Nanaimo's Interment Camp — Nanaimo, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
N 49° 10.572 W 123° 56.520
10U E 431343 N 5447470
During the First World War, many Eastern European peoples living in Canada were rounded up and interned as "enemy aliens". This plaque recognizes those that were held in the Nanaimo jail for 362 days.
Waymark Code: WM16X4W
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/21/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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NANAIMO'S INTERNMENT CAMP

Thousands of Ukrainian Canadians and other European immigrants were imprisoned
as "enemy aliens" during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920.
This plaque commemorates those who were held in the Nanaimo provincial jail,
near the intersection of Townsite Road and Stewart Avenue, between 20 September
1914 and 17 September 1915.

Placed by the Ukrainian Candian community of British Columbia in cooperation
with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association
27 May 1997

Type of Marker: Cultural

Type of Sign: Other

Describe the parking that is available nearby: On-street parking

What Agency placed the marker?: Ukrainian Canadian Community of British Columbia & Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association
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