Editing Distant Early Warning Line (section)

==Cultural impact==
The cultural impact of the DEW Line System is immense in Canada and Alaska. In Canada, the DEW line increased connections between the populous south and the remote High Arctic, helping to bring [[Inuit]] more thoroughly into the Canadian polity.<ref>Neufeld, David. "Commemorating the Cold War in Canada: Considering the DEW Line." The Public Historian, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter, 1998), 18.</ref> The construction and operating of the DEW Line provided some economic development for the Arctic region. This provided momentum for further development through research, new communications, and new studies of the area. Although the construction of the DEW line itself was placed in American hands, much of the later development was under direct Canadian direction.<ref>Neufeld, David. "Commemorating the Cold War in Canada: Considering the DEW Line." The Public Historian, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter, 1998), 15.</ref>

What to do with historical DEW Line sites is currently under discussion in Canada and Alaska. The discussion stems from the deactivation aspect of the sites and arguments over what to do with leftover equipment and leftover intact sites. Many Canadian historians encourage the preservation of DEW Line sites through heritage designations. {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=July 2012}}

The DEW Line is a setting for the 1957 film ''[[The Deadly Mantis]]''. The film begins with a short documentary on the three RADAR lines, focusing on the DEW Line's construction.

The progressive rock band [[Rush (band)|Rush]] received considerable [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]] airplay in 1984 with their song [[Distant Early Warning (song)|Distant Early Warning]], based on a Toronto newspaper article expressing concerns about risk of nuclear war.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}