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About Diefenbunker
Diefenbunker is a museum (History museums) in Carp. The address is 3929 Carp Rd, K0A 1L0 Carp. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +16138390007.
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- Museum › History museums
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- Address
- 3929 Carp Rd
K0A 1L0 Carp, Canada - Phone
- +16138390007
- Website
- www.diefenbunker.ca
- reservations@diefenbunker.ca
- Coordinates
- 45.35143° N · -76.04763° E
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- Identifier
- ID 739abfe8-405…
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Built at the height of the Cold War (1959-1961) as the Central Emergency Government Headquarters , this giant four-story underground bunker reinforced to stand a 5-megaton nuclear blast was designed as the site where Canada's leadership could ride out a nuclear holocaust. The name is a play on the name of the Prime Minister at the time, John Diefenbaker. Decommissioned in 1994, the site is now run by a dedicated group of volunteers working to preserve and restore it to its glory days in that paranoid era, complete with period maps showing what parts of Canada (and the US) would have faced nuclear doom in the event of World War III. Self-guided tours with audio narration. Or, 90–120-minute English tours at 11AM and 2PM W-F and 11AM and 1PM Sa Su, French tours W Sa Su 2PM, more on weekends and in the summer. Probably wise to book in advance. Bring a sweater.
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