Nicholson Penninsula NWT
BAR-4

• BAR-4 on NICHOLSON PENINSULA, Canada, is situated on 2803 acres of relatively high ground at an altitude of approximately 275 feet above sea level. The airstrip is located on a low lying spit. The peninsula is tenuously connected to the mainland and extends in a generally northwesterly direction for 9 miles. The entire peninsula is surrounded by beaches. There is a sparce ground cover of mosses and grasses. Coastal cliffs 50 to 100 feet high lie to the west.

• Annual precipitation, including snowfall, is approximately 5 inches, being heaviest in August and September and least in March. Snowfall is greatest in October and November and averages about 15 inches a year. Absolute minimum and maximum temperatures are minus 47 and plus 81 degrees Fahrenheit.

• A 2 mile round trip potable water haul is maintained summer and winter

Satellite Image (high level)

Satellite Image (close-up)

DEW Line LRR site TropoScatter billboard antenna on the left, Radar tower on the right. (courtesy: Marty Atherton)

NWS SRR site under construction. Fuel tanks on the left, unfinished radar tower is 100 feet high. Radome from old DEW Line site is in the background. (courtesy: Marty Atherton)

SRR satellite dish (uplink) (2 per site) replaced TropoScatter system as the means of passing radar and communications information. (courtesy: Marty Atherton)

DEWLine site from top of SRR Tower (courtesy: Marty Atherton)