Between 1992-5, I operated the RCAF Station Centralia Memorial Museum from the former 25 yard gun range property. The building had been used by the former Centralia Agricultural College to store landscaping equipment. When the college closed, I approached the Ontario Development Corporation, then owner of Huron Industrial Park, to see if they would rent the building for use as a museum. They approved my proposal. I spent hours renovating the interior of the building and constructing displays at my expense. The building was demolished several years ago - so much for preserving local history in Huron County!
The Ontario Heritage Trust is an agency of the Government of Ontario (supposedly) dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario’s heritage for present and future generations. Along with the 25 yard range building, many of the wartime RCAF buildings at Centralia were demolished while under the ownership of the Province of Ontario's Ontario Development Corporation arm. The former station hospital, sergeant's mess (Club Albatross) and various barrack blocks was demolished.
