Table Eight - Office Staff Photos

See also Table 10 for other staff photos

c1923:

McGill Observatory








1937:

Botwood NL

1939:

Newfoundland Weather Office, Gander


1942:

RCAF Station Mont-Joli QC
 


1945:

Fingal, ON Bombing and Gunnery School
 


1947:

Gander NL

Eureka 


 




1952:

  Summerside
 
1953:

CAO Montreal 

Centralia (partial)

Small Promotion Party, Zweibruecken, Germany

Mould Bay


1955:

 
Trenton (Met Office and School)

Trenton Met School Mess Party

Stormy Weather Group, McGill

Winnipeg (CIV)



1956:

Trenton (Met Office and School)

Zweibruecken

Claresholm AB

1957:

Trenton

Mould Bay

Grostenquin

1958:

Trenton

Resolute Bay

Churchill

Eureka

1959:

Moose Jaw

Gimli

Shearwater

Comox

Eureka

1960:

Ice Forecasting Central, Halifax

Mould Bay

North Bay

Hall Beach

 

1961:

Trenton

Frobisher Bay

Grostenquin

Rivers, Manitoba

Shilo

Comox

315 Bloor Street
(back yard)


Clyde River

Churchill
 

1962:

Grostenquin

Halifax Dockyard

RCN School of Meteorology
Shearwater NS
 

Moose Jaw

Port Harrison

Rockcliffe

Sable Island 

North Bay

Nitchequon QC

1963:

CAO Montreal

(see also inauguration of first NWP computer at CAO)

Grostenquin

Precipitation Physics Project - Field Staff

Winnipeg (CIV)

 

1964: 

Shearwater

Goose Bay

Resolute Bay

Comox 

1965:

Marville, France

Baden-Soëllingen

HMCS Bonaventure

North Bay

Portage la Prairie

Shearwater

DOT Met Liaison, Ottawa

Frobisher Bay

Ice Observers Gather in Toronto


1966:

CFB Winnipeg

Halifax Dockyard

HMCS Bonaventure

Nitchequon QC

Goose Bay

St. Hubert QC

Marville, France

Alert 

1967:

High Level Centre, Montreal

Moosonee ON

Instrument Division (partial)



1968:

Frobisher Bay

Facsimile Map Transmission Room

Winnipeg (CIV)

1969:

Lahr & Baden, Germany
(some meteorologists)


Eureka 
 1970:

Shearwater

CMS Library

MSC Research Group

Lahr, Germany

Climate Data Tape

Arrow Cleanup, Chedabucto Bay NS

1971:

Goose Bay


CMS (MSC) Library

 
Ontario Weather Centre - Shift Change

Comox

Ottawa (DND)

Victoria BC (CIV)

1972:

Resolute Bay

Chatham NB 
1973:

Ice Forecasting Central, Ottawa

Sudbury Field Study

Shearwater

1974:

Surface Instrument Section
(MSC Instrument Branch)


Ice Office, Dartmouth NS

Goose Bay


1975:

Mould Bay

MSRB, Downsview

RSOS Conference

ADM Staff, Downsview

1970s Zephyr Mug Photos

Eureka

Resolute Bay


1976:

Hall Beach

Churchill

CFS Met Winnipeg

Baden-Soëllingen

Oil Sands Research

Instruments Branch T&E

Maritimes Weather Centre, Halifax

1977:

Alert 

CFWO Alert
Staff List 1977-1986

Hall Beach

AES Network Standards Division

Introductory Descriptive Meteorology Course for Instruments Branch

Combined DND Met Christmas Party in Winnipeg

Downsview Satellite Data Lab
 

1978:

ADM's Office, Hull

Professional Training Staff

Hall Beach

AES-NRC Cloud Seeding Project

Baden-Soëllingen
(Christmas Card)


Opening New Classrooms, CFS Met, Winnipeg

Ottawa (CIV)

Introductory Descriptive Meteorology Course 1 

Introductory Descriptive Meteorology Course 2

Downsview Ontario Area Personnel Group (aka HR)

1979:

CFS Met Winnipeg

Shearwater

Introductory Descriptive Meteorology Course 1

Introductory Descriptive Meteorology Course 2

Initial Managers' Course, AES HQs

1980:

CFS Met Winnipeg

Cold Lake

Cape Parry

Alberta Weather Centre 

Inauguration Of Gas  Chromatograph  Spectrometer

Ottawa (CIV)

Zephyr Mug Photos 1980-1984
  

1981:

Cold Lake

Ottawa (DND)

Baden-Soëllingen
(Christmas Card)


Downsview Satellite Data Lab

Brandon MB

1982:

Ice Centre, Ottawa

Electronics Equipment Maintenance, AOTC Cornwall

HMCS Algonquin

Cold Lake

Québec Forecast Centre

"Related Groups" Committee, Downsview

Kamloops, BC

Probability of Precipation (PoP) Announced



1983:

CFS Met Winnipeg 

CFB Petawawa & * RV83

Pacific Region Retreat

Downsview Library

Ontario Weather Centre

1984:

Primrose Lake Evaluation Range

Office Automation (OCRA) Introduced In Downsview and Ottawa


Sudbury

Michael Newark Donates Tornado Files to Downsview Library

 

