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Camp Hughes Military Training Site

Camp Hughes Military Training Site is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Manitoba.

Manitoba · NE 34-10-16 W, 10 kms west of Carberry, R.M. of North Cypress · location approximate

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The open landscape close to the Canadian Pacific Railway’s main line made this site attractive for summer training camps for artillery, infantry and cavalry units. Established as Sewell Camp in 1909, it was renamed after Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, in 1915. During World War I (1914-1918), more than 38,000 troops of the Canadian Expeditionary Force trained there. Many of the soldiers later distinguished themselves at the battle of Vimy Ridge, in April 1917. Extensive trench systems, grenade and rifle ranges, and military structures were built in 1915 and 1916. A variety of retail stores on a double-avenued area close to the main camp formed a lively commercial midway. Camp Hughes was dismantled in the 1930s as part of an unemployment relief project.

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La plaine à proximité de la ligne de chemin de fer principale du Canadien Pacifique faisait de cet emplacement un endroit idéal pour les camps d’entraînement d’été des unités d’artillerie, d’infanterie et de cavalerie. Établi en 1909 sous le nom de Camp Sewel, l’endroit a été rebaptisé en l’honneur du major-général Sir Sam Hughes, ministre canadien de la milice et de la défense en 1915. Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale (1914–1918), plus de 38 000 soldats du Corps expéditionnaire canadien se sont entraînés ici. Un nombre important d’entre eux se sont ensuite distingués à la bataille de Vimy en 1917. Des systèmes de tranchées élaborés, des champs de tir et de tir de grenades, ainsi que des structures militaires ont été aménagés en 1915 et en 1916. Des commerces les long d’une avenue double voisine du camp principal formaient une artère animée. Camp Hughes a été démantelé dans les années 1930, dans le cadre d’un programme d’assistance aux chômeurs.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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