Canadian Forces Logistics Branch Handbook For The New Paradigm

(Redirected from Authorized marches of the Canadian Forces)
Flag of the Canadian Forces.
  • Logistics Officer salaries at National Defence and the Canadian Forces can range from $13,247 - $102,817. This estimate is based upon 6 National Defence and the Canadian Forces Logistics Officer salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods.
  • A Handbook on the Canadian Forces Logistics Branch.,, Toronto Public Library. Innovation Hubs Job & Career Help Small Business New to Canada We. Canadian Armed.
  • Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Canadian Logistics Service – 'March of the Logistics Branch' Royal Canadian Medical. The Royal New.
  • Logistics Land Electrical & Mechanical Eng. Land Ordnance Engineering Medical Service. RCEME was not officially disbanded until Jan 1970. On 15 Jun, the official announcement of the Branch's new name, Land Ordnance Engineering Branch was announced but new badges did not appear until 1975. The Canadian Forces School of Electrical.

The Canadian Army’s Combat Training Centre is one of five formations of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre. The centre is headquartered at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Detachment Kingston (CFRC) Canadian Forces Crypto. MilitaryAcronyms.net contains one of the most comprehensive lists of U.S. CF Canadian Forces C6F. Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces. Ordnance Corps to form the Logistics Branch The Royal Canadian. Canadian Forces Logistics.

The following is a list of the notable authorized marches for various organizations of the Canadian Armed Forces. The first march listed is the march most commonly performed for that organization on parade; it is commonly referred to simply as that organization's 'march' or 'march past'. In addition, many organizations also have additional pieces for slow marches, marches for mounted parades, pipe marches, etc.; they are subsequently listed and footnoted as applicable.

Within each grouping, the organizations are listed in their order of precedence, i.e. the order the organizations would march on parade and the order the marches would be played.

  • 10Other Marches

Military college[edit]

  • Royal Military College of Canada - 'Precision' composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); For pipe band:'Alexander Mackenzie' was composed by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985[1]
  • College militaire royal de Saint-Jean - 'La marche du Richelieu' composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); Slow march La Gaillarde' [1]

Commands[edit]

  • Royal Canadian Navy - 'Heart of Oak'
  • Canadian Army - 'The Great Little Army'
  • Royal Canadian Air Force - 'RCAF March Past'
  • Joint Task Force (North) - 'Canada North'

Formations[edit]

  • Defence Information Services Organization - 'Communications'
  • 1st Canadian Division - 'Vimy Ridge'
  • 2nd Canadian Division - 'Carillon'
  • 3rd Canadian Division - 'Invercargill'
  • 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group - 'Sons of the Brave'
  • 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group - 'Allons-y'
  • 32 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Minstrel Boy'
  • 33 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Killaloe'
  • 34 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Aida'
  • 35 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Le Pays'
  • 38 Canadian Brigade Group - 'March Past of 38 Brigade'
  • 39 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Splendor Sine Occasu'
  • 41 Canadian Brigade Group - 'Alberta Bound'
  • Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System - 'Century of Progress'

Personnel branches[edit]

  • Naval Operations Branch – 'Heart of Oak'
  • Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery – 'British Grenadiers' (2); 'Royal Artillery Slow March' (3); 'Keel Row' (4); Royal Canadian Horse Artillery only – 'Bonnie Dundee' (5)
  • Royal Canadian Armoured Corps – 'My Boy Willie'
  • Canadian Military Engineers – 'Wings'
  • Communications and Electronics Branch – 'The Mercury March'
    • Royal Canadian Corps of Signals - 'Begone Dull Care'
    • Joint Signal Regiment – 'Corps March of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals' ('Begone Dull Care')
  • Royal Canadian Infantry Corps – 'The Canadian Infantryman'
  • Air Operations Branch – 'RCAF March Past'
  • Royal Canadian Logistics Service – 'March of the Logistics Branch'
  • Royal Canadian Medical Service – 'The Farmer's Boy'
  • Royal Canadian Dental Corps – 'March Past of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps'; 'Greensleeves' (3)
  • Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – 'REME Corps March Past' (Both 'Lillibullero' and 'Auprès de ma blonde' should be played); 'The Craftsman' (3)
  • Royal Canadian Chaplain Service – 'Ode to Joy'
  • Canadian Forces Military Police – 'Thunderbird'
  • Legal Branch – 'Hymn to Freedom'[3]
  • Personnel Selection Branch – 'Semper Intellegere' ('Rondo Sentimentale')
  • Training Development Branch – 'Salut'
  • Public Affairs Branch – 'Liberty Bell'
  • Intelligence Branch – 'E Tenebris Lux' (an arrangement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
  • Cadet Instructor Cadre – 'La Feuille d'érable'

