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<h2 id="transport-canada">Transport Canada</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="accidents-and-incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2> <ul><li>On 10 January 1986, a <a href="/facts/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver/4j5MMsmj">de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver</a> (<i>C-GUBD</i>) of Goose Bay Air Services departed <a href="/facts/CFB_Goose_Bay/CIfdDFTI">CFB Goose Bay</a> and crashed at Border Beacon due to unknown circumstances.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>GHD Group. Phase I Environmental Site Assessment: Former US Military Mid Canada Line Radar Site 212, Border Beacon, NL (PDF) (Report). Department of Environment and Conservation. pp. i–ii. <a href="/wiki/GHD_Group" target="_blank">/wiki/GHD_Group</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mid canada line". <a href="http://www.lswilson.ca/scs500.htm" target="_blank">http://www.lswilson.ca/scs500.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>The NBC Group (1997). "Mid-Canada Line". A History of the Air Defence of Canada 1948-1997. ISBN 0-9681973-0-2. <a href="0-9681973-0-2" target="_blank">0-9681973-0-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Stassinu Stantec Limited Partnership (7 May 2019). Phase III Environmental Site Assessment and Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment, Site 212, Border Beacon, NL (PDF) (Report). Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment. <a href="https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccm/files/env-protection-impactedsites-borderbeacon-rpt-fin-121414998-phaseiiiesa-hhera-border-beacon-20190407.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccm/files/env-protection-impactedsites-borderbeacon-rpt-fin-121414998-phaseiiiesa-hhera-border-beacon-20190407.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>GHD Group. Phase I Environmental Site Assessment: Former US Military Mid Canada Line Radar Site 212, Border Beacon, NL (PDF) (Report). Department of Environment and Conservation. pp. i–ii. <a href="/wiki/GHD_Group" target="_blank">/wiki/GHD_Group</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Aird, Neil. "C-GUBD with Goose Bay Air Service". dhc-2.com : The web site dedicated to the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. <a href="https://www.dhc-2.com/id1057.htm" target="_blank">https://www.dhc-2.com/id1057.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>