Castle Mountain Internment Camp Memorial Banff NP Canada

by Mary Lee Dereske

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Castle Mountain Internment Camp Memorial Banff NP Canada

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Mary Lee Dereske

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Photograph - Artistic Natural Photography

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From Wikipedia:
Castle Mountain Internment Camp, Operational July 13, 1915 – August 1917

The Castle Mountain Internment Camp, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, was the largest internment facility in the Canadian Rockies, housing several hundred prisoners at any one time. Established on July 13, 1915, a total of 660 enemy aliens were interned at the facility during its entire operation.
Designated enemy aliens under Canada's 1914 War Measures Act, some 8,579 enemy aliens were interned during World War I as prisoners of war. Ostensibly nationals of countries at war with Canada, the vast majority however were settler immigrants, primarily of Ukrainian ethnic origin. The Castle Camp, which was built in 1915 at the base of Castle Mountain was a Canadian internment camp which held immigrant prisoners of Ukrainian, Austrian, Hungarian and German descent.

The bronze sign directly beneath the statue states simply "Why?" in 3 languages.

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February 27th, 2024

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