Monday, 13 October 2014

The Diefenbunker

The Diefenbunker is an underground bunker, built during the cold war for housing the Canadian government in the event of nuclear war. It was completed in 1961 and operated up until 1994. It opened as museum a few years later. Over four levels, it has everything required to house about 500 personnel including facilities for government, staff, media, military, logistics, communications, medical, etc.





An unprepossessing entrance to a national historic site!










The Bank of Canada added a vault to store the nation's gold










The station badge - the three headed dog is Cerberus, who guards the gates of hell.