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	Diefenbunker Museum - Ottawa Attractions
		The Diefenbunker is located on the same grounds as the West Carleton Library.
		The Blast tunnel is open at both ends, to allow the blast wave to enter one end and exit the other without resulting in excessive pressure on the main entrance, which is placed at 90 degrees with respect to the tunnel.
		The Diefenbunker was also the hub of the Canadian Military communication system, and would have served as the Central Government Emergency Headquarters in the event of nuclear attack.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /diefenbunker.html (835 words)

	Diefenbunker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A "Diefenbunker" is the nickname Canadian federal opposition politicians of the early 1960s coined for seven nuclear fallout shelters built across the country at the height of the Cold War during the infancy of the ICBM threat.
		The largest Diefenbunker was located west of Ottawa in Carp and was expected to shelter several hundred of the most important federal government bureaucrats, senior military officials, and federal politicians.
		Existing Diefenbunkers which members of the public may visit include the facility at the former CFS Carp, now converted into a year-round Cold War museum, as well as the smaller facility at CFS Debert, which is opened several times a year for tours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diefenbunker (474 words)

	CFS Carp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These facilities, nicknamed "Diefenbunkers" (after prime minister John Diefenbaker who authorized their construction), were administered by the Canadian Corps of Signals.
		CFS Carp was decommissioned in 1994 following the reduction in the ICBM threat (or more appropriately the obsolescence of the "Diefenbunkers").
		The local municipality took control of the facility and a group of local volunteers, recognizing the heritage and tourism value of the Carp "Diefenbunker", undertook to open the facility as a cold war museum and conduct public tours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CFS_Carp (343 words)

	Diefenbunker was a secret bunker built for the then prime minister and his top officials. They were to lead the country ...
		Diefenbunker was a secret bunker built for the then prime minister and his top officials.
		Constructed during the twilight of the Cold War (1959-1961), the Diefenbunker named after Canada's Prime Minister John Diefenbaker is a four-story building built underground that was designated a National Historic Site in 1994.
		The Diefenbunker is planning other summer events perfect for history buffs and families.
	www.mycompass.ca /q&a.diefenbunker.html (307 words)

	Diefenbunker: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A "Diefenbunker" is the nickname Canadian A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma
		The largest "Diefenbunker" in the country was located west of Ottawa The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
		Existing Diefenbunkers which members of the public may visit include the facility at the former CFS Carp Canadian forces station carp (also cfs carp) is a former canadian military facility located in the rural farming community of carp, ontario, approximately 30 km west of ottawa....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /d/diefenbunker (997 words)

	Rides Near Ottawa: Carp Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And, hidden below the village, is the former Canadian Forces Base Carp, generally known as "the Diefenbunker" - a self-contained city in a bomb shelter built back in the cold war era and intended to house the government in the event of a nuclear war.
		North of the town on the main road (#5) is a series of a half-dozen S-curves where the road hugs the Carp Ridge.
		The Diefenbunker is on your left after you pass through the centre of town.
	www.themcdonalds.net /richard/bike/rideinfo/carproad.shtml (209 words)

	Historic Places - The Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Diefenbunker National Historic Site of Canada is a large, underground bunker located at Carp, Ontario, just south of the nation's capital.
		The Diefenbunker itself is a fortified concrete structure extending four storeys below ground: its air intake and exhaust elements, escape hatches, deep wells and sewage lagoons are disguised in the man-made contours of the surrounding landscape.
		The heritage value of the Diefenbunker National Historic Site of Canada lies in the comprehensive physical evidence it presents confirming Canada's determination to survive and function as a nation during a nuclear attack as illustrated by its location, disguised setting, defensible design, and the heavily fortified construction.
	www.historicplaces.ca /rep-reg/affichage-display_e.aspx?print=true&id=4169 (765 words)

	Casting unusual light on the Diefenbunker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Being absurd and spooky, with more than a touch of kitsch, the Diefenbunker museum would be a perfect location to shoot a film or television series along the lines of The Twilight Zone or The X-Files.
		That same touch has now been turned to the Diefenbunker, that underground Cold War relic on the outskirts of Carp where Ottawa's high and mighty were supposed to take refuge in the event of a nuclear attack by the Soviets.
		The Diefenbunker museum lives a hand-to-mouth existence and some of the mannequins it inherited from the defunct Eaton's department store chain came missing body parts.
	www.canada.com /ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=68b3dfe3-2193-4ad5-b246-f41ed9f6a99e (496 words)

