More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Saskatchewan by military historian

More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Sask. by military historian

"They would just look like a cinder-block house from the outside, or maybe just a stairwell or a hatch."

More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Saskatchewan by military historian

They are hidden pieces of history scattered throughout Saskatchewan. Fallout shelters, also known as Fallout Reporting Posts (FRPs) were built during the Cold War to thwart the effects of a nuclear attack on the country. Andrew Burtch is a military historian who has mapped as many of these remaining underground bunkers he can find. “People would build fallout shelters in their backyard and in their homes and that was largely a voluntary effort t…