Canada Expands Its List of UXO "Legacy" Sites

Guelph, Ontario The Canadian Department of National Defense's Unexploded Explosive Ordnance Legacy Site Program (i.e., the Canadian version of the Formerly Used Defense Sites Program) is conducting research to determine if the former Royal Canadian Air Force training area in the Guelph area should be included into the program. The site was used during WWII as a rifle range (i.e., small arms) but between 1988 and 1993, Canadian Forces EOD teams were called to the Guelph area to respond to six separate incidents with wartime explosives. In each of these cases, the teams found practice bombs or training rounds.

The UXO Legacy Sites program is currently searching historical records to determine where the rifle range used to be, and where military training was held in an effort to pinpoint potential locations for explosives.,/p>