Armoured regiments[edit]

  • The Royal Canadian Dragoons - 'Monsieur Beaucaire' (7); 'Light of Foot' (8)
  • Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) - 'Soldiers of the Queen'
  • 12e Régiment blindé du Canada - 'Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin'; 'Quand vous mourrez de nos amours' (3)
  • The Governor General's Horse Guards - 'Men of Harlech' ; 'Keel Row' (4) ; 'Bonnie Dundee' (5)
  • 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) - 'The Galloping 8th Hussars'; 'The 8th Hussars' (tune 'Road to the Isles') (3)
  • The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) - 'John Peel'
  • The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) - 'Braganza'
  • Sherbrooke Hussars - 'Regimental March of the Sherbrooke Hussars'
  • 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice) - see 12e Régiment blindé du Canada, above
  • 1st Hussars - 'Bonnie Dundee'
  • The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) - 'Old Solomon Levi'
  • The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) - 'Men of Harlech' and 'St. Patrick's Day'
  • The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) - 'I'm Ninety-Five'
  • The South Alberta Light Horse - 'A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky'
  • The Saskatchewan Dragoons - 'Punjaub'
  • The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) - 'Colonel Bogey'
  • The British Columbia Dragoons - 'Fare Ye Well Inniskilling (5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)'; 'Scotland the Brave' (1)
  • The Fort Garry Horse - 'El Abanico' and 'St. Patrick's Day'; 'Red River Valley' (3)
  • Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) - 'La Marche de la victoire'
  • The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) - 'My Boy Willie'

Artillery regiments[edit]

  • 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA - for military band, see Artillery marches; else, 'Highland Laddie' (1)
  • 49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - for military band, see Artillery marches; else, 'A Hundred Pipers' (1)

Infantry regiments[edit]

  • The Royal Canadian Regiment - 'The Royal Canadian Regiment' (also published under the title 'St. Catharines'); 'Pro Patria' (3)
  • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry - Medley of: 'Has Anyone Seen the Colonel', 'Tipperary' and 'Mademoiselle from Armentières'; 'Lili Marlene' (3)
  • Royal 22e Régiment - 'Vive la Canadienne'; 'Marche lente du Royal 22e Régiment' (also published under the title 'La prière en famille') (3)
  • Governor General's Foot Guards - 'Milanollo'; 'Figaro' (3)
  • The Canadian Grenadier Guards - 'British Grenadiers'; 'Slow march from Scipione' (3)
  • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - 'The Buffs' and 'The Maple Leaf Forever'; 'Money Musk' (6)
  • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada - 'Highland Laddie'; 'The Red Hackle' (3)
  • Les Voltigeurs de Québec - 'Les Voltigeurs de Québec'
  • The Royal Regiment of Canada - 'British Grenadiers' followed by 'Here's to the Maiden'
  • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) - 'The Mountain Rose'
  • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment - 'The Buffs'
  • The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment - 'I'm Ninety-Five'
  • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment - 'The Lincolnshire Poacher'
  • 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment - See Royal Canadian Regiment, above
  • The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada - 'Highland Laddie' and 'Seann Triubhas'
  • The Grey and Simcoe Foresters - 'The 31st Greys'
  • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) - 'The Campbells Are Coming' and 'John Peel'
  • The Brockville Rifles - 'Bonnie Dundee'
  • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders - 'Bonnie Dundee'
  • Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent - 'Rêves Canadiens'
  • Le Régiment de la Chaudière - 'Sambre et Meuse' and 'The Longest Day'
  • 4e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Châteauguay) - See Royal 22e Régiment, above
  • 6e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment - See Royal 22e Régiment, above
  • Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal - 'The Jockey of York'
  • The Princess Louise Fusiliers - 'British Grenadiers'
  • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment - 'A Hundred Pipers' followed by 'The Old North Shore'
  • The West Nova Scotia Regiment - 'God Bless the Prince of Wales'; 'The Garb of Old Gaul' (3)
  • The Nova Scotia Highlanders - 'The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel'; 1st Battalion: 'The Atholl Highlanders' and 'The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu'
  • Le Régiment de Maisonneuve - 'Sambre et Meuse'
  • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) - 'The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu' and 'March of the Cameron Men'
  • The Royal Winnipeg Rifles - 'Old Solomon Levi' ('Pork, Beans and Hard Tack'); 'Keel Row' (6)
  • The Essex and Kent Scottish - 'Highland Laddie' and 'A Hundred Pipers'
  • 48th Highlanders of Canada - 'Highland Laddie'
  • Le Régiment du Saguenay - 'Le Régiment du Saguenay'
  • Cape Breton Highlanders - 'Highland Laddie'
  • The Algonquin Regiment - 'We Lead, Others Follow'
  • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) - 'The Campbells Are Coming'
  • The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment - 'Highland Laddie'
  • North Saskatchewan Regiment - 'The Jockey of York'; 'The Meeting of Waters' (1)
  • The Royal Regina Rifles - 'Lutzow's Wild Hunt'; 'Keel Row' (6)
  • The Rocky Mountain Rangers - 'The Meeting of the Waters (march)'
  • The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) - 'Bonnie Dundee'
  • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - 'The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu' and 'March of the Cameron Men'
  • The Royal Westminster Regiment - 'The Maple Leaf Forever'
  • The Calgary Highlanders - 'Highland Laddie' and 'Blue Bonnets Over the Border'
  • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke - 'Queen City'
  • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - 'The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu'
  • The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) - 'Blue Bonnets Over the Border'
  • The Royal Montreal Regiment - 'Ça ira'
  • The Irish Regiment of Canada - 'Garryowen'
  • The Toronto Scottish Regiment - 'Blue Bonnets Over the Border'
  • Royal Newfoundland Regiment - 'The Banks of Newfoundland'

