Community Links for the Golden Hawks

Links to our Community

Duncan Memorial Gardens

Centennial Park
8 Couch Crescent
Trenton, ON K8V2N3
613-392-9390

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Driving Instructions:

Hwy 401 east to Hwy 33. South on Hwy 33 to Dundas Street in Trenton; turn left on Dundas, go over the bridge, and turn right onto Couch Crescent (approx 5-10 min from Hwy 401).

City of Quinte West ..... A natural attraction

The City of Quinte West is situated on the shores of the beautiful Bay of Quinte, serving as the gateway to the world famous Trent Severn Waterway.  We are located approximately 1.5 hours east of Toronto along the Highway 401 corridor and 2.5 hours west of Ottawa. Over 42,000 people make Quinte West their home enjoying both the urban and rural landscapes that encompass the area.  

Quinte West, formed through the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Trenton, Sidney, Murray and Frankford, offers its residents and visitors a unique and dynamic mix of rural and urban lifestyles. The exquisite natural features of our City are complemented by a strong, vibrant and diverse economic base while also serving as home to Canada's largest military base, 8 Wing Trenton.

We offer low operating costs achieved through a combination of low municipal utility rates, municipal tax rates and land and building costs.  This allows the development of new facilities to be affordable and feasible in order to meet your company's needs and requirements.

Quinte West offers a strong combination of lifestyle and business amenities that make it a great place to live and a great place to do business.

Welcome to 8 Wing Trenton

From delivering supplies to the high Arctic to airlifting troops and equipment worldwide, 8 Wing is the heart of Canada's air mobility forces. It is responsible for search and rescue in central Canada and home to the famous Skyhawks with the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre.

8 Wing / CFB Trenton is at the forefront of Canadian military aviation with its fleet of tactical transport and search and rescue aircraft. Daily flights to the four corners of the globe tie this community into the mainstream of international events.

Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, the base's history begins in the interwar period - building here started in the early 1930's, and expanded during the Second World War. Many of the original buildings still stand. Base Trenton and several lodger units are located here.

Over the years, the base has seen many changes and has fulfilled several different roles. Today, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton is one of the largest and busiest air force bases in Canada. The hub of air transport operations it is involved in virtually every Canadian Forces operation. Most personnel and equipment deployed to places such as Afghanistan pass through Trenton at some point.

Along with higher-profile deployments, aircraft and personnel from 8 Wing are often involved with resupplying Canadian Forces Station Alert, the world's northernmost inhabited location. Also, 8 Wing's 424 Squadron is responsible for providing search and rescue coverage to a million square-kilometre area in central Canada.

Along with its air transport and Search & Rescue roles, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton maintains the equipment warehouse for the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) which provided humanitarian aid to Pakistan following a devastating earthquake in 2005 (Operation Plateau), to Sri Lanka in 2005 following the tsunami that hit the region (operation Structure), and to Turkey in 1999 after a severe earthquake (Operation Torrent).