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"For six days, the internees demonstrated and struck against the administrators of Petawawa before a transfer was arranged to the Hull prison (now Gatineau, Quebec).

Hull prison was a white elephant built by the first Duplessis government in the late 1930s. It had never been used since it did not meet provincial standards. Quebec’s Public Works minister, Télésphore-Damien Bouchard, arranged the rental of the facility when the federal government looked for a facility for the communist internees. On August 20, the transfer took place, not without overwrought drama from the authorities. The Petawawa prisoners, 85 strong, were loaded into five trucks with two machine gunners each, each truck separated by armed men on motorcycles, who escorted them to the train in Petawawa making its regular run east on the Ontario side of the Ottawa Valley. The men occupied special cars, again supervised by soldiers with machine guns. The train arrived half an hour late on August 20, 1941 at 6:40 p.m. at the Brewery Creek station in Hull, just west of Hull Island. A considerable crowd of onlookers had gathered to greet the train. They were no doubt curious owing to the army trucks and the presence of RCMP, provincial police, and municipal policemen. After disembarking, the men were loaded anew into army trucks, and accompanied by police escort to their new home at the northern end of Saint-François Street. Spirits among the men were good; after all, they had won a victory by their political agitating at Petawawa. Le Droit reported that the men were singing ‘It’s a long way to Tipperary’, a traditional wartime song, during their trip from the train station in Hull to the prison.

The men’s mood changed when they realized that their new camp was actually a prison. Norman Freed spoke for the men. “We’re not going into a political dungeon — don’t move, fellows!”, Freed declaimed. Tension mounted between the men and the soldiers. An hour or so later, the ranking officers came out of the prison, having spoken by phone to their superiors in Ottawa. They advised the men that this was their facility, which they were to operate free from military intervention, and that they could come and see for themselves. Freed and others went in, checked out the prison, and returned to tell the rest of the detainees that things were going to be alright, that they should enter the facility.

The Army was true to its word. The cells on each side of the floors were unlocked. The cells were each occupied by two internees, who slept on bunk beds. At the south end of each floor was a common room, which the internees could use for recreation purposes. The guards stayed outside the prison walls. They were members of the  Veterans’ Home Guard, units that had been formed of veterans of World War I and even  of the Boer War, often local men. The maximum age of these soldiers was supposedly fifty, but this requirement was often not respected.

The internees were free to come and go within the prison. There was an outside exercise compound, a rest area with trees and grass, a community hall, and a communal kitchen and dining area. The entire administration was in the hands of the internees, who organized themselves into teams for cooking, serving, cleaning, and other household work. The sudden nature of the transfer meant that much of the Hull prison was not yet completely organized; for instance, kitchen, laundry room, even mattresses. The heating and hot water did not always function, but when a new commandant, Major Thompson, replaced the original commandant, Major Green, improvements were made, such as fencing an enclosure adjacent to the prison in which the internees could play softball and volleyball. 

The internees wore blue pants with a red strip down the sides, and a blue shirt with a circular, red patch in the middle of the back. The internees joked that the red patch on the back served as a target, so that soldiers could shoot them were they to try to escape. In fact, there were no escape attempts, a matter of Party policy, so as to avoid propaganda victories for the government about dangerous escapees; therefore, the utility of the red patch was never tested.

So, while Joe Wallace remained in solitary confinement in Petawawa, which had actually launched the strike that had led to the transfer to Hull, and internees Michael Sawiak and Wasyl Kolysnik remained ill in the military hospital in Pembroke near Petawawa, 85 internees settled into a routine in Hull. Of itself, being freed from harassment by the fascist internees in Petawawa represented a considerable improvement. 

In an interview with the author in 1997, Peter Krawchuk summarized his perspective about conditions in Hull:

We had lots to eat and clean facilities. We were warmly dressed. No one was beaten, and no one died in prison. We had to follow military orders and salute officers, but conditions in Canadian internment camps were not at all similar to those of German concentration camps nor of Soviet gulags.

One might hope so; after all, this was Canada!

As for morale of the internees, ex-internee Ben Swankey distinguishes two periods: before and after the German invasion of the U.S.S.R. on June 22, 1941. Before the invasion, the internees wondered whether they might ever be released from Hull. Nevertheless, they tried to maintain a positive attitude, especially by devoting themselves to studies. After the Soviet Union entered the war on the side of the allies, the internees knew they would eventually be released but it became a question of when, so their impatience and frustration grew.

….

Army policy was to treat the internees as enemy subjects, similar to Canadian internees of Italian, German, or Japanese origin. Internees could not be obliged to work on military operations. On the other hand, they were not to be paid for administrative or domestic work, however, they could receive 20¢ per hour to work on special projects. In this way, some of the men worked on work details cleaning and enlarging Saint-François Street, then a dirt road linking the prison to present-day Taché Boulevard. Most of the work done by the internees, however, was of the domestic variety, caring for each other  and their facility.

The men chose as their leader and spokesman Gerry McManus, from Saskatchewan, with Montrealer Roméo Duval as his assistant. Some of the men, including Pat Sullivan, and some of the Ukrainians, among them Peter Keweryga, were cooks by trade, so food quality was never a problem in Hull.

