Labrador Military Museum — Attraction in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

The Labrador Military Museum is located on the 2nd floor of an convenient store beside the Goose Bay Airport (YYR), as well as the CFB (Canadian Force Base) Goose Bay. The store opens to the military personnel as well civilian visitors. Measuring by size, the museum is rather small, but with rich content. It showcased the history of WWII Ferry Command when US and Canada built aircraft were flown from North America to Britain, with Goose Bay, Labrador, playing a crucial role as a key refueling and maintenance stop. This command was initially a civilian operation that was later transformed into a military unit under the Royal Air Force. Goose Bay's strategic location made it a vital link in the North Atlantic air ferry route. This operation took advantage of permanent air current blowing from west to east at the high altitude of 6,000 meters with speed of 400 km / hr. A weather phenomenon became...

Free to access, this museum is on base and embedded in the Exchange. For those used to US bases, some of this base, but not all, is accessible, as is the exchange. Go on in, and it is almost immediately on your left up the stairs. It's small, one room, but interesting and well maintained. A great tribute to an airbase that has had a significant role to play in the past and continues to this day, though in smaller ways. This base, with its world class length runways played a role in accepting aircraft bound for the US on 911, accepted the space shuttle biggy-backed to the 747, and played a huge role in ferrying aircraft to England in WWII. It has hosted US as well as NATO forces alongside Canadian over the years. Come discover the details. Allow half an hour to an hour, depending on how much and how...

Goose Bay and Gander both played a significant part in WWII as a gateway to get American Planes to Europe. There was a Ferry Service which was the only option for female pilots. Brave souls since back then to fly a fighter across the Atlantic Ocean without the benefit of the modern technology we have today not to mention the weather! This museum is in the CANEX on post at Wing 5 which is still an active Canadian Airbase. A definite must for aviation or military history buffs. Quality displays, well designed, also documents the crashes and...