as part of a larger shore-based HFDF system to locate and classify enemy ships (known as Project Clarinet Bullseye
). The FRD-10 at CFS Masset remained in use after the end of Clarinet Bullseye.
CFS Leitrim Detachment Masset (1997 - )
CFS Masset was stood down and made a detachment of
CFS Leitrim in 1997. Equipment at the facility is operated remotely from Leitrim to gather
signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of '' signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ...
for the
Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch and the
Communications Security Establishment.
References
External links
BadgeOperations site
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Canadian Forces bases in Canada (closed)
Masset
Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System