With all this time on their hands, the internees devoted themselves to improving themselves using books provided by the YMCA and books about Marxism smuggled clandestinely into prison, including a copy of Das Kapital. Many of the internees were blue-collar workers for whom the Communist Party had always been a prime source of instruction. So the internees studied trade unionism, Marx, and Lenin. As well, Jacob Penner taught German; bilingual Montrealer Kent Rowley taught French to anglophones  and vice-versa; Dr. Howard Lowrie of Toronto gave lectures on medicine; while Samuel  Levine, a professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto, gave  lectures on science and mathematics. There were persistent group discussions about  international politics and the progress of the war. Many of the internees spoke about Hull internment camp as being their ‘university’, while the Party did emerge from the internment with better-trained leaders.

The YMCA provided the internees with musical instruments such as mandolins, guitars, and banjos. In March of 1942, the Army rented a piano for the internees. The internees took to organizing regular concerts that would feature music, poetry, especially by Joe Wallace, and comedy routines, including imitations of politicians by Napoléon Nadeau. There might be Ukrainian dancing, while the internees would be led in song by Ben Swankey, Dmitri Nikiforiak, Samuel Levine, Jean Bourget, or Ernest Gervais. Any occasion was reason enough for a celebration: St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s Eve, the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. These celebrations would be accompanied by impressive feasts. 

….

The internees’ writings and interviews reveal surprisingly positive memories about their internment in Hull. The decent food and facilities, the adult education, the celebrations, the camaraderie and solidarity, the political purpose, even the general times of World War II all seem to leave a rosy hue to the memories of the ex-internees about their internment in Hull. Some of this might be explained by old men remembering with nostalgia the vigour and pleasures of their youth, without the attendant difficulties of the period, such as one might when recalling one’s youth spent in school or the military. Nevertheless, regardless of how the internees made the best of the situation, they were still prisoners of the state who were being held for political purposes."

- Michael Martin, The Red Patch: Political Imprisonment in Hull, Quebec during World War 2. Self-published, 2007. p. 142-146, 155

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2 Markham Men Charged in Northern Ontario Drug Bust

2 Markham Men Charged in Northern Ontario Drug Bust

Article by Newmarket Today On Dec. 18, 2020, a member of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 101 west of Chapleau. At approximately 10:12 a.m., the officer observed a vehicle travelling at approximately 119 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. A traffic stop was initiated and the vehicle pulled over. While speaking with the…

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Two face spousal assault charges in unrelated incidents

Members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute in Foleyet at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2020. A 35-year-old male from Timmins was arrested as a result of the investigation and charged with the following: Assault -- spousal, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC).

Superior East OPP officers responded to a domestic dispute in Foleyet at approximately 12:10 a.m. on Oct. 1 , 2020. A 40-year-old male from Foleyet was arrested as a result of the investigation and charged with the following: assault — spousal, contrary to section 266 of the CC.

Both accused parties were released from custody and are set to appear in Chapleau before the Ontario Court of Justice in December 2020.

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                                         Policing Memories of

                                   Garry Crawford Circa 1962

                                                  Part XI

     I received a visit the other day from the person who was the longest serving member of the Warren Detachment in the person of Willy Leveillee. I believe he started with the OPP in 1966 and served his total of 30 years at Warren Detachment. After retirement he pursued a career in local politics and became the Mayor of Warren – Markstay.

      I was his first coach officer. He helped to fill in a couple of memory lapses for me. In my part IX story I mentioned the Man from Poland. Willy was the Investigating Officer and he advised me that was his first death investigation. In my Part X story I referred to two culprits as Lappy and Ocky. Willy has informed me that it was Peter Emes and him that made the initial check of the two individuals and they that commenced the initial pursuit. I am pleased that I have the memory I have, but always can use a little help.

     Willy’s visit made me think of one other incident involving Constable Wilmay Sylvio Joseph Leveillee. During the 1960’s it was stressed to all of our members that the OPP wanted us to be making contacts while we were out on the road. They wanted us to record those contacts in our notebooks. Whether they be charges, warnings or just plain safety checks. One day a couple of the local Ministry of Transportation employees reported to our office. A sawed off shotgun had been found by them in the ditch of Highway #17. All of our members were contacted and requested to consider any stops or checks they had made in the vicinity of the key point where the shotgun was found. We all thought back and referred to our notebooks. Willy Leveillee remembered making a stop of a vehicle from  Quebec in that location. On checking his notebook, he was able to produce the information as to the occupants of that vehicle. Subsequently contact was made with Officers in the Montreal area, it was learned that several armed robberies had occurred in their jurisdiction with the culprits using a similarly described weapon to the sawed off shotgun. The individuals were apprehended and brought to trial. The culprits had obviously thrown the shotgun out of their vehicle when they were being stopped. Thanks to Willy’s note taking the person’s information was recorded.

                                  A Real Joker

      I really enjoyed my time at the Warren Detachment and feel sorry for those officers who choose not to live in their Detachment Area. The big advantage is that you get to know the people you are policing and you become part of the community. Sam Whitehouse the District Commander made it quite clear from the very beginning that he wanted his men to live in the community they policed. You realize your acceptance in many ways. One thing I had to learn very quickly was that there were a few practical jokers in the Warren Detachment area. You had to be prepared to put up with a joke as well as learn to get even. One person that comes to mind right away was a local businessman named Rene Roy. Rene owned and operated a service station in the Town of Warren. He also had a towing service, which we used often for accidents etc.  One day I stopped in at the Service Station; located on Rutland St, the main street of Warren. I walked into the service bay to speak to Rene. His tow truck was parked in the bay and as I was walking by it I noticed my shoelace was undone. I put my foot up on the bumper to tie the lace and as I did, my eyes fell on his license plate of the truck. It was expired by about three months. I said to Rene: Your plate is expired! His reply was: Yes I know, I was waiting to see which one of you would notice first. Needless to say, Rene bought new plates that day. I know myself and several other members had used his tow services during the time it was expired.

