The submarine HMCS Ojibwa is making her final voyage from Halifax to Port Burwell, Ont., where she will become a museum centrepiece. Submariners gathered in
March 24, 1918 Dear Mum and Sis, Have not written for two or three days but have been so busy that when I got
Canadians storm into Valenciennes, France, November 1918. WILLIAM RIDER-RIDER, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA003377
Nov. 17, 1917 Saturday Dear Mother & Sis, Have not written since Thursday but have been in the operating room & have been busy.
Walking wounded return from battle wearing gas masks, August 1918. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA002951
HMCS Clayoquot during exercises in 1943. PHOTO: GILBERT ALEXANDER MILNE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA116969 As historian Michael Hadley wrote, the star shells “cast a cone
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