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Second suspected historic mortar found in P.E.I. potato field

The Department of National Defence collected the item from a North Bedeque farm, a day after another suspected explosive came from the same Slemon Park field

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Second suspected historic mortar found in P.E.I. potato field
Location
North Bedeque
North Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada
A potato harvester turned up a second possible mortar from the same former base field in two days, East Prince RCMP say. National Defence collected it on Wednesday.
Department of National Defence North Bedeque P.E.I. RCMP Slemon Park unexploded ordnance

A potato harvester found a second suspected historic mortar in two days from the same field in Slemon Park, P.E.I., East Prince RCMP said.

Police said in a news release that officers were called back to a farm in North Bedeque at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. They found a suspected mortar mixed in with potatoes that had been brought in from the field. A possible explosive had been unearthed from the same field a day earlier.

As with the first device, the Department of National Defence was called to collect the item.

RCMP said both suspected munitions were found in a field that used to be part of the former military base at Slemon Park. The base was decommissioned in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and parts of it have been used as farmland for many years since. The farmer who found both items is renting the field this year, police said.

When the first device was found Tuesday, police offered advice on what to do in such a situation.

"Our advice in any situation like this is for people to stand clear, act as if this is a live explosive that could go off and do not bring this into any military or police detachment," said Cpl. Gavin Moore, the media relations officer for the P.E.I. RCMP.

Moore said police respond to the scene and hold it until the item can be disposed of. He said such incidents happen on occasion on the Island, but not frequently.

The news release said any concerns about this particular field will have to be addressed by the property owner together with the Department of National Defence.

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  1. A potato harvester found a second suspected historic mortar in two days from the same field in Slemon Park, P.E.I., East Prince RCMP said. (confirmed elsewhere)
    CBC and the RCMP P.E.I. account both report a second suspected mortar picked up by a potato harvester on Wednesday, a day after the first, in the same Slemon Park field.
    Another suspected historic mortar found in P.E.I. potato field, police say (CBC)
    RCMP P.E.I. on X
  2. Both suspected munitions were found in a field that used to be part of the former military base at Slemon Park. (confirmed elsewhere)
    CBC reports that RCMP's release says both items came from a field that used to be part of the former Slemon Park military base.
    Another suspected historic mortar found in P.E.I. potato field, police say (CBC)
  3. The farmer who found both items is renting the field this year, police said. (confirmed elsewhere)
    CBC reports that RCMP said the farmer who found both mortars is renting the field this year.
    Another suspected historic mortar found in P.E.I. potato field, police say (CBC)
  4. The Department of National Defence was called to collect the item, as with the first device; officers were called back to a North Bedeque farm at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. (not found either way)
    The RCMP post confirms the return to North Bedeque, but the excerpts I could open did not show the 6:30 p.m. time or DND collection.
    RCMP P.E.I. on X
  5. The base was decommissioned in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and parts of it have been used as farmland for many years since. (not found either way)
    I found no source that settles these dates or the farmland use.

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