      I think Rene’s sense of humour is still being expressed by his oldest son Ron Roy who served his full time as a member of the Ontario Provincial Police. I still see him being interviewed for one public event or another on the Sudbury TV.  It is rumoured that he too is known for his practical jokes.

                                  A Confession

     One Fall evening in the latter 1960’s I was working the 5 to 1 shift and in the area of Markstay. I overheard Sudbury DHQ Radio dispatch Const. Claude Hetu to a moose car accident on the Kukagami Lake road. The moose was deceased. Claude had the dispatcher call MNR to ask if he could put his tag on the moose and salvage it. Some how the Macdonald boys from Markstay found out about the moose and that Claude had to drive from his patrol zone west of Sudbury out to the east of Sudbury to get to the accident scene. When Claude arrived only the front quarters of the moose were still at the scene.  Sorry Claude but just so you know the meat was just fine. I think that was around 54 years ago, I think any statute of limitations has run out. I also hope that if Claude is still with us he can see some humour and is in a forgiving mood.

            Thinking About My Next Move

     In the spring of 1968 my wife and I bought a new Dodge Coronet from Gardner Motors in Sudbury. To celebrate the occasion we decided to take a trip up to Sault Ste Marie, Wawa and Thessalon. Rhoda’s sister Lee and her husband Don accompanied us. In an attempt to keep our expenses down we took along a cooler and Coleman stove etc. so we could make our breakfasts and lunches during our travels. We got a motel room in Sault Ste Marie the first night and the second night we rented a motel room at the Beaver Motel in Wawa. We explored along Lake Superior and the Wawa area the second day, stayed in our motel that night. In the morning we drove over to William Teddy Park, which is, a town park located just off highway 101 as you head east from Wawa. We set up at a picnic table and cooked our breakfasts. We were right on the edge of Wawa Lake looking back at the town of Wawa. I remember exclaiming to those present how much I liked the area and that I would give my right arm to be posted here. The reason for my mentioning this will come out later in my story.

     I believe it was in the spring of 1970 we learned that there would be a promotional competition that year. As I remember, they had these every five years and we had to have five years experience before we could compete. As on the previous competition I had not had five years on the job, this was the first one that I was eligible to compete in. At that time competitions required a positive assessment from your immediate superior, a positive assessment from the District Headquarters, a written exam on the general police work, and finally a good assessment from a board that was assigned from

GHQ in Toronto and consisted usually of five Commissioned Officers. In the early Spring of 1971 I proceeded to Toronto in the company of Morgan Pitfield from Sudbury Detachment. The two of us were marched in before the board as our names were called. The board members each had a turn at questioning us as to our general knowledge and police orders. Each gave us different scenarios to which we had to advise what our response would be. I remember we both were confident of our assessment on completing our presentation. In each of those areas we would be assigned points depending on our performance. Those that scored highest would go on a promotion list. I received notice the following Spring of 1971 that I had been successful and would be promoted to Corporal and posted to Wawa Detachment effective June 14th1971.

     I drove up that day in my personal vehicle, Orville Waito accompanied me. Orville had just been promoted from Sergeant to Sergeant Major and assigned to Sault Ste Marie District Headquarters. I first reported to the Superintendent at Sault Ste Marie, and then continued on to Wawa. I hope to continue my stories in my next submission.

           If you wish to read my previous submissions, they are all stored at the following URL: <garryspolicememories.tumblr.com>

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Towns Bordering Lake Superior and What They Have to Offer

In North America, ancient civilizations founded their community around the Great Lakes. These bodies of water help cultivate the culture and tradition of the nation we come to know today. As the largest of the Great Lakes, the shores of Lake Superior are home to important cities in both Canada and the United States. This beautiful body of water is also one of the many reasons why states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are awesome places to visit.

Duluth

With an estimated population of 86,110, Duluth acts as a major port city in Minnesota and the main town of Saint Louis County. Located in the north and at the westernmost part of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the second largest city located on the shores of Lake Superior. Sea vessels can access the town from the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

Duluth established a metropolitan area within the lake with nearby towns of Superior and Wisconsin, referred to as the Twin Ports. It formed the largest port in the Great Lakes for transporting grains, iron ore, and coal for decades since its foundation.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Duluth include:

   North Shore Scenic Drive

   Canal Park

   Aerial Lift Bridge

   Historic Glensheen Congdon Estate

   Great Lakes Aquarium

   Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center

   Enger Tower

   Lake Superior Railroad Museum

   Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

   Split Rock Lighthouse

Superior

Superior is the largest city found in Wisconsin’s Douglas County with a population of 27,244 according to the 2010 census.

