Harley-Davidson - Model WLC - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.003 W 075° 43.025
18T E 443894 N 5029494
This Harley-Davidson, Model WLC, is on permanent display in the Lebreton Gallery of the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. The motorcycle has a 750 cc engine, could carry two passengers and travel at speeds of up to 105 km/h.
Waymark Code: WMYQ5D
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/09/2018
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Text of the plaque:
Almost one quarter of the 88,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles produced during the Second World War were built to Canadian specifications. Canadian dispatch riders and military police used the Model WLC (WL for its engine type, C for Canadian) in Canada and overseas in the Second World War and the Korean War.
Post-war North American consumers, many of them former soldiers, eagerly purchased surplus Harley-Davidsons for use in civilian life.
Harley-Davidson Military Model 42WLC: (
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Museum Hours:
June 30 to September 3, 2018
Monday to Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday to Sunday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
September 4, 2018 to March 31, 2019
Monday to Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday to Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.