Camp Niagara / Fort George                         Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario                 June 2019                                                                                                                                      

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Fort George served as a military training camp during the First World War.

Contact us at:  jbbrownie@sympatico.ca 

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Initial briefing at opening of training weekend.

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Sergeant, PPCLI (recreated).

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Sergeant, Royal Canadian Regiment (recreated).

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1st Hussars Cavalry (recreated).

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1st Hussars Cavalry (recreated).

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1st Hussars.

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1st Hussars drill.

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1st Hussars.

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1st Hussars.

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1st Hussars.

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Sergeant, 1st Hussars.

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Trooper, 1st Hussars.

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Officer Commanding, 1st Hussars.

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Corporal, 42nd Battalion, the Black Watch.

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Sergeant, PPCLI.

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Fix bayonets drill.

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Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

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Drill session.

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Canadian Nursing Sisters.

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Voluntary Aid Detachment ambulance driver.

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Voluntary Aid Detachment, rest area.

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Canadian Nursing Sisters.

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Inside the hospital tent.

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Canadian Casualty Clearing Station No. 3.

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Canadian Army dentistry at it’s finest.

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Dentistry equipment.

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Canadian Army dentist.

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Voluntary Aid Detachment rest area.

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Music, reading material, and games at VAD rest area.

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Voluntary Aid Detachment rest area.

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Sergeant, Canadian Army Medical Corps.

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Ambulance driver with infantry soldier.

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Canadian Casualty Clearing Station No. 3.

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Canadian machine gun section.

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Stretcher bearer display with Canadian Nursing Sister.

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The Ross Rifle.

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Recording obstacle course results.

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Obstacle course.

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Obstacle course.

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Hung up on obstacle course barbed wire.

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Bayonet target on obstacle course.

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PPCLI prepare to run the obstacle course.

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Unit obstacle course starting point.

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It begins!

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Hurtling over the obstacles.

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Crossing the barbed wire.

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Navigating the barbed wire obstacles.

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Barbed wire encounter.

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Go-go gadget hips!

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Pressing forward on the obstacle course.

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Advancing with fixed bayonets.

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Practice run complete.

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RCR recruits tackle obstacle course.

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Rapid advancement.

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It was a good run.

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Timed competition on the obstacle course.

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Hitting the bayonet targets.

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Cover fire.

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Over the wire!

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A close encounter.

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Canadian Nursing Sister.

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Plenty of knitting to be done.

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Matron, Canadian Army Medical Corps.

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Canadian Casualty Clearing Station No. 3.

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Canadian Nursing Sister operates the Victrola.

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Matron.

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Obstacle course run.

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Up a steep incline.

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Rifle jam!

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Advancing with fixed bayonet.

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Reach for the top.

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A successful run completed.

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Obstacle course.

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Crawling out from under the obstacle.

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Up the ladder - quick time!

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It’s an up hill battle.

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Ferocity and determination.

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Time to get stuck in.

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Bayonet lunge.

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Battle cry.

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Moving forward.

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Rapid advance.

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Ready with the bayonet.

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Lunge.

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A good run.

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Rapid deployment.

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A hurried pace.

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Get up that hill!

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Moving forward at the double.

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Accuracy counts.

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Machine gun position is taken out.

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One of two obstacle courses.

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Obstacle course winner. Obviously above board.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Obstacle course winner.

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Moving through the obstacle course.

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A difficult ascent.

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Slippery traction is efficiently overcome.

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An effective ad lib encounter minus a bayonet.

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Carrying the machine gun tripod.

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Vickers machine gun.

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Royal Canadian Regiment (recreated) on parade.

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Canadian Army Medical Corps and associates.

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Canadian Army Medical Corps and associates.

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VAD driver with 1918 Ford Model T ambulance.

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Boy Scout, circa 1914 - 1918.

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Final weekend parade.

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Fokker Dr. I triplane.

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Fokker triplane spews smoke.

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Fokker triplane aerial display.

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Award for the Fastest Rate of Fire.

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Obstacle Course winner.

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Drill Competition winner - PPCLI.

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Criteria for judging the competitions.

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Unit Obstacle Course champions - RCR.

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Award winners.

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Mother and sons.

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WWI era Salvation Army display.

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Royal Canadian Regiment (recreated) group photo.

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There are always dishes to be done.

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Canadian Nursing Sister.

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Canadian Nursing Sister.

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Up and over!

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Bayonet targets.

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Off to a good start.

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Canadian Army Medical Corps.

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Pause for refreshment on a warm afternoon.

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Corporal, Black Watch.


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