Miscellaneous organizations[edit]

Note: These organizations are NOT in order of precedence.

  • Canadian Forces Base Montreal - 'Servir'
  • Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre - 'The Longest Day'
  • Royal Canadian Sea Cadets - 'Heart of Oak'
  • Royal Canadian Army Cadets - 'Cadet', 'Scotland and the Brave' or the authorized march of the affiliated CF unit
  • Royal Canadian Air Cadets - 'RCAF March Past'

Former organizations[edit]

Canadian Forces Logistics Branch Handbook For The New Paradigm Center

  • Royal Roads Military College - 'Hatley Park'; Slow march 'Going Home' [1]
  • The Canadian Guards - Quick march: 'The Standard of St. George,' slow march: 'From Sea To Sea.' [4]
  • The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps - 'The Village Blacksmith' [5]
  • The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - 'Wait for the Wagon' [6]

Other Marches[edit]

10 Provinces March[edit]

The 10 Provinces March is an arrangement of folk tunes composed by Howard Cable (1920 – 2016). It was first composed in 1986 as a result of a special commission by the government. The march is performed everyday during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It is heard immediately as the new guard and the Band of the Ceremonial Guard arrives on the hill at exactly 10 a.m. The piece includes the melodies of 10 provincial songs such as the following examples:

  • Newfoundland: 'The Ryans and the Pittmans'
  • New Brunswick: The Banks of Newfoundland
  • Nova Scotia: 'Farewell to Nova Scotia'
  • Prince Edward Island: 'Peter Emberly'
  • Quebec: 'Bonhomme, Bonhomme / Cadet Rousselle'
  • Ontario: 'Maple Leaf Forever'
  • Manitoba: 'Red River Valley'
  • Alberta: 'Alberta Bound'

Vimy Ridge[edit]

Vimy Ridge is a military march of British origin written by Thomas Bidgood in 1921.[7] It commemorates the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge during World War I. The march is usually played on special occasions which commemorate the battle, such as Vimy Ridge Day. Vimy Ridge serves as the official regimental marchpast for the 1st Canadian Division.

The march was used by the Massed Bands of the British Household Division as the second neutral quick march during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 2014. It also served as the quick march of the Ceremonial Guard before the playing of Milanollo during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ottawa during Canada Day in 2010.

