Vanastra, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 is located in the municipality of Huron East

Huron East, Ontario

The Municipality of Huron East is located in Huron County, Ontario. It was formed in 2001 as an amalgamation of the former Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith townships with the town of Seaforth and village of Brussels due to an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of...

 in Huron County

Huron County, Ontario

Huron County is a census division and county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province...

, three kilometres south of Clinton, Ontario

Clinton, Ontario

Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...

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It is located on the property of CFB Clinton

CFB Clinton

Canadian Forces Base Clinton was a Canadian Forces Base located near Clinton, Ontario.-History:Established by the Royal Air Force as RAF Station Clinton in 1941, the base hosted the No. 31 Radio Direction Finding School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan .In July 1943, No. 31...

, a former Canadian Forces Base

Canadian Forces base

A Canadian Forces Base or CFB is a military installation of the Canadian Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces Base, it must station one or more major units .Minor installations are named Canadian Forces Station or CFS A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces...

 and prior to 1968, a Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force

The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...

 (RCAF) station used for radar training.

The present name derives from a combination of the name of local real estate developer John Van Gastel and of the RCAF motto Per Ardua Ad Astra ("through adversity to the stars").

Van Gastel had purchased four decommissioned Canadian Forces bases, including CFB Clinton, CFS Armstrong

CFS Armstrong

Canadian Forces Station Armstrong is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Armstrong, Ontario. It was closed in 1974.It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD.-Origins:...

, CFS Foymount

CFS Foymount

Canadian Forces Station Foymount was a military radar station in Foymount, Ontario .RCAF Station Foymount was opened in 1952 as part of the Pinetree Line of NORAD radar stations. The radar itself was situated at the top of a 523 metre hill, one of the highest points in southern Ontario. The main...

 and CFS Ramore

CFS Ramore

Canadian Forces Station Ramore is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Ramore, Ontario. It was closed in 1974.It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD.-History:...

. He held a contest to rename the CFB Clinton and the resulting winner of the name "Vanastra" received a free home.

Notoriety

The residential housing section of Vanastra is the former base housing for RCAF Station Clinton

CFB Clinton

Canadian Forces Base Clinton was a Canadian Forces Base located near Clinton, Ontario.-History:Established by the Royal Air Force as RAF Station Clinton in 1941, the base hosted the No. 31 Radio Direction Finding School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan .In July 1943, No. 31...

 and is the location where Steven Truscott

Steven Truscott

Steven Murray Truscott is a Canadian man who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the murder of classmate Lynne Harper...

 lived when the murder of Lynne Harper took place.

Transportation

Highway 4

Highway 4 (Ontario)

King's Highway 4, also known as Highway 4, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Originally much longer than its present length, more than half of Highway 4 was transferred to the responsibility of local governments in 1998. In its present form, it travels...

 runs through Vanastra.

Front Road Southeast, takes you to the southwestern area of Seaforth

Seaforth, Ontario

Seaforth is a Southern Ontario community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

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Vanastra is served by scheduled bus service to Owen Sound

Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound , the county seat of Grey County, is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada...

 and London

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

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