Trans Canada Microwave | |
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Type | voice, television and teletype |
Location | Canada-wide |
Owner | Stentor Alliance |
Established | 1 July 1958 |
Commercial? | Yes |
Trans Canada Microwave or Trans-Canada Skyway was a microwave relay system built in the 1950s to carry telephone and television signals from Canada's east coast to its west coast. Built across the nation, the towers ranged in height from nine metres high, to one in northern Ontario that was over 100 metres high. The system included 139 towers spanning over 6,275 kilometres and cost $50 million (equivalent to $531,000,000 in 2023).