204 Equipment Holding Unit. No. RCAF Station Yorkton seemed destined to become a part of the post-war RCAF. 1 Advance Flying School opened at the station in 1952, one of the many Flying Training Schools opened across Canada to train RAF, RCAF and NATO aircrews. The camp closed on 1 September 1943. Added attractions along the route include the First Nations community of Stanley Mission, home of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and Nistowiak Falls, one of Saskatchewan's highest waterfalls., STARTING AT:
4 Surplus Equipment Holding Unit (No. The abandoned and deteriorating runways at the former RCAF Detachment Sturdee also remains, along with the hangar pad, but nothing remains at RCAF Detachment Rhein. were lost to a fire in 1922. The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Saskatchewan constructed prior to 1900. Built after the former Lieutenant-Governors mansion burned to the ground in 1825. 34 Elementary Flying Training School / No. Greene and Company Mill Architects and Engineers. No. Source material: Canadian Racer Web site – www.motorsportcentral.com, information provided by Vintage Wings – www.vintagewings.ca & “Wings For Victory” by Spencer Dunmore. Runway 03-21 was extended to 4800 feet. A total of 40 buildings were constructed for the flying school, including a full surgical hospital, one of four for all of No. Boileau, Gilles. The Saskatchewan countryside is full of empty spaces. During the 1950s, Saskatoon became one of the major military centres in Western Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Boharm: Opened in 1940 near Boharm, the detachment served as a Relief Landing Field for No.33 EFTS in Caron, but it possibly was originally intended for No. Water reservoirs, a barrack block and a garage were added, but no hangar or control tower or barracks. Few buildings from the fur trade era remain. No. The Airmens’ Mess remains, but has been moved to a different location at Caronport. Relief Landing Fields were constructed near Hamlin and Brada. 23 Elementary Flying Training School (Davidson): Opened near Davidson on 9 November 1942 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. 33 Elementary Flying Training School: Opened on 5 January 1942 near the Town of Caron by the Royal Air Force, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. On 15 September 1946, an RCAF Dakota 962 crashed at Estevan, killing all 21 men on board; all of whom were veterans of the war. Two hangars were moved to Regina and the drill hall to Moose Jaw. All that remains of the wartime school are one complete hangar, one partial hangar, the tower for the original control room (but not the control room itself), the gunnery backstop, the maintenance garage and the water pumping station. The Mossbank Golf Club now occupies most of the property. 3 Air Observer School (Regina) & No. 7, March 1955, “Memories of Flying – Old Home Week for Airmen” by Dean Creswell, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 22 September 1971, information supplied by June Flegg, Historian, Saskatoon Public Library (2000), National Aviation Centre/National Aviation College web site – http://citylightsnews.com/nac.htm, information supplied by Jeff O’Brien, City Archivist, City of Saskatoon (2000), information supplied by Will Chaburn, Member Regina Chapter, Canadian Aviation Historical Society (2003), information supplied by Shelley Anklewich, Contract Administrator, Saskatoon Airport Authority (2003), information supplied by Harry Setchell (2004), Ozzy’s Place: Abandoned Aerodromes of Saskatchewan – http://ozzzy.dyndns.org, information provided by Vintage Wings – www.vintagewings.ca & information supplied by William A. Restall, Saskatoon Airport (2001). 2 Training Command, a mess hall and 5 hangars. No. Of all the former school’s buildings, only two of the original five hangars remain. "The statue was designed by Don Foulds from Saskatoon, SK at a cost of $12,750 and transported to Indian Head." Several of the aerodrome’s former buildings were moved to the nearby Sharon Schools. However, in 1784 New Brunswick became its own colony due to an increasingly non-aboriginal population. The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Yukon constructed prior to 1900. When No. A Relief Landing Field was constructed near Brora. The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Nova Scotia constructed prior to 1830. Oldest surviving lighthouse in North America, Wood frame building erected by settlers from New England; one of the oldest surviving buildings in English-speaking Canada, and a good example of a New England-style colonial meeting house, Christ Church Anglican Church(originally St. Paul), Boyhood home of Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-1920. 4002 Medical Unit (Auxiliary). It remains the second-oldest surviving building in Halifax after St. Paul's Church. No. Visit the last site of the North West Rebellion. 1, No. The airfield is now the Assiniboia Airport. One of the old aircraft hangars was re-located to Regina and is not known as the Turvey Centre, located at 100 Armour Road, Highway 6 North. 23 EFTS re-located from Davidson, Manitoba to Yorkton on 29 January 1945, but it would have a brief existence in Yorkton as it too closed on 15 September 1945. No. Most of the other buildings (Barracks, etc.) The property owner still uses a portion of the old airfield as a private aerodrome. Also of note on the Parliament Square site is the Old Education Building constructed in 1816 of stone with two more floors added in 1869. According to Bill Barry of the Saskatchewan Vitual War Memorial: “In 1934, in exchange for 21 quarters around Dundurn Camp, the federal government transferred its facilities at Ladder Lake to the province. No. The former RCAF Detachment Hamlin was used as an industrial site. The school closed on 15 December 1944, having trained 2,539 bombers and 3,702 air gunners. The Blockhouse was erected in 1750 as part of the Fort Edward complex. Two of the WWII-era hangars remain; one with the control tower atop that is in use by Transwest Air and the other for fertilizer storage but is in poor condition, and the former parchute packing building, also remains. It was designated a Provincial Historic Site on August 26, 1981 by the Saskatchewan Government. 403 Aircraft Holding Unit, whose function was the storage of surplus aircraft. The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in New Brunswick constructed prior to 1890. The building has a view of Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal across the Annapolis Basin.