1985:

CFWO Cold Lake and AETE

CFS Met Winnipeg

CFWO Lahr, Germany

Cape St. James (video)

Castlegar BC (link to staff achievement awards given in 1987) 

Native Employment Program, Downsview

Station for Atmospheric Experiments (aka The Farm), Woodbridge ON 

HQs Instruments People

Zephyr Mug Photos 1985-1989
 

1986:

CFS Met Winnipeg

Liz Dowdeswell, DG Conservation & Protection

CFWO Cold Lake and CFFC Edmonton 

CFWO Alert
Staff List 1977-1986


Brewer Spectrophotometer Design Team

AES "Inventors" 

Buoy Repair, Douglas Channel BC

Phil Merilees Visits AGASP Project in Alert & Arctic Haze Study Group

Transfer of Island Lake MB to Civilian Observation Station

Ontario Weather Centre 

 

 1987:

CFWO Cold Lake

Resolute Bay

Central Region

Sault Ste Marie

 
Atmospheric Chemistry Lab, Downsview

Phil Merilees Leaves for NCAR

1988:

Eureka

Instrument Machine Shop

CFWO Lahr, Germany

Gagetown

Pacific Region - Weather Services


Downsview South Annex - Planners

AES Communications Directorate

Alberta Weather Centre - Summer Severe Weather Team

Central Region Training Seminar

  Purchasing Group, Downsview

 1989:

Hydrology Section at WMO Geneva

Canadian Climate Centre Staff on their 10th Anniversary

* RV89 - Wainwright AB

Sparwood BC Contract Station


Climatic Perspectives Team

BAPMoN Site at Alert



1990:

CFWO Cold Lake

Primrose Lake Evaluation Range MissileTest

1990s Zephyr Mug Photos

La Salle Academy, Ottawa

Atmospheric Chemistry Lab, Downsview 

ADM & Downsview Support Staff

 1991:

MetOc Centre and Shearwater

Pacific Region Satellite Training Workshop 
1992:

Policy, Planning & Assessment and ADM's Offices

Ontario Weather Centre, Informatics, Pearson Airport

* RV92 - Wainwright and Suffield AB


CFWS Members in 1993 Calendar 

CFS Met Winnipeg

CFWO Lahr Germany


1993:

Climate Normals Team
Canadian Climate Centre

CFWO Baden-Soëllingen

Data Acquisition Meeting, Downsview

Ontario Weather Centre / Toronto Weather Office

Downsview Library 

Alert 

Mould Bay 

Eureka

1994:

Finance and Administration Branch
 1995:

 1996:

Morley Thomas Book Launch (in Table 10)

Downsview Library 
 1997:

CFWS Museum, Winnipeg
(in Table 10)

 
 1998:

Electronic Journals Inaugurated at Downsview Library

CFS Met Winnipeg

Calgary Commercial Weather Services Division Opens 
 1999:

Doppler Radar Software Team

Pan-American Games - Forecast Desk, Winnipeg

Downsview and Ottawa MSC Ladies

Downsview Air Quality Group

 
2000:

Downsview Library - Web Site / Catalogue Launch

 2001:

CMC Implementation Group (past and present)

Halloween at Downsview Library

ADM Open House, Downsview, December 


 2002:

Downsview Library and Records

Downsview Town Hall


 2003:

Downsview Library


CFWS Museum, Winnipeg
(in Table 10)

 

 2004:

Air Quality Research Branch (Managers)

Port Meteorological Officers, Hamilton ON
 2005:

PYR Monitoring Staff (partial)

Financial Management Advisory Group, Downsview


2006:

CIOB Picnic

CFS Met Winnipeg
Change of Command

 
 2007:


2008:

Downsview Library

Downsview RDG Group Visit to King Radar

 
2010:

Downsview Library

 2011:

Moose Jaw

CFS Met Winnipeg
2012:

King Radar Station

CFS Met Winnipeg

Downsview Library
 2013:

Moose Jaw

Eureka

CFS Met Winnipeg

2014:

Eureka

PYR Christmas Party

CFS Met Winnipeg



2015:

Eureka

CFS Met Winnipeg
2016:

CFS Met Winnipeg

2017:

Probing the Atmosphere of the High Arctic (PAHA) Team


Data Group Meeting, King Radar Site

2018:

CFS Met Winnipeg 
2019:

CFS Met Winnipeg
2020:

CFS Met Winnipeg

2021:

Commandants
CFS Met Trenton and Winnipeg 1946 - 2021
 




2024:

Temporary Directory of Mystery Photos

* RV (year), is the Rendez-vous series of exercises which were started in 1981 by Canadian Forces in Europe (CFE) to be better prepared to meet the Soviet threat. 
RV Exercises were part of the FMC (Force Mobile Command) where mobility was important, as shown in some photos and patches of the meteorological support units on RV exercises.

Other Acronyms:

AETE - Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
CF - Canadian Forces
CFS - Canadian Forces School
CFWO - Canadian Forces Weather Office
CFFC - Canadian Forces Forecast Centre
CIV / DND - Used at locations to designate a Civilian or DND weather office (when both existed)


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