Fort Churchill Rocket Range
1956 to the 1980s
Site Details
- Country: Canada
- Operator: National Research Council of Canada
- Type: Historical
Overview
A rocket range on Hudson Bay built for the International Geophysical Year, launching thousands of sounding rockets into the auroral zone from 1956. A 1980 fire gutted the complex. The site, near the polar bear capital of Churchill, saw limited revival in later decades.
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