It is located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin and is adjacent to the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior. Two well-known rivers surround Superior, Nemadji and Saint Louis, which help flourish its trading community. Superior also served as the last dock for the Edmund Fitzgerald before sinking in 1975.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Superior include:

   Pattison State Park

   Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

   Fairlawn Mansion & Museum

   Wisconsin Point Lighthouse

   SS Meteor Maritime Museum

   Ice Caves

   Old Firehouse and Police Museum

Marquette

Marquette is a city in Marquette County in Michigan with an estimated 21,355 residents according to the 2010 census. The most populous city of the Upper Peninsula also acts as a key port on Lake Superior. The Northern Michigan University calls Marquette their home and iron ore is its main shipping industry.  With the quality of living in the town, CBS MoneyWatch named Marquette among the best places in the US to retire.

Initially, the town was called New Worcester but later changed to Marquette on August 21, 1850. This is to honor the French Jesuit, Jacques Marquette who first discovered the place.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Marquette include:

   Presque Isle Park

   Sugarloaf Mountain

   Lakenenland Sculpture Park

   Marquette Mountain

   Marquette Maritime Museum

   Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

   Dead River Falls

   Marquette Regional History Center

   Iron Ore Heritage Trail

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay rests in Ontario Canada and, according to the 2011 Canadian census, it has a total of 108,359 residents and is the second-most inhabited city in Northern Ontario. Its municipalities include Oliver, Paipoonge, and Neebing. It also has the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Gillies, Fort William First Nation, and O’Connor.

In the late 17th century, Europeans made their way to Thunder Bay and it became a French fur trading outpost on the shores of the Kaministiquia River. It then became a popular trading spot for other important goods like grains.  Traders usually traveled from western Canada to the east coast through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, making Thunder Bay a notably important location.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Thunder Bay include:

   Terry Fox Monument

   Fort William Historical Park

   Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

   Thunder Oak Cheese Farm

   The Blue Point Amethyst Mine

   Centennial Botanical Garden

   Mission Island Marsh

   Thunder Bay Museum

   Chippewa Park

   International Friendship Garden

Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie pronounced as “Soo Saint Marie” lies on St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. Located near the Canada-US border, it is the third largest city in Northern Ontario. In its southern area, the US city of Sault Ste. Marie is located in Michigan State. Residents of the place are referred to as Saultites. The International Bridge connects the two countries with Interstate 75 in Michigan and Huron Street on Ontario side.

Early French settlers called the river Les Saults de Ste. Marie in which the town got its name. For at least a hundred years, the descent from St. Mary’s River to Lake Superior slowed shipping traffic requiring overland portage of cargo from one lake to the other.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Sault Ste. Marie include:

   Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center

   Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk

   Sault Ste. Marie National Historic Site

   Mill Market

   Roberta Bondar Park

   Gros Cap Conservation Area

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Towns Bordering Lake Superior and What They Have to Offer

In North America, ancient civilizations founded their community around the Great Lakes. These bodies of water help cultivate the culture and tradition of the nation we come to know today. As the largest of the Great Lakes, the shores of Lake Superior are home to important cities in both Canada and the United States. This beautiful body of water is also one of the many reasons why states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are awesome places to visit.

 Duluth

With an estimated population of 86,110, Duluth acts as a major port city in Minnesota and the main town of Saint Louis County. Located in the north and at the westernmost part of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the second largest city located on the shores of Lake Superior. Sea vessels can access the town from the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

Duluth established a metropolitan area within the lake with nearby towns of Superior and Wisconsin, referred to as the Twin Ports. It formed the largest port in the Great Lakes for transporting grains, iron ore, and coal for decades since its foundation.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Duluth include:

   North Shore Scenic Drive

   Canal Park

   Aerial Lift Bridge

   Historic Glensheen Congdon Estate

   Great Lakes Aquarium

   Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center

   Enger Tower

   Lake Superior Railroad Museum

   Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

   Split Rock Lighthouse

 Superior

Superior is the largest city found in Wisconsin’s Douglas County with a population of 27,244 according to the 2010 census.

It is located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin and is adjacent to the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior. Two well-known rivers surround Superior, Nemadji and Saint Louis, which help flourish its trading community. Superior also served as the last dock for the Edmund Fitzgerald before sinking in 1975.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Superior include:

   Pattison State Park

   Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

   Fairlawn Mansion & Museum

   Wisconsin Point Lighthouse

   SS Meteor Maritime Museum

   Ice Caves

   Old Firehouse and Police Museum

 Marquette

Marquette is a city in Marquette County in Michigan with an estimated 21,355 residents according to the 2010 census. The most populous city of the Upper Peninsula also acts as a key port on Lake Superior. The Northern Michigan University calls Marquette their home and iron ore is its main shipping industry.  With the quality of living in the town, CBS MoneyWatch named Marquette among the best places in the US to retire.

Initially, the town was called New Worcester but later changed to Marquette on August 21, 1850. This is to honor the French Jesuit, Jacques Marquette who first discovered the place.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Marquette include:

   Presque Isle Park

   Sugarloaf Mountain

   Lakenenland Sculpture Park

   Marquette Mountain

   Marquette Maritime Museum

   Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

   Dead River Falls

   Marquette Regional History Center

   Iron Ore Heritage Trail

 Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay rests in Ontario Canada and, according to the 2011 Canadian census, it has a total of 108,359 residents and is the second-most inhabited city in Northern Ontario. Its municipalities include Oliver, Paipoonge, and Neebing. It also has the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Gillies, Fort William First Nation, and O’Connor.

