Camp 20 – Gravenhurst – POWs in Canada

A Lesson in Agriculture: Learning to Farm at Camp 20

In the Summer of 1945, a few dozen men spent their days working on a small farm along Jones Road just outside Gravenhurst, Ontario. To the average onlooker, this would not have garnered extra attention, but a closer look would reveal something more surprising – these men were German combatant officers from nearby Prisoner ofContinue reading “A Lesson in Agriculture: Learning to Farm at Camp 20”

An Update

I am happy to announce some significant additions to this site. When I first started this site for a Digital History course back in 2013(!), I had always hoped on turning it into a resource for individuals interested in learning more about Canadian Internment Operations during the Second World War. For the last few yearContinue reading “An Update”