CFB Borden, near Barrie, Ontario

[sksvlad]

Another old Canadian (ex-British) military base, again no security people, in my case I wanted directions to the museum. This base has multiple static displays spread all over a large area. This used to be a big Air Force base, but the old air strip with support buildings was decommisioned and pavement largely destroyed. The original British WWI hangars (the ones wrapped in white plastic) are more than 100 years old and therefore can't be destroyed without a very valid reason. Borden is trying to figure out what to do with them. One of them presently houses Museum's Air Force collection, and I started there and then went to the main building. The museum contains a very large model collection and I captured some of it.

and now the main museum...

 

[BMG50]

What a fantastic collection, Bordon camp in the UK that was once run by the the Canadians during WW1 and 2 and the surrounding area only has a small stone memorial to show that they were once there.