VEA (originally XWBA) - Dawson City, Yukon


Position: 64:04N-139:25W. Opened in October 1923 to serve mining operations in the area and to provide contact for boats and aircraft. Also operated broadcasting station CFYT. Handed over to the Department of Transport in February 1960
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See WO1 Frank Heath's history of Station VEA, Dawson City

Original Staff of RC Sigs station Dawson City, 1923
New station building, Dawson 1945
Signals Station Dawson 1924Signals Station Dawson 1923
Dawson City RC Sigs station 1961

 

(1.6 MB) When Signals Came to Dawson CIty, by WOI D. Patrick

(164 KB) Fire Scorches Signals Station in Dawson CIty.

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Legacy Notes

See Radio Station CFYT, Dawson, Yukon.

 
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