Wright's Cove East-West Magnetic Range Refurbishment

This project will refurbish the existing Wright's Cove East-West magnetic range. 16 sub-sea legacy analog search coils will be replaced by modern digital magnetometers. The magnetometers will be connected via fiber-optic cables (80 metre and 120 metre length cables) to a sub-sea Power Supply and Data Transmitter positioned close to the middle magnetometers (between pedestal 7 & 8). A new fiber optic backbone cable will be laid between the Power Supply and Data Transmitter and the Wright's Cove Range building on shore (approximately 1600 metres of cable that is about 28.6 millimetres in diameter). The legacy copper backbone cable will not be removed from the seabed. It has been there for approximately 20 years. The cables that connected the search coils to this backbone will be removed.


Latest update

September 16, 2020 – The public comment period on the project is closed. The Department of National Defence is considering comments received to help inform its determination on whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document Number Document Title File Date
1 Public Comment Period on Intent to Make a Determination - August 26, 2020

Contacts

Andrew Prior
Department of National Defence
Andrew Prior, DNPS 2-5 Ship Survivability
DNPS, Director General Maritime Equipment Program Management, 101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K2
Email: andrew.prior@forces.gc.ca


  • Location

    • DND East-West Magnetic Signature Range at Wright's Cove, Bedford Basin, Halifax (Nova Scotia)
  • Nature of Activity

    • Defense and Security
  • Assessment Status

    In progress
  • Start Date

    2020-08-26
  • Proponent

    Department of National Defence
  • Authorities

    • Department of National Defence
  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands
  • Reference Number

    80961
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