Canadian Labrador air base lease plan outlined
Statement of Objects and Reasons details Canada's secret 99 year lease for an air base at Labrador near North West River. It explains aims to support Britain, relieve Gander congestion, extend aircraft range via Greenland and Iceland, and defend the Western Hemisphere. The agreement covers land rights, civil use after the war, and limits on water powers and timber with mineral rights excluded.
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Britain
Gander
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Western Hemisphere
Newfoundland
Canada
Newfoundland and Canada approve Labrador air base lease act
An Act to confirm a 1944 agreement between Canada and Newfoundland establishing an air base in Labrador and authorizing a lease. It approves the October 10 1944 agreement, authorizes the Governor in Commission to execute a lease to His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, and sets the lease to be effective on execution with interim rights deemed lawful. The act preserves Crown land reversion and grants Canada broad rights in Labrador under the lease terms and existing Newfoundland laws.
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Newfoundland
Government of
Canada
Labrador
Commission of Government
Government of Canada
Crown
Goose Bay Air Base
United Kingdom
Goose Bay Air Base Agreement 1944 Dooms Lands to Crown
The Goose Bay Air Base Act 1944 outlines a 99 year lease of 120 square miles at Goose Bay Labrador to the King in right of Canada for a strategic air base. It covers construction, control by the Royal Canadian Air Force, access for UK and US forces, and conditions for civil use during and after wartime. It specifies land transfer, Newfoundland laws applying, and labour provisions, with postwar civil use to be mutually agreed.
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Newfoundland
Goose Bay
Canada
Atlantic
Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Alantic
Labrador
Torrington Basin
Hamilton River
Terrington‘ Basin
Terrington Basin
Ordinay
Northwest River
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of Transport
Government of Canada
United Kingdom
United States Navy
Army Air Forces
United States
The
Canadian
Royal Air Force
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