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Distant Early Warning Line 
n. a 3,000-mile network of radar stations and airstrips for interceptor aircraft, extending from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Baffin Island and intended for defence against attack by air.
See also: DEW Line
- 1955 (1964) The employment opportunities for local labor, created by the construction of the Distant Early Warning line . . . have provided some much needed additional income. . . .
- 1965 The construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line and the Mid-Canada Line in the mid-1950's, with their great freight movements throughout the North, gave impetus to the activity of the governments, both federal and provincial.
- 1955 (1964) The employment opportunities for local labor, created by the construction of the Distant Early Warning line . . . have provided some much needed additional income. . . .