Photo: Cambridge Bay’s toppled LORAN tower

By NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The toppled LORAN tower lies across the tundra outside of Cambridge Bay Aug. 6, a day after crews from Nav Canada demolished it.The 620-foot long range navigation was built in the 1940s. But Nav Canada recently found the tower to be structurally unsound, and plans to replace it with a 160-foot structure later this year. (PHOTO BY DENISE LEBLEU IMAGES)


The toppled LORAN tower lies across the tundra outside of Cambridge Bay Aug. 6, a day after crews from Nav Canada demolished it.The 620-foot long range navigation was built in the 1940s. But Nav Canada recently found the tower to be structurally unsound, and plans to replace it with a 160-foot structure later this year. (PHOTO BY DENISE LEBLEU IMAGES)

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