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Canadian Forces Base Summerside was a Canadian air force base located in St. Eleanors , Prince Edward Island.The airfield was constructed between 1940- 1941 and was named Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Summerside. The airfield was home to training squadrons operating under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan with nearby aerodromes at RCAF Station Mount Pleasant and RCAF Station Charlottetown.
In 1949 the Summerside base housing was named "Slemon Park" in honour of Air Marshall Roy Slemon. In the post-war era, the base was the home to coastal patrol aircraft such as the CP-107 Argus and CP-121 Tracker. The station was also home to the 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron which operated the CC-115 Buffalo and CH-113 Labrador.
The February 1, 1968 unification of the three service branches into the Canadian Armed Forces saw RCAF Station Summerside change its name to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Summerside.
The 1989 federal budget cuts to the Department of National Defence made CFB Summerside a candidate for base closure. In 1991 the base was closed and the majority of military personnel were transferred to CFB Greenwood in Nova Scotia.
The entire property including airfield, housing units, and hanger and support structures was renamed "Slemon Park" and was transferred to a local development authority named "Slemon Park Corporation". Today the site is host to several aerospace companies.
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