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HUGE AIRPORTCANADIAN PROJECT KltKCTlOX XKAK l.\HR\IMKi?| 11iuli up In ilu* rewrites *d l.ahnulor.in isolated Hamilton Inlet. ••in* of the il I world** lnr:!i*ii air Helds i» lieing hiilll * j a* |istrf of i lit plans for \»»rf it Atneri- ii (i«n .1.1.11. .• 1 iiTin* proj«*et lias Imn-ii a one. as ■ niin* all ilrlVin'i. un»usitre I'm* weeks .I nothin:; eould In* published. Iiilf now Air ! Minister lt;S. Power and Munition*| Minister lt;\ I». Ilow.* have disehwed t Jtlull iIk* lield is being eousirueicd and ' n I re*! riel ions have lieen relaxed par-! tially.Ship* eatrying etpiipuieiil and sup j plies arrived some time nan at the air- | jMirt site whieh is at the head of I Inuiil ton Inlet, the Canadian Press learned I aittlioritatively. P.y air the lield i* | *'uImiiu the same distanee from Montreal s as the Newfoundland air liases us**d for a liopplng-oft point for ferrv homlier* uulii^ to liritain.The alr|s»n *lte will lake up more than a. r.-s of now wooded land* and muskeg. When eoinpleied. tin* has*- will form an alternative to the ! Newfoundland ba*»es and. authorities here said, will have I la- advantage of i Isdng h*ss liable to fogs than the Newfoundland Held*.Hamilton Inlet extends haek from I he north-eastern l^ihrador seaeoast for ahoiit I.“m mlh*s and Is far enough from the eoasi p. Im* virtually fr«v of fog.Ilivtflll.V Navy Minister Angus M«e-. , i Iona Id disilo^eil that submarines have I lieen sighted ill the Strait of Itello llt;le it area heivveeti I-*, lira dor and Newfound I land. Kroni a glanee at a map it is | ohviotts ihe Hamilton Inlet hase would provide an Ideal o|M*rntious »-e»lre , against undersea raiders in that sis-tor.Oftieials here said the Canadian i Soveminent has undertaken eonstnie-tioti of the has**, although Igihrador Im'Iouus to New found land. It is ex|ieep*d the has*, will lHM*..tiie a |s*rm:inont tilr-port for lran \tinntie flying after the war.Heavy eoustrtlelioli equipment used | in the building was tuovetl out of Northern Ontario during tin* summer and transported by ship to the new site. Altogether It is reported here that many shiploitd* of equipment and materials will In* ms-essaryWhen completed. the base will l*e i*piip|M*d with beam wireless and all other faeilities of a modern :ilr|*ort. One disadvantage will Is* that Hainil-t ton Itdet freezes in the winter. so sup-* plies will have to lie storisl for winter f use.Air Minister Power's referenee to* the |jihra«lor has** was that in lath-i rador airdromes and staging faelli-* lies were established at Cihm*—that is*. North-west River.*'v I North-west River is -Wt lenient on i a small promontory Ju-t a few miles* from the s|w.t where the Hamilton - River flows into the head of the inlet '. .of the same name.
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Geraldton Guardian and Express
Geraldton, Western Australia, AU
Tue, Jan 20, 1942
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