Canadian Forces Logistics Branch Handbook For The New Paradigm

Canada Overseas[edit]

Canada Overseas by James Gayfer is a march written in 1954 which honours Canada's Western European presence since the Second World War. It also alludes to the county's contribution to the founding and development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).[8]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

(1) - For pipe band
(2) - Slow march
(3) - Quick march for dismounted parades
(4) - Trot-past for mounted parades
(5) - Gallop-past for mounted parades
(6) - Double-past
(7) - Concerts, mess dinners, and mounted parades
(8) - Dismounted parades

References[edit]

Canadian Forces Logistics Branch Handbook For The New Paradigm Pdf

  1. ^ abc'CFAO 32-3 Regimental & Branch Marches of the Canadian Armed Forces by Timothy R. Groulx CD'. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  2. ^Canadian Armed Forces Directorate of History and Heritage (2008-05-15). A-AD-200-000/AG-000 THE HERITAGE STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN FORCES.
  3. ^http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=canadian-forces-legal-branch/hie8w9c5
  4. ^Canadian Guards Regimental Standing Orders
  5. ^http://www.rcocassn.com/history.htm
  6. ^http://www.rcasc.org/w84wgn.html
  7. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=zSIKAQAAMAAJ&q=vimy+ridge+thomas+bidgood&dq=vimy+ridge+thomas+bidgood&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf9en6sLzgAhUKeKwKHT7VBnQQ6AEINjAF
  8. ^http://www.primeau-canada.com/milmus.htm

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces.
  • Vimy Ridge on YouTube
  • Canada Overseas on YouTube
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Authorized_marches_of_the_Canadian_Armed_Forces&oldid=912662042'
(Redirected from Canadian Forces Base Borden)

16 Wing Borden
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerGovernment of Canada
OperatorDepartment of National Defence
LocationBorden
Built1916
CommanderColonel L.P. McGarry
OccupantsNo. 400 Squadron RCAF
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL729 ft / 222 m
Coordinates44°16′18″N079°54′45″W / 44.27167°N 79.91250°WCoordinates: 44°16′18″N079°54′45″W / 44.27167°N 79.91250°W
Websitewww.forces.gc.ca/en/caf-community-bases-wings/borden.page
Map
Location of CFB Borden in Ontario
CYBN (Canada)
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H110030Asphalt

Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Borden, is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.

The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force,[2] CFB Borden is home to the largest training wing in the Canadian Armed Forces.[3] The base is run by Canadian Forces Support Training Group (CFSTG) and reports to the Canadian Defence Academy (CDA) in Kingston.

  • 5Units

History[edit]

Map of the base

At the height of the First World War, the Borden Military Camp opened at a location on a glacial moraine west of Barrie in 1916 to train units for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named for Sir Frederick William Borden, former Minister of Militia.[4] In May 1916, the Barrie and Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF (perpetuated today by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters ), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. MacLaren, began construction of the camp.Camp Borden was selected in 1917 for a military aerodrome, becoming the first flying station of the Royal Flying Corps Canada. During the inter-war period, the aerodrome was used as the training location for the nascent Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and was renamed RCAF Station Borden. Camp Borden's training grounds were expanded in 1938 to house the Canadian Tank School. The Siskins were a RCAF aerobatic flying team that was established in 1929 at Camp Borden.

During the Second World War, both Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden became the most important training facility in Canada, housing both army training and flight training, the latter under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The BCATP's No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was located here until 1946. Relief landing fields were located at Alliston and Edenvale.

A third landing field, known locally as Leach's Field, was operated by Camp Borden from the 1920s to the 1950s. The L-shaped airstrip was rudimentary; the 'runways' at Leach's Field utilized the existing ground surface. It was primarily used for touch-and-go flying.

Royal Canadian Air Force fire house, Camp Borden, Ontario
Soldiers training for trench warfare at Camp Borden in 1916

During the Cold War, Borden's importance as an RCAF facility in Ontario declined in favour of CFB Trenton, CFB Uplands and CFB North Bay. However, its use as an army facility stayed consistent until 1970 when a major reorganization of the combat arms' schools resulted in the transfer of the Infantry School and Armoured School to CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick. On the other hand, numerous 'purple' (i.e. tri-service) schools were established or expanded from existing service training establishments, including the Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics, the School of Aerospace Ordnance Engineering and the Canadian Forces Health Service Training Centre.

