Post Closure
As part of a process that would take more than two years to complete the radar station, a ground-air transmitter receiver (GATR) site and recreational and living facilities would be completely removed and the land returned to its natural state.
By 1988 CFS Lowther had become somewhat forsaken. Though there were still buildings and radar towers present only three commissionaires remained to guard the once vibrant base. By 1992 everything was gone including the guards. The old gymnasium had been moved into the nearby town of Opasatika where it was turned into a mushroom growing facility, and the remote radio site was taken over by Hyundai for use as a winter test facility.
As a memorial an AN/FPS-26 Height Finder antenna was relocated to the main throughway in Kapuskasing, ON where the many children who lived on base went to school and the majority of the families shopped and carried out other business. The closure of the base had a large impact on many of the surrounding communities and the memories of CFS Lowther will live on even in its absence.
Other than the abandoned roadways, nothing remains of CFS Lowther today.
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