	Diefenbunker - Ottawiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was intended to be a safe location from which the government could continue to function during a nuclear attack.
		Slated by the Canadian government to be closed and sealed, it was saved by the township of Carp and restored by volunteers and employees who worked there, and now serves as a cold war museum.
		Regular tours are run through the bunker, and a back roads tour offers an in-depth look at the machinery and construction of the bunker, which was designed to house approximately 600 people for a long period of time, isolated from physical contact with the outside world.
	www.ottawiki.com /index.php?title=Diefenbunker (167 words)

	Diefenbunker, Ontario Canada
		The Diefenbunker is a 4 story concrete bunker situated about a half hour west of Ottawa Canada.
		It's purpose was to shelter the Canadian leadership in the event of nuclear war.
		Apparently they have not heard of the Smithsonian's study of the effects of camera flash, and that the museum no longer prohibits flash photos.
	www.williammaloney.com /Vacations/2005/Diefenbunker/index.htm (161 words)

	Diefenbunker Museum in Ottawa — Canada's Cold War Museum
		The Diefenbunker is Canada's Cold War Museum and is one of the most exceptional museums in Ottawa.
		Some of the areas you would see on your tour include the Prime Minister's Suite, the CBC radio station, the Bank of Canada vault and the living quarters.
		The Diefenbunker offers a wide range of activities and events throughout the year.
	www.ottawa-information-guide.com /diefenbunker.html (284 words)

	Diefenbunker - TheBestLinks.com - Canada, John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, 1960s, ...
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Diefenbunker.html (223 words)

	Accommodations In Canada: Diefenbunker Canada's Cold War Museum
		Should the unthinkable have happened, the Diefenbunker would have been a haven for those providing the thin thread of continuity of government.
		Closed by the Department of National Defense in 1994, the Diefenbunker now fulfills a new role as Canada's Cold War Museum.
		See the intricately detailed model that was used during the construction of this incredible building, a home basement bomb shelter that you can walk into, and "Requiem", a poignant look-back at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
	www.accommodationsincanada.com /ontario/ottawaa/diefenbunker/diefenbunker.html (179 words)

	Wedding Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The museum was once the federal government's nuclear war shelter, which was decommissioned in 1994.
		If you indicate you wish to take the tour when registering, you will be contacted with a tour start time.
		Like anyone else, you are welcome to take the free Doors Open tour instead, in which case you should not register for the tour through this website, and instead can just show up at the Diefenbunker whenever you want.
	wedding.trusler.net /events.htm (569 words)

	Chilling Memories of the Cold War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In response to mounting public curiosity the Diefenbaker administration issued a terse announcement that the site was being developed as an "Experimental Army Signals Center" provoking a hoot of derision from the press.
		Walking through these labyrinthine corridors of the Diefenbunker's history, the psychological terror of those Cold War years comes alive in an eerie sense of deja vu.
		The Diefenbunker, 3911 Carp Road, is about a 30-minute drive (about 25 miles), west of Ottawa.
	www.travel-wise.com /northamerica/coldwar/index.html (1045 words)

	CANOE -- TRAVEL: - Hot stuff from Cold War
		Just in case the unruly masses on the outside tried to raid your lair -- now known as the Diefenbunker -- it was equipped with a weapons room allowing soldiers to keep raiders at bay.
		But from the outside, the Diefenbunker is marked by an innocuous entrance near a rural Ottawa library branch transformed from a former bunker outbuilding.
		In fact, there are cleaners who refuse to work the floors at night, claiming they hear voices when no one else is there.
	www.canoe.ca /Travel/Canada/Ontario/2005/01/16/pf-905874.html (696 words)

	Urban Exploration Resource: Forum - View Thread
		I was in the Alberta "Diefenbunker" located at CFB Penhold in central AB twice.
		The Diefenbunker on the Nanaimo Army base was demolished years ago.
		I was in the Diefenbunker in the late 70's.
	www.uer.ca /forum_showthread.asp?fid=5&threadid=35816&currpage=2 (1814 words)

	Reporting live from the Diefenbunker - Cold War Culture: The Nuclear Fear of the 1950s and 1960s - CBC Archives
		CBC News reporters Norman DePoe, Larry McDonald and Tom Earle were given a very special assignment in the early 1960s —; in the event of a nuclear war, they agreed to broadcast survival instructions to the rest of Canada from the top secret Diefenbunker.
		Entry inside the Diefenbunker, located outside Ottawa, was exclusive to approximately 500 government officials.
		• The Diefenbunker measures 100,000 square feet and was designed to withstand the explosion of a five megaton nuclear weapon detonated 1.8 kilometres away.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-71-274-1468/conflict_war/cold_war/clip10 (262 words)