The February 1, 1968 unification of the RCAF with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army resulted in the creation of the Canadian Forces. The military facilities consisting of Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden were grouped under a new name, Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFB Borden). The aerodrome was closed in 1970 and the base saw use as a regular and reserve training facility for Canadian Forces Land Force Command (the army), as well as hosting various land-based training courses for Canadian Forces Air Command (the air force). In a 1990s reorganization of the Canadian Forces following the end of the Cold War, CFB Borden's air force training facilities were grouped under the name 16 Wing Borden.

The eight surviving Royal Flying Corps hangars at the base have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.[5][6]

Plaque[edit]

The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation erected a plaque in 1976.

Camp Borden was established during the First World War as a major training centre of Canadian Expeditionary Force battalions. The Camp (including this structure) was officially opened by Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, on July 11, 1916, after two months of intensive building. This military reserve, comprising over twenty square miles, was soon occupied by some 32,000 troops. Training facilities were expanded in 1917 with the institution of an air training programme under the Royal Flying Corps, Canada, and the construction of the first Canadian military aerodrome, regarded as the finest military aviation camp in North America. Following the armistice Camp Borden continued as an important army and air force centre and became one of the largest armed forces bases in Canada.[7]

Activities and facilities[edit]

Although originally an air force training base, CFB Borden is now a training base for several elements of the Canadian Forces:

  • 2 Canadian Air Division's (2 Cdn Air Div) primary lodger unit, 16 Wing, commonly referred to as 16 Wing Borden, consists of 16 Wing Headquarters and three schools: Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) and Air Command Academy (ACA); and the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control (CFSACO), located in Cornwall, Ontario.
  • The Canadian Army's (CA) Regular Force and Primary Reserve army units use a number of training schools and large portions of the base's 22,300 acres (90 km2) training area for manoeuvres.

In addition to these specific environmental element commands, CFB Borden houses a variety of other purple trades training facilities and headquarters within the Canadian Forces, including a fire-fighting school, Military Police (MP) school, a chaplaincy school, the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group, medical, dental and language schools, and supports local cadet and reserve units. The Toronto Police Service's Emergency Task Force also trains there occasionally.

CFB Borden hosts the Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, a facility established for training army cadets. This facility has also hosted air cadets and sea cadets since 2003, when the Borden Air Cadet Summer Training Centre was closed.

CFB Borden's residential area houses one regulation-sized golf course (Circled Pine Golf Course, par 72). Circled Pine Golf Course opened in 1952. The course is open to the public and serving Military. The base previously housed a 9-hole links style course, Anderson Park, which originally opened in 1917 but closed after the 2015 season.

Base Borden has multiple facilities available to Canadian Armed Forces members that include the Terra theatre, Circled Pine Bowling Centre, two gyms (Buell Fitness & Aquatic Centre and the sub gym, aka 'the bubble'), multiple soccer fields, baseball diamonds, Andy Anderson arena and biking trails.

The Base Borden Military Museum (combining four separate museums) has numerous items, equipment and vehicles from all eras of Canadian military history, including a large number of armoured vehicles and aircraft displayed outside in Worthington Park and around the headquarters area of the base.

In August 2010, the Canadian department of Defence announced a C$209 million series of projects to construct new facilities, and upgrade existing facilities, at CFB Borden.[8]

  • Activities and facilities
  • Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

Aerodrome[edit]

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 44°16′N79°56′W / 44.267°N 79.933°W with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of 730 ft (220 m). Three runways were listed as follows:[9]

Runway NameLengthWidthSurface
5/233,500 ft (1,100 m)550 ft (170 m)Hard surfaced
11/293,500 ft (1,100 m)550 ft (170 m)Hard surfaced
18/363,500 ft (1,100 m)550 ft (170 m)Hard surfaced

At some point after the Second World War, runway 11/29 was abandoned and the other 2 runways were shortened. Just prior to 2004 the runways were listed as follows:[10]

Runway NameLength
5/23830 m (2,720 ft)
18/361,000 m (3,300 ft)

In 2004 the decision was made to close the remaining runways to all aircraft other than helicopters.[11] Only the taxiway and a small section of runway 05/23 remain today (the rest is covered with grass). A helicopter pad is still active at the base of the former runway.

Units[edit]

The main units of Canadian Forces Base Borden are:[12]

Integral[edit]

  • HQ
  • Military Personnel Generation Training Group (MPGTG) HQ

Lodger[edit]

  • Shared Services Canada Detachment Borden

MPGTG[edit]

  • Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre (CFChSC)
  • Canadian Forces Fire and CBRN Academy (CFFCA)
  • Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre (CFLTC)
  • Canadian Forces Training Development Centre (CFTDC)
  • Canadian Forces School of Music (CFSM)

Tributes[edit]

The aircraft control tower is dedicated to the memory of Royal Flying Corps Cadet James Harold Talbot. Talbot became the first fatality at Camp Borden when his Curtiss J.N.4 'Jenny' aeroplane crashed on April 8, 1917.

