| CFS Debert | |
|---|---|
| Part of Canadian Forces | |
| Debert, Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates | 45°25′44″N 063°26′42″W / 45.42889°N 63.44500°W |
| Type | Military Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Civilian: 1996–present |
| Open to the public | As a museum |
| Site history | |
| Built | ~1940 |
| In use | 1938-1996 (military) 1996- (as museum) |
Canadian Forces Station Debert (also CFS Debert) was a Canadian Forces station located in Debert, Nova Scotia. It was most recently used during the Cold War as a communications facility and was home to a "Regional Emergency Government Headquarters" (REGH) complex, more commonly known by their nickname "Diefenbunker."[1]
Originally this facility was developed with an airfield and army training centre, however these facilities were partly decommissioned in the 1970s and ownership of the airfield and some lands/buildings transferred to the Government of Nova Scotia to be operated as the Debert Air Industrial Park. Following decommissioning of the REGH and removal of the last military presence at CFS Debert in the 1996, the rest facility was transferred to the Government of Nova Scotia and then the Colchester Regional Development Authority to operate as Colchester Park.