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A Rusty Shrapnel Round In 2017, as museum staff prepared for the Austin Thresherman’s Reunion outreach event by collecting artifacts for display, I noticed a very rusty half-casing on the shelf at our secondary archival facility.  When I leaned in to examine the shell, I saw dozens of musket ball-sized lead bullets caked in tar,

The Riel and Drury 1885 Notes The RCA Museum has two handwritten notes from the North-West Rebellion or North-West Resistance. Louis Riel purportedly wrote the first note found after the Battle of Batoche, dated 12 May 1885. Captain Charles W. Drury wrote the second note on birch bark after the Battle of Fish Creek, dated

Canoe River Memorial Park Monuments The RCA Museum has many monuments around CFB Shilo, including some at the Canoe River Memorial Park. The park is situated at the center of Shilo and is open to the public all year round. In the museum archives, we have references to the base park from the 1950s. The