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 […]
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Photo Album of 35th Battery Treasures Who were the Canadian volunteers that served overseas during the First World War? By chance, I located in the museum archives an old album containing hundreds of First World War photographs belonging to Captain George A. Downey. The collection includes excellent photos of the 35th Battery with 4.5 Inch
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Leggett’s White Patrol Dress Uniform Staff at the RCA Museum have combed the archives in search of artifacts connected to Canadian peacekeeping for the current temporary exhibit. They found a white patrol dress uniform belonging to LCol H. F. (Bert) Leggett, worn when he served with the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC) in
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