Uplands South Course Plaque

Ottawa, Ontario
Type
Other

This golf course, Uplands South, is named to commemorate the almost 100 years of military use of the Uplands site.

This plaque is one of 39 plaques unveiled in 2009 at Hylands Golf Club. The plaques commemorate former Ottawa-area military installations, a military patron saint, battle honours, ships, units, and squadrons.

Inscription

[front/devant]

Uplands South Course – Parcours Sud

Uplands was first used as an airfield in 1919 and it grew into a thriving civil and commercial airport by 1939. In 1940, No. 2 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was established at the airport and during the Second World War it graduated some 70 RCAF and Allied pilots a month. From 1945 to 1947 it was known as RCAF Station Uplands and the home of Maintenance Command. In 1950, the RCAF returned to Uplands and for the next few decades it was a fighter base as well as the home to various transport and photographic squadrons. From 1968 to 1994, it was designated Canadian Forces Base Ottawa (South) and despite its closure many military organizations are still stationed there today.

Uplands a été en premier lieu un terrain d’aviation utilisé en 1919 et est devenu un aéroport commercial et civil accompli en 1939. En 1940, l’École de pilotage militaire numéro 2 du Programme d’entraînement aérien du Commonwealth a été mise sur pied à l’aéroport, et au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, quelque 70 pilotes alliés et de l’ARC y ont reçu leur brevet chaque mois. Entre 1945 et 1947, Uplands était connu sous le nom de la base de l’ARC Uplands et le site du Commandment de maintenance. En 1950, l’ARC est revenu à Uplands, qui est restée pour plusieurs dizaines d’années, une base de pilotes de chasse et le point d’attache de plusieurs escadrons de transports et d’escadrons photographiques. Entre 1968 et 1994, Uplands est devenue la base des Forces canadiennes d’Ottawa (Sud) et malgré sa fermeture, de nombreuses organisations militaires s’y trouvent encore aujourd’hui.

Location
Uplands South Course Plaque

2101 Alert Road
Ottawa
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.3168713
Long. -75.6506524

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