Coverdale

COVERDALE PHOTO ALBUM - AFTER CLOSURE

WHAT'S LEFT OF THE BASE?
Clues that HMCS Coverdale existed are still provided by a few buildings and the old PMQ's. The following photos were taken by Spud Roscoe on July 3, 2004

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The old PMQ's. By the mid 1950's, the PMQ was expanded from 16 to 40 units as a single expansion. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)

Barracks Building looking southeast. It was opened sometime around late 1958 or early 1959. The Chief and P.O.'s mess was in the brick portion behind the tree. At this time the current function of the building is not known. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)

Gymnasium - The door to the gym was just outside the main gate. The fence to the gate ran across just south of the door and in that way that one could enter the gym without going "on board" or through the gate. It was a good arrangement for visiting sports teams Currently, the building is the Coverdale Recreational Centre and judging from the windows and cladding, it appears to be modernized. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)

Wren "Danny" Ward (Doris Daniel) in front of the new Barracks Building in August 1992 while on her way to a Wren reunion in Halifax. (Photo courtesy Joan Pelly)

Eric Earl, a former CS Rate, is standing in front of the CPO Mess Hall entrance in 2002. (Photo by Eric Earl)

60 Years Later: Spud Roscoe took this photo at the same point as the inset photo taken in 1944. This is the same road that can be seen in the "Coverdale 1944" photo of the Wrens walking down the road. (Photo courtesy Spud Roscoe)

This is the transmitter building at Scouduc, N.B. as seen in 2002. Click to enlarge. The RCAF owned the building and Coverdale's transmitter was colocated there. That building and the adjacent runway date back to WWII. (Photo by Eric Earl)

2006 Coverdale satellite image (Courtesy Google Maps)

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Dec 31/06

	The old PMQ's. By the mid 1950's, the PMQ was expanded from 16 to 40 units as a single expansion. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)
	Barracks Building looking southeast. It was opened sometime around late 1958 or early 1959. The Chief and P.O.'s mess was in the brick portion behind the tree. At this time the current function of the building is not known. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)
	Gymnasium - The door to the gym was just outside the main gate. The fence to the gate ran across just south of the door and in that way that one could enter the gym without going "on board" or through the gate. It was a good arrangement for visiting sports teams Currently, the building is the Coverdale Recreational Centre and judging from the windows and cladding, it appears to be modernized. (Photo by Spud Roscoe)