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Border Beacon
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<p>Border Beacon (Mid-Canada Line Site 212) was a <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> military installation in <a href="/facts/Labrador/Yo4K7DJ2">Labrador</a>, located approximately 190 km (120 mi) west of the Town of <a href="/facts/Hopedale%2c_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/zgQPygpH">Hopedale</a>. Border Beacon was a <a href="/facts/Bistatic_radar/RKD70Mm5">bistatic radar</a> Doppler Detection Station on the <a href="/facts/Mid-Canada_Line/S2gms1bA">Mid-Canada Line</a> system of early-warning radar stations. </p><p>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. </p>