Connaught National Army Cadet Training Centre

Connaught National Army Cadet Training Centre

The Connaught National Army Cadet Training Centre or Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre is a small installation that is primarily used as a rifle range, found on Rifle Road, close to Carling Avenue in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa. It is located 17 kilometres west of Parliament Hill on the municipal boundary of the former cities of Nepean and Kanata. The facility covers 1,058 hectares with about 5 kilometres of shoreline with the Ottawa River. Known colloquially simply as Connaught, it has been a centre for military training and research for over 75 years and a Canadian crown game sanctuary since 1929. At present, Connaught is open all day, every day of the year.

It acts as local headquarters to two cadet corps and one squadron: one, the 319 Centurion, is a part of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, another corps, the 706 Snowy Owl, is part of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, and the last one is the 2870 Royal Canadian Dragoons, which belongs to the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

ummer Training

It is also the National Army Cadet Training Center, as most of its facilities, such as the shooting ranges, the mess hall, numerous obstacle courses, vast stockpiles of tents and military clothing (such as disused NATO parkas dating from the 1970s) and open ground are available for use by the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

During the summer, Connaught is the site of most Marksmen camps for the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, as it is first and foremost a shooting range.

Courses offered there are:

*Army Cadet -- Basic Marksman (3 Weeks)
*Army Cadet Leader (CL) -- Marksman (6 Weeks)
*Army Cadet Leader Instructor (CLI) -- Marksman (7 Weeks)
*Introduction to Rifle Coaching Course (3 weeks) (air cadet)

Connaught is also the "jump off point" for most of the Army Cadet International Exchanges and the Army Cadet Parachutist Course.

Name

The name is a tribute to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, who was a Governor General of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.cfsuo.forces.gc.ca/crptc/intro_e.asp Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre Official Site]
* [http://www.central.cadets.ca/connaught/ Connaught Army Cadet National Summer Training Centre Official Site]


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