MHM Winnipeg Receiving Station - Winnipeg MB - Manitoba Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Marker Name: Winnipeg Receiving Station Agency: Province of Manitoba in cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Tara Shevchenko, and the Ukrainian Canadian community of Manitoba Languages: English, French & Ukrainian Location: West lawn Manitoba Legislative Building 450 Broadway Winnipeg Marker Text: Winnipeg Receiving Station Thousands of Ukrainian Canadians and other eastern Europeans were unjustly imprisoned as “enemy aliens” during Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914 - 1920. This plaque is in memory of those held in the Winnipeg Receiving Station between 1 September 1914 and 29 July 1916. Placed by the Province of Manitoba in cooperation with the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Tara Shevchenko, and the Ukrainian Canadian community of Manitoba 11 October 1998 Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link] Website: Not listed

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