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13-01-17, 20:31
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Jes, Terry , Bruce, thanks for the great comments and info.
Jes & Terry : The Pinetree line website still exists and it is alive and well . It is now hosted by the Jimmy Museum in Kingston. I will try to find the link for you but I have been on it several times over the last year or so.. Bruce : Brilliant . That's the guy. Now , why would the Chief of Naval Staff drop in on such a little , remote and relatively unknown Naval installation do you think ? Remember that at the time the site could only be reached by boat as there was no causeway . Suggestions ? The MLU site is fantastic for this kind of stuff. 
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13-01-17, 20:42
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Quadra from the Aurora
This is not a particularly good picture but it is my picture. I took it from the right side of the cockpit of the Aurora.
It shows how relatively remote HMCS Quadra is. During WW2 there was no causeway, no link to shore . All material and personnel had to be ferried over. So secrecy could be relatively preserved for whatever training was being conducted here. Directly West is Comox proper with Courtenay due South. North , across the Straight is Powell River but that's far. How do we learn more ? I think the 1st SSF is involved in the answer. Bruce , dare I say again that you were brilliant in finding that picture ( Chief of Naval Staff ) ? Brilliant.
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13-01-17, 21:41
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Pinetree Line web site
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13-01-17, 21:43
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Pinetree Line
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13-01-17, 21:50
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Comox front gate circa 1956
Here's a picture I just found on the Pinetree Line web site.
The building is still in existence. It contains the scaled down Base theatre , the MVSO ( motor vehicle safety office ) and the very , very nice museum. My place of employment. Paradise.
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14-01-17, 02:05
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Pinetree Line Website
Its great to see that this excellent collection continues to be available to us and remains an enduring tribute and the legacy of its creator Ren L'Ecuyer.
I have been fortunate enough to have visited a number of these sites over the years. I always wondered about each of them until I stumbled upon the web site years ago.
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14-01-17, 08:26
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Comox
The attached photos are from the 1970's. HMCS Quadra parade square. I spent my Summer's there from 1973 to 1979.
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