by K-J | 4 May 2023 | History
Shilo Stag New to the Base, and wondering what the park why the the green space there is called Canoe River Memorial Park? It was the height of the Korean War. A train laden with 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery troops via CFB Shilo was on its way to...
by K-J | 4 May 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have confirmed the identification of a previously unknown First World War grave in Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium./The identity of Cpl Frederick Bousfield was confirmed...
by K-J | 4 May 2023 | CAF/DND
Sgt Sylvain Leblanc, an Army cook with 2PPCLI, is a proud member of the Nipissing First Nation in the Garden Village, Ontario District. With 21 years in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Sgt Leblanc is the military co-chair of the local Defence Indigenous Advisory...
by K-J | 2 May 2023 | History
Editor’s note: Then Capt Douglas H. Gunter wrote a diary during his early days posted to Camp Shilo, arriving here in the fall of 1946. He would have three postings to this Base, 11 years apart, including a stint as BComd from 1969 to 1970, with wife Jo and their two...
by K-J | 1 May 2023 | Community
Andrew OakdenStag Special The RCA Museum is responsible for three monuments at Canoe River Memorial Park, with the artifacts on our registry.We also have signage at the park — located in the middle of the Base and open to the public year-round — for each artifact for...
