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Just a tree. Wandering from the trail in Rondeau Park, we came to a clearing with this lone tree in the middle. I can only assume the clearing was a former camp ground before the park down sized in the early 70's.
Just to prove that I do go out in the sun light, time permitting......
At least he seemed to know what he was doing with all those ropes and cords. He did go very high into the canopy of the tree.
The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across the northern United States and southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Run by NORAD (after its creation), over half were manned by United States Air Force personnel with the balance operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The line was the first coordinated system for early detection of a Soviet bomber attack on North America, but the early 1950s radar technology quickly became outdated and the line was in full operation only for a short time.
C-36 RCAF Tofino, BC
49°04′55″N 125°46′51″W
52 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron CAF