The Air Force Annex of the Base Borden Military Museum is dedicated in memory of First World War Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Alan Arnett McLeod, the youngest Canadian airman to receive the award.

Worthington Park, a part of the Base Borden Military Museum complex, is named after Major-General F. F. Worthington (Frederic Franklin Worthington), the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. General Worthington is buried in Worthington Park.

CFB Borden Air Shows[edit]

New
Snowbird 10 sporting the 40th season anniversary sticker above the Canadian flag. 431 squadron was in town for the CFB Borden Canadian Forces Day and Air Show.

On specific days, the CFB Borden organised air shows. For example:

  • In 2016, CFB Borden organised an air show for the centennial of Royal Canadian Air Force.[13][2]
  • In 2017, CFB Borden organised an air show for the 150th anniversary of Canada.[14]
  • In 2018, CFB Borden organised an air show for the Canadian Armed Forces Day (CAFD)[15][16]

Economic facts[edit]

Canadian Forces Logistics Branch Handbook For The New Paradigm
  • CFB Borden local spending impact: $296,062,000[17]
  • CFB Borden estimated local spending impacts: $472,387,000 (direct & indirect)[17]
  • CFB Borden estimated direct employment: 5,158[17]
  • CFB Borden estimated indirect employment: 518[17]

Federal Heritage[edit]

The Building O-102 at CFB Borden was recognized as a federal heritage building in 1995.[18]

Constructed in 1948 to plans prepared in 1945, Building O-102 is associated with the massive construction and modernization program undertaken by the Department of National Defence at the end of WWII.[18]

Architecture[edit]

CFB Borden has several Federal Heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings:

  • Alexander Dunn Public School P-148 Recognized - 1995[19]
  • Barrie Armoury Recognized - 1997[20]
  • Croil Hall Building A-142 Recognized - 2003[21]
  • Dyte Hall A-78 Recognized - 1995[22]
  • Hangars 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13 Classified - 1988[6]
  • Headquarters Building O-102 Recognized - 1995[18]
  • Hennessy Block Building S-136 Recognized - 1995[23]
  • Junior Ranks Quarters T-114[24] and T-115[25] Recognized - 1995
  • Maple Mess A-74 Recognized - 1995[26]
  • Museum Building E-108 Recognized - 1995[27]
  • Non Commissioned Officer Building O-109 Recognized - 1995[28]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 20 June 2019 to 0901Z 15 August 2019.
  2. ^ abCanadian Forces Day and Air Show
  3. ^'16 Wing Borden'. Royal Canadian Air Force. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ^Busting a myth about Canadian Forces Base Borden's namesake
  5. ^Royal Flying Corps Hangars National Historic Site of Canada
  6. ^ abRoyal Flying Corps Hangars. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  7. ^Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque
  8. ^'DND/CF - Backgrounder - Defence Infrastructure Projects At CFB Borden'. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  9. ^Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 100.
  10. ^'CFB Borden Aerodrome'. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30.
  11. ^'Borden Flying Club'.
  12. ^Canadian Forces Base Borden
  13. ^9 things to know about the CFB Borden air show
  14. ^Canada Day Air Show, CFB Borden
  15. ^Borden Air Show
  16. ^Canadian Armed Forces Day and Air Show 2018 on June 03, 2018
  17. ^ abcdCFB Borden
  18. ^ abcBuilding O-102. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  19. ^Building P-148 (School). Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  20. ^Barrie Armoury. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  21. ^Croil Hall (Building A142). Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  22. ^Building A-78. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  23. ^Building S-136. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  24. ^Junior Ranks Quarters (Building T-114). Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  25. ^Junior Ranks Quarters (Building T-115). Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  26. ^Building A-74 (Maple Mess). Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  27. ^Building E-108. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  28. ^Building O-109 (NCO Building). Canadian Register of Historic Places.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to CFB Borden.
  • Department of National Defence Canada - CFB Borden - Official site
  • 16 Wing Borden - Official site
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB_Borden&oldid=912661863'

Comments are closed.