OLDEST - Drill Hall - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.306 W 075° 41.000
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Cartier Drill Hall is the oldest drill hall in Canada still in use as an armoury.
Waymark Code: WM145GD
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/20/2021
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Inscription on the plaque:
1996
Award of Excellence
Cartier Drill Hall
Presented to commemorate the restauration of the Cartier Square Drill Hall built in 1879. It is the oldest drill hall in Canada still in use as an armoury. The Cartier Drill Hall was restored and renovated by the Department of National Defence, Air Command Headquarters, Winnipeg, and was reopened as an operational armoury in September 1966 by the Chief of Defence Staff, General J.E.J. Boyle.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Plaque
Location of coordinates: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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