	CultureCanada.gc.ca
		During the late 1950s, Canada prepared for a possible nuclear war by building the “Diefenbunker,” a huge four-storey underground complex, sufficient to house key members of the federal government and its senior military staff?
		This enormous reinforced concrete structure was built between 1959 and 1961 at Carp, outside of Ottawa.
		It was declared a site of national significance soon after its abandonment, and now serves as a museum to the Cold War.
	culturecanada.gc.ca /factoid.cfm?lang=eng&f=77 (201 words)

	Diefenbunker
		It is an outstanding state the people's past struggles are continuously reminded so that we keep for ever in our minds the mistakes and the achievements that humanity have made it.
		It is an elevating situation that past events are continuously mentioned so that we keep for ever in our minds the accomplishments and the mistakes that we've made.
		If you want to face the history join and never forget visiting Diefenbunker.
	www.wonderful-people.com /Museums_and_galleries/Memorials/history/History/index3/Histey10263.htm (246 words)

	A survivor of Hiroshima speaks at Carleton University
		An extensive display of historical panels about the event can be viewed all week on the 4th floor of Paterson Hall.
		The lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of History at Carleton University, and the Diefenbunker, Canada's Cold War Museum.
		In conjunction with this event, on Thursday, November 21, the Diefenbunker will open a special exhibition detailing the horrors of nuclear war and petitions for peace through the abolition of nuclear weapons.
	www.carleton.ca /duc/newsreleases/2002/yamaoka.html (298 words)

	Weekend Report for April 25, 2004
		DVD history trivia game for the last few months, but was able to escape for part of last Saturday (April 17th), after promising to come back in the evening to start the over-night DVD build process.
		In those precious few hours between work shifts, I left town on a bus tour with the Friends of the Library and Archives of Canada to that weird and wonderful place known as The Diefenbunker.
		Before we went in, the tour guide (from the Diefenbunker museum - they only offer guided tours) pointed to some distant farm silos (about a mile away).
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~au829/WeekendReports/20040425.html (1796 words)

	Welcome to The Ottawa Valley
		Whether you lived through the Cold War, or are a group of students who have only heard about it, the Diefenbunker is an exciting way to tangibly experience the fears of the Cold War.
		The Diefenbunker is nicknamed after the Prime Minister, who initiated the process for its construction.
		Designed and built in secrecy between 1959 and 1961, the purpose of this underground facility was to ensure the significant elements of our Federal Government survived to govern, following a nuclear attack.
	www.ottawavalley.org /mediashortstories_tourthedeifenbunker.html (174 words)

	Ontario, Canada - August 2000, Canada, Canada Things to see and do, Glen Farrelly, North America, North America Things ...
		The Diefenbunker is one of the only high-level shelters in the world that is open to the public to tour.
		The Diefenbunker hosts an exhibit on the few that were actually built.
		While the Diefenbunker remains as a folly of the Cold War, we in Canada are fortunate to have never experienced the horrors of nuclear warfare.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/00-08/ontario-canada-august-2000.html (1633 words)

	Cold War Nuclear Bunkers - Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The building is proof against a 5Mt nuclear weapon at a range of 1.1 miles and has a radiation protection factor well in excess of 1000.
		The 'Diefenbunker' was opened in December 1961 and ceased to function in 1995.
		ABOVE and BELOW: the unprepossessing entrance to the Diefenbunker leads into a long through-tunnel which has the main bunker doors to the side, thus allowing the blast wave from a nuclear detonation to disipate through the open end of the tunnel
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /nuclear_bunkers/canada.html (311 words)

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		The Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum is pleased to announce a new temporary exhibit entitled “Portrait of a Fortress”.
		The Diefenbunker is a fortress of the twentieth century, built to protect against an invisible enemy: nuclear fallout. Humans have evolved their protection from caves to towers, castles and forts, eventually arriving at the technological fortress of the Diefenbunker, equipped with the most advanced defences of its time.
		The Diefenbunker would like to thank the City of Ottawa, the Ministry of Culture, Canadian Heritage and the Ontario Arts Council for their support.
	www.attractions.on.ca /wnstory/wnstory481.php (332 words)

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