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 CNHS - Founding of the Canadian Naval Service - Création-du-service-navale-du-Canada - Halifax, Nova Scotia Posted by:  Weathervane
N 44° 39.562 W 063° 35.551
20T E 453024 N 4945282
The Royal Canadian Navy was an important expression of autonomy at a critical time in Canada's development from colony to nation. La Marine royale du Canada permit au Canada d'affirmer son autonomie à un moment crucial de son histoire.
Waymark Code: WMJGGG
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/16/2013
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Founding of the Canadian Naval Service
The Royal Canadian Navy, founded in 1910 as the Canadian Naval Service, was the first national service of its kind. The basis of today's naval arm of the Canadian Forces, it played a key role in the Dominion's contributions to the Allied effort during the First World War, notably in military recruitment and training, organization and operation of an Allied convoy service, coastal patrol, and provisioning British naval forces on the Atlantic coast. The establishment of the navy was an important expression of autonomy at a critical time in Canada's development from colony to nation.
Création-du-service-navale-du-Canada
La Marine royale du Canada, premier service national du genre, fut fondée en 1910 sous le nom de Service naval du Canada. Ancêtre de la composante navale des Forces canadiennes, elle joua un rôle clé dans l'effort de guerre du Dominion pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, notamment par le recrutement et la formation, l'organisation et les opérations d'un service de convois alliés, la surveillance côtière et l'approvisionnement des forces navales britanniques sur la côte atlantique. La création de la marine permit au Canada d'affirmer son autonomie à un moment crucial de sa transition de l'état de colonie à celui de nation.
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Nova Scotia
Location - City name/Town name: Halifax
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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