CFB Picton

Originally opened as Royal Air Force No. 31 Base and Ground Station, CFB Picton was a military installation located in Picton, Ontario. The base was active from 1941 to 1969 and served the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army.

Opened in 1941, the base housed the Royal Air Force's No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School complete with five available bombing ranges. Aircraft flown at the base included the Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke and Westland Lysander. After the war, the site was utilized for aircraft storage and maintenance until operations were moved to CFB Trenton in Jan 1946.

During the post-aviation period, the base served the Royal Canadian School of Artillery, providing training for anti-aircraft gunners, gunnery radar operators, technical assistants and artillery instructors.

With the unification of the Army, RCAF and Royal Canadian Navy to create the Canadian Forces, Camp Picton was renamed Canadian Forces
Base (CFB) Picton. However, reductions in the Canadian military meant that the base was no longer required and CFB Picton was closed in September 1969.

The site ownership was later transferred to the province of Ontario and the name changed to Prince Edward Heights. It was utilized as a home for people with developmental disability, housing 450 patients over 400 staff until the concept of deinstitutionalization resulted in closure as of September 1999.

Today, the site is owned by a private developer. Portions of the former base have been subdivided and christened "Macaulay Village". Much of the main base also remains, with some of the original buildings having been restored and in use as an industrial park. The airfield remains in operation as Picton Municipal Airport.