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RCAF Station Edmonton – Namao
RCAF Station Edmonton – Lancaster Park

General Information

Base / Station:  Edmonton (Namao / Lancaster Park)

Province: Alberta

Dates of Operation or Period of Information: 1940’s-1997

Units:

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Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact: 

Date / Reason for Closure: 1997, turned over to Army.

Site Evolution

  • The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Namao-Military” – See photos on this page.

Current Status:  

Site Plan – 1957

Site Plan, RCAF Station Edmonton (Namao) (Lancaster Park), Alberta
(1957) (Source 1 Canadian Air Division)
Please click on image to download a High Resolution PDF of the Site Plan.

On Track – 1978

On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978)
Namao-Military Aerodrome (Part 1)
On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978)
Namao-Military Aerodrome (Part 2)

Location – Google Map

Ephemera

Photo Gallery

Snow removal men and equipment get a good workout at RCAF Station Namao, Alta. every winter. Here a snowblower clears a runway while a visiting Harvard aircraft is refuelled beside a 418 City of Edmonton Auxiliary Squadron Expeditor plane on the tarmac. (National Defence Image – PL-77359)

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This Post Has 5 Comments

  1. Jerry Pachkowski February 26, 2025 Reply

    Worked at air base early 60s on grounds crew for a year were mostly Hercules air craft. American air had a hanger east end not in use then

  2. Staci May 29, 2025 Reply

    I’m looking for any kind of information on my grandfather, whose name was Francis Paul Lesage. He passed away back in 2004 and I’m looking for as much information as I can on him. My mother just recently died last year.(his daughter Deborah Patricia Anne Lesage) and I am wanting to know more information on my grandfather’s job in the military. I would be delighted to hear what you have to say.

    1. Ron Gardner May 8, 2026 Reply

      Staci:
      I knew a Frank Lesage who was a finance clerk. The last time I saw him was many years ago 1975/76 when he was a sergeant at CFS Foymount ON.
      I knew him before then but I can’t recall where. Perhaps it was at CFB Borden in the early 70’s.

      Ron Gardner
      Ottawa, ON
      rendragron@gmail.com

  3. Paul August 2, 2025 Reply

    Was there as a reservist with 418 squadron in the mid sixties

  4. Robert (Bob) Publicover May 17, 2026 Reply

    I have many memories of living as a dependent at Namao during the 1960s, and would be pleased to hear from former schoolmates who also took the school bus to Edmonton to attend Killarney Junior High. Bob Publicover, Waterloo Ontario

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