Canada's Distant Early Warning Lin

Distant and isolated, remote heritage sites are inherently difficult to protect. In this paper, examination of the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line of radar installations in the Canadian arctic, built as a defense system for North America, employing modular and mobile structures, is an...

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Main Author: Andrew Waldron
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Docomomo International 2022
Subjects:
Canada
Architecture
NA1-9428
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b426fd5ffb56496d9359ac0a8dd4cff2
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b426fd5ffb56496d9359ac0a8dd4cff2 2023-05-15T14:57:05+02:00 Canada's Distant Early Warning Lin Andrew Waldron 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/b426fd5ffb56496d9359ac0a8dd4cff2 EN eng Docomomo International https://www.docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/531 https://doaj.org/toc/1380-3204 https://doaj.org/toc/2773-1634 1380-3204 2773-1634 https://doaj.org/article/b426fd5ffb56496d9359ac0a8dd4cff2 Docomomo Journal, Iss 38 (2022) Canada Architecture NA1-9428 article 2022 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T20:01:23Z Distant and isolated, remote heritage sites are inherently difficult to protect. In this paper, examination of the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line of radar installations in the Canadian arctic, built as a defense system for North America, employing modular and mobile structures, is an instructive case that will hopefully broaden the scope of modern heritage and explain the approaches governments have taken on to enact heritage legislation and policies for these types of sites. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada
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Canada's Distant Early Warning Lin
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description Distant and isolated, remote heritage sites are inherently difficult to protect. In this paper, examination of the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line of radar installations in the Canadian arctic, built as a defense system for North America, employing modular and mobile structures, is an instructive case that will hopefully broaden the scope of modern heritage and explain the approaches governments have taken on to enact heritage legislation and policies for these types of sites.
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