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title: "Border Beacon"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Beacon"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T09:03:50.446674+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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---
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Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line Site 212) was a United States Air Force military installation in Labrador, located approximately 190 km (120 mi) west of the Town of Hopedale. Border Beacon was a bistatic radar Doppler Detection Station on the Mid-Canada Line system of early-warning radar stations.
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Opened in 1957, and fully operational in 1958, Border Beacon was in operation for eight years. The eastern portion of the Mid-Canada Line was shut down in 1965 and the site was closed.
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== Transport Canada ==
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The Government of Canada took possession of the Border Beacon site from the US in 1965 and transformed it into a weather station. Transport Canada operated the weather station until it closed in the 1970s.
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== Accidents and incidents ==
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On 10 January 1986, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (C-GUBD) of Goose Bay Air Services departed CFB Goose Bay and crashed at Border Beacon due to unknown circumstances.
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== References == |