In the late 17th century, Europeans made their way to Thunder Bay and it became a French fur trading outpost on the shores of the Kaministiquia River. It then became a popular trading spot for other important goods like grains.  Traders usually traveled from western Canada to the east coast through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, making Thunder Bay a notably important location.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Thunder Bay include:

   Terry Fox Monument

   Fort William Historical Park

   Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

   Thunder Oak Cheese Farm

   The Blue Point Amethyst Mine

   Centennial Botanical Garden

   Mission Island Marsh

   Thunder Bay Museum

   Chippewa Park

   International Friendship Garden

 Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie pronounced as “Soo Saint Marie” lies on St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. Located near the Canada-US border, it is the third largest city in Northern Ontario. In its southern area, the US city of Sault Ste. Marie is located in Michigan State. Residents of the place are referred to as Saultites. The International Bridge connects the two countries with Interstate 75 in Michigan and Huron Street on Ontario side.

Early French settlers called the river Les Saults de Ste. Marie in which the town got its name. For at least a hundred years, the descent from St. Mary’s River to Lake Superior slowed shipping traffic requiring overland portage of cargo from one lake to the other.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Sault Ste. Marie include:

   Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center

   Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk

   Sault Ste. Marie National Historic Site

   Mill Market

   Roberta Bondar Park

   Gros Cap Conservation Area

 Love the Great Lakes? Check out this cute Great Lakes Girl sweatshirt.

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Towns Bordering Lake Superior and What They Have to Offer

In North America, ancient civilizations founded their community around the Great Lakes. These bodies of water help cultivate the culture and tradition of the nation we come to know today. As the largest of the Great Lakes, the shores of Lake Superior are home to important cities in both Canada and the United States. This beautiful body of water is also one of the many reasons why states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are awesome places to visit.

Duluth

With an estimated population of 86,110, Duluth acts as a major port city in Minnesota and the main town of Saint Louis County. Located in the north and at the westernmost part of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the second largest city located on the shores of Lake Superior. Sea vessels can access the town from the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

Duluth established a metropolitan area within the lake with nearby towns of Superior and Wisconsin, referred to as the Twin Ports. It formed the largest port in the Great Lakes for transporting grains, iron ore, and coal for decades since its foundation.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Duluth include:

   North Shore Scenic Drive

   Canal Park

   Aerial Lift Bridge

   Historic Glensheen Congdon Estate

   Great Lakes Aquarium

   Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center

   Enger Tower

   Lake Superior Railroad Museum

   Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

   Split Rock Lighthouse

Superior

Superior is the largest city found in Wisconsin’s Douglas County with a population of 27,244 according to the 2010 census.

It is located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin and is adjacent to the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior. Two well-known rivers surround Superior, Nemadji and Saint Louis, which help flourish its trading community. Superior also served as the last dock for the Edmund Fitzgerald before sinking in 1975.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Superior include:

   Pattison State Park

   Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

   Fairlawn Mansion & Museum

   Wisconsin Point Lighthouse

   SS Meteor Maritime Museum

   Ice Caves

   Old Firehouse and Police Museum

Marquette

Marquette is a city in Marquette County in Michigan with an estimated 21,355 residents according to the 2010 census. The most populous city of the Upper Peninsula also acts as a key port on Lake Superior. The Northern Michigan University calls Marquette their home and iron ore is its main shipping industry.  With the quality of living in the town, CBS MoneyWatch named Marquette among the best places in the US to retire.

Initially, the town was called New Worcester but later changed to Marquette on August 21, 1850. This is to honor the French Jesuit, Jacques Marquette who first discovered the place.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Marquette include:

   Presque Isle Park

   Sugarloaf Mountain

   Lakenenland Sculpture Park

   Marquette Mountain

   Marquette Maritime Museum

   Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

   Dead River Falls

   Marquette Regional History Center

   Iron Ore Heritage Trail

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay rests in Ontario Canada and, according to the 2011 Canadian census, it has a total of 108,359 residents and is the second-most inhabited city in Northern Ontario. Its municipalities include Oliver, Paipoonge, and Neebing. It also has the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Gillies, Fort William First Nation, and O’Connor.

In the late 17th century, Europeans made their way to Thunder Bay and it became a French fur trading outpost on the shores of the Kaministiquia River. It then became a popular trading spot for other important goods like grains.  Traders usually traveled from western Canada to the east coast through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, making Thunder Bay a notably important location.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Thunder Bay include:

   Terry Fox Monument

   Fort William Historical Park

   Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

   Thunder Oak Cheese Farm

   The Blue Point Amethyst Mine

   Centennial Botanical Garden

   Mission Island Marsh

   Thunder Bay Museum

   Chippewa Park

   International Friendship Garden

Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie pronounced as “Soo Saint Marie” lies on St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. Located near the Canada-US border, it is the third largest city in Northern Ontario. In its southern area, the US city of Sault Ste. Marie is located in Michigan State. Residents of the place are referred to as Saultites. The International Bridge connects the two countries with Interstate 75 in Michigan and Huron Street on Ontario side.

Early French settlers called the river Les Saults de Ste. Marie in which the town got its name. For at least a hundred years, the descent from St. Mary’s River to Lake Superior slowed shipping traffic requiring overland portage of cargo from one lake to the other.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Sault Ste. Marie include:

   Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center

   Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk

   Sault Ste. Marie National Historic Site

   Mill Market

   Roberta Bondar Park

   Gros Cap Conservation Area

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Towns Bordering Lake Superior and What They Have to Offer

In North America, ancient civilizations founded their community around the Great Lakes. These bodies of water help cultivate the culture and tradition of the nation we come to know today. As the largest of the Great Lakes, the shores of Lake Superior are home to important cities in both Canada and the United States. This beautiful body of water is also one of the many reasons why states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are awesome places to visit.

  Duluth

With an estimated population of 86,110, Duluth acts as a major port city in Minnesota and the main town of Saint Louis County. Located in the north and at the westernmost part of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the second largest city located on the shores of Lake Superior. Sea vessels can access the town from the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

Duluth established a metropolitan area within the lake with nearby towns of Superior and Wisconsin, referred to as the Twin Ports. It formed the largest port in the Great Lakes for transporting grains, iron ore, and coal for decades since its foundation.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Duluth include:

   North Shore Scenic Drive

   Canal Park

   Aerial Lift Bridge

   Historic Glensheen Congdon Estate

   Great Lakes Aquarium

   Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center

   Enger Tower

   Lake Superior Railroad Museum

   Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

   Split Rock Lighthouse

  Superior

Superior is the largest city found in Wisconsin’s Douglas County with a population of 27,244 according to the 2010 census.

It is located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin and is adjacent to the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior. Two well-known rivers surround Superior, Nemadji and Saint Louis, which help flourish its trading community. Superior also served as the last dock for the Edmund Fitzgerald before sinking in 1975.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Superior include:

   Pattison State Park

   Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

   Fairlawn Mansion & Museum

   Wisconsin Point Lighthouse

   SS Meteor Maritime Museum

   Ice Caves

   Old Firehouse and Police Museum

  Marquette

Marquette is a city in Marquette County in Michigan with an estimated 21,355 residents according to the 2010 census. The most populous city of the Upper Peninsula also acts as a key port on Lake Superior. The Northern Michigan University calls Marquette their home and iron ore is its main shipping industry.  With the quality of living in the town, CBS MoneyWatch named Marquette among the best places in the US to retire.

Initially, the town was called New Worcester but later changed to Marquette on August 21, 1850. This is to honor the French Jesuit, Jacques Marquette who first discovered the place.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Marquette include:

   Presque Isle Park

   Sugarloaf Mountain

   Lakenenland Sculpture Park

   Marquette Mountain

   Marquette Maritime Museum

   Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

   Dead River Falls

   Marquette Regional History Center

   Iron Ore Heritage Trail

  Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay rests in Ontario Canada and, according to the 2011 Canadian census, it has a total of 108,359 residents and is the second-most inhabited city in Northern Ontario. Its municipalities include Oliver, Paipoonge, and Neebing. It also has the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Gillies, Fort William First Nation, and O’Connor.

In the late 17th century, Europeans made their way to Thunder Bay and it became a French fur trading outpost on the shores of the Kaministiquia River. It then became a popular trading spot for other important goods like grains.  Traders usually traveled from western Canada to the east coast through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, making Thunder Bay a notably important location.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Thunder Bay include:

   Terry Fox Monument

   Fort William Historical Park

   Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

   Thunder Oak Cheese Farm

   The Blue Point Amethyst Mine

   Centennial Botanical Garden

   Mission Island Marsh

   Thunder Bay Museum

   Chippewa Park

   International Friendship Garden

  Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie pronounced as “Soo Saint Marie” lies on St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. Located near the Canada-US border, it is the third largest city in Northern Ontario. In its southern area, the US city of Sault Ste. Marie is located in Michigan State. Residents of the place are referred to as Saultites. The International Bridge connects the two countries with Interstate 75 in Michigan and Huron Street on Ontario side.

Early French settlers called the river Les Saults de Ste. Marie in which the town got its name. For at least a hundred years, the descent from St. Mary’s River to Lake Superior slowed shipping traffic requiring overland portage of cargo from one lake to the other.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Sault Ste. Marie include:

   Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center

   Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk

   Sault Ste. Marie National Historic Site

   Mill Market

   Roberta Bondar Park

   Gros Cap Conservation Area

  Love the Great Lakes? Check out this cute Great Lakes Girl sweatshirt.

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Towns Bordering Lake Superior and What They Have to Offer

In North America, ancient civilizations founded their community around the Great Lakes. These bodies of water help cultivate the culture and tradition of the nation we come to know today. As the largest of the Great Lakes, the shores of Lake Superior are home to important cities in both Canada and the United States. This beautiful body of water is also one of the many reasons why states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are awesome places to visit.

  Duluth

With an estimated population of 86,110, Duluth acts as a major port city in Minnesota and the main town of Saint Louis County. Located in the north and at the westernmost part of the Great Lakes, Duluth is the second largest city located on the shores of Lake Superior. Sea vessels can access the town from the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

Duluth established a metropolitan area within the lake with nearby towns of Superior and Wisconsin, referred to as the Twin Ports. It formed the largest port in the Great Lakes for transporting grains, iron ore, and coal for decades since its foundation.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Duluth include:

   North Shore Scenic Drive

   Canal Park

   Aerial Lift Bridge

   Historic Glensheen Congdon Estate

   Great Lakes Aquarium

   Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center

   Enger Tower

   Lake Superior Railroad Museum

   Spirit Mountain Adventure Park

   Split Rock Lighthouse

  Superior

Superior is the largest city found in Wisconsin’s Douglas County with a population of 27,244 according to the 2010 census.

It is located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin and is adjacent to the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior. Two well-known rivers surround Superior, Nemadji and Saint Louis, which help flourish its trading community. Superior also served as the last dock for the Edmund Fitzgerald before sinking in 1975.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Superior include:

   Pattison State Park

   Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

   Fairlawn Mansion & Museum

   Wisconsin Point Lighthouse

   SS Meteor Maritime Museum

   Ice Caves

   Old Firehouse and Police Museum

  Marquette

Marquette is a city in Marquette County in Michigan with an estimated 21,355 residents according to the 2010 census. The most populous city of the Upper Peninsula also acts as a key port on Lake Superior. The Northern Michigan University calls Marquette their home and iron ore is its main shipping industry.  With the quality of living in the town, CBS MoneyWatch named Marquette among the best places in the US to retire.

Initially, the town was called New Worcester but later changed to Marquette on August 21, 1850. This is to honor the French Jesuit, Jacques Marquette who first discovered the place.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Marquette include:

   Presque Isle Park

   Sugarloaf Mountain

   Lakenenland Sculpture Park

   Marquette Mountain

   Marquette Maritime Museum

   Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum

   Dead River Falls

   Marquette Regional History Center

   Iron Ore Heritage Trail

  Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay rests in Ontario Canada and, according to the 2011 Canadian census, it has a total of 108,359 residents and is the second-most inhabited city in Northern Ontario. Its municipalities include Oliver, Paipoonge, and Neebing. It also has the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Gillies, Fort William First Nation, and O’Connor.

In the late 17th century, Europeans made their way to Thunder Bay and it became a French fur trading outpost on the shores of the Kaministiquia River. It then became a popular trading spot for other important goods like grains.  Traders usually traveled from western Canada to the east coast through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, making Thunder Bay a notably important location.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Thunder Bay include:

   Terry Fox Monument

   Fort William Historical Park

   Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

   Thunder Oak Cheese Farm

   The Blue Point Amethyst Mine

   Centennial Botanical Garden

   Mission Island Marsh

   Thunder Bay Museum

   Chippewa Park

   International Friendship Garden

  Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie pronounced as “Soo Saint Marie” lies on St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. Located near the Canada-US border, it is the third largest city in Northern Ontario. In its southern area, the US city of Sault Ste. Marie is located in Michigan State. Residents of the place are referred to as Saultites. The International Bridge connects the two countries with Interstate 75 in Michigan and Huron Street on Ontario side.

Early French settlers called the river Les Saults de Ste. Marie in which the town got its name. For at least a hundred years, the descent from St. Mary’s River to Lake Superior slowed shipping traffic requiring overland portage of cargo from one lake to the other.

Some of the best family tourist attractions in Sault Ste. Marie include:

   Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center

   Sault Ste. Marie Boardwalk

   Sault Ste. Marie National Historic Site

   Mill Market

   Roberta Bondar Park

   Gros Cap Conservation Area

  Love the Great Lakes? Check out this cute Great Lakes Girl sweatshirt.

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On Tuesday August 8, 2017 at approximately 10:10 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment had ... Read More...

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“Catch 9 of 28 Fugitives Nazis, Warn Citizens To ‘Use Force’,” Toronto Star. April 19, 1941. Pages 01 & 02. ---- SUSPECT ESCAPED FLIER IN U.S. ORGANIZED FIFTH COLUMN AID FOR PALS IN ONTARIO CAMP ---- Food and Civilian Clothing Were in Readiness for ‘Troublesome’ Prisoners When They Tunnelled Under Barricade in Nation’s First Mass Break ---- SUGGEST RECENT MYSTERIOUS FIRE SET TO SCREEN THEIR ACTIVITIES ---- Nine of 28 Nazi Airmen who tunnelled out of a Northern Ontario internment camp last night have been recaptured, Col. Hubert Stethem, director of internment camps, said in Toronto at noon. Two are already back in the camp.

Col. Stethem is awaiting arrival of an R.C.A.F. bomber from Ottawa to take him to the scene of the hunt in what a provincial policeman at Port Arthur calls the ‘rock and Christmas tree’ bush country north of Lake Superior and east of Schreiber.

The airmen, captured in England when their planes were shot out from under them, escaped through a tunnel under barbed wire. The first five recaptured were caught by veterans of the camp guard.

The prisoners apparently had scattered after the break. Col. Stethem said that some of the Germans had been captured west of the camp and others east. Patrols are out at points farther from the camp than the spots where the men were captured, he added.

None of those recaptured, offered any resistance, Col. Sthem added.

As yet Col. Stethen has not been able to learn in which direction from the camp the five were captured.

‘We’ll have to find that out in a hurry if we are going to map any organized plan of search,’ he said.

The break was carefully planned, and there is strong probability that it was aided by fifth column activity from outside the camp.

The airmen, when they crept out through the tunnel left dummies stuffed under their blankets to deceive the night sentries. Once outside, they stole to a rock cut near the camp, and changed from the distinctive cap dress into civilian clothes.

It is suggested that Baron Franz von Wera, a former member of the same group of captured airmen, who escaped across the St. Lawrence to Ogdensburg, N.Y., while the party was being escorted to the camp, might have arranged among U.S. Nazi sympathizers for the supply of this civilian clothing to the prisoners.

In addition to the clothing, the prisoners possessed chocolate and canned food when they were caught. The fact they had food was also thought to suggest outside help.

The prisoners are believed to have escaped in groups of two and three men each. Guards who caught the first five found two men together in one spot, three in another. None resisted.

Meantime, crack troops, flying squads of Ontario provincial police, and armed posses of bushworkers were on the trail. It is a manhunt greater than any that the lake country has seen before, across lakes and streams swollen by spring floods, under a drizzling low mist.

The camp is closest to the railway points of Rossport, Dublin, Ozone, Jackfish, Heron Bay, Struther, and White River. Except for scattered lumber and mining camps, there are no settlements and no roads but the C.P.R. right-of-way.

Inspector Ingraham of the O.P.P. at Port Arthur, in charge of police units in the territory, said ‘The prisoners could only escape along the railroad or by airplane.’

First Mass Escape It was the first mass escape since Canada entered the war. The men, all prisoners of war, burrowed a tunnel under the barricade and vanished without raising an alarm.

The roads are either non-existent or badly damaged by the winter.

The camp from which the men escaped is the same one in which a fire broke out, mysteriously, a few days ago. There is a possibility that the Nazis set the fire to screen their activity in digging the tunnel.

The camp is located near a pulp and paper plans and two logging camps which employ about 75 men. Most of the bush workers in the areas are Finns, and they are joining in the search.

Officials at Ottawa say the prisoners will be handicapped by lack of knowledge of the rough country, through which only men skilled in bushcraft would attempt to travel any distance. Hunger will be the greatest factor in driving the men back into the arms of internment authorities, it is suggested.

Fled in Storm The break was made under the cover off a wet, stormy night, and a continuing heavy rain, sluicing down over the rock, pine and berry bushes of the Lake Superior shore., makes it easy for the escaped men to conceal themselves.

Although authorities were inclined to believe that the escaped men were heading east from the camp, along the C.P.R. tracks, it is possible that German sympathizers or fifth columnists across the lake, in Wisconsin, may have made some effort to get them across to the United States by boat.

All provincial policemen in the northern part of the province have been mobilized on the search. Thirty-five O.P.P. constables were assigned to the job through headquarters at Port Arthur and Sudbury, and between ‘50 and 100′ crack troops were ordered out on the search from Port Arthur.

Flight-Lieut. H. C. Johnson, commander of the R.C.A.F. elementary training school,at Fort William, said the school had no planes with sufficient range to aid in the search for the prisoners. ‘We have only training planes and the nearest field with craft of sufficient size is Winnipeg. or the east,’ he said.

Civilian posses of sharp-eyed, straight-shooting northern trappers and railwaymen, have been organized at key points along the rail line, to add to the provincial police and guards in the search.

‘The only chance for those fellows to make good their escape that I can see is to be picked up by airplanes and it would have to be a number of them or a big transport plane from the United States flying across the 200 miles of Lake Superior,’ said Inspector Ingram.

‘Even before getting aboard the plans, which themselves would have to contend with rough weather and open lake, they would have to make their way through 25 miles, of bush to the shore of the lake and the planes would have to be ready to take them off immediately. That would mean outside collaboration, which I do not think is possible. It s raining and it would be wet and cold, to say nothing of the need of food and shelter. If they get away they will be pretty clever, and I don’t think they can do it.’

The prisoners are among the most troublesome Nazis who have been brought captive to Canada. Landed at an eastern Canadian port a few weeks ago, they have made constant efforts to escape and have given troubles from the moment they reached the internment camp.

The country in which the camp is located is heavily treed and studded with tiny lakes and streams. The district is thinly populated.

‘Most Isolated in Canada’ A secretary of state department spokesman, at Ottawa, said all prisoners in the camp had been accounted for at 8 p.m. when the usual nightly check-up was made. It was 1 a.m. when the escapes were discovered, he said.

‘The camp is the most isolated camp in Canada,’ said the spokesman. ‘The bush is thick and extends on all sides of the camp for miles and miles. There are no roads to speak of and the only quick means of moving through the densely wooded country is on a railway right-of-way.’

The spokesman said there was no settlement in the area from which the fugitives could obtain food or other aid.

‘If they are heading for the United States border as other prisoners have done they will have to travel some 500 or 600 miles around Lake Superior,’ he added. ‘If a wholesale break had to come it could not come in a better place from the standpoint of placing the men in country that is difficult to travel through.’

The prisoners early established records as ‘bad actors.’ The day after reaching port, two attempted to escape but were recaptured almost immediately near Moncton, N.B.

A young Nazi air lieutenant dived through an internment train window during a brief stop at Smith Falls, Ont. After short minutes of liberty military police caught him. But not before the German officer had enunciated the attitude of the whole shipment of these prisoners: ‘It is the duty of a German officer to escape if he cane,’ he told guards.

‘Most Isolated in Canada’ A secretary of state department spokesman, at Ottawa, said all prisoners in the camp had been accounted for at 8 p.m. when the usual nightly check-up was made. It was 1 a.m. when the escapes were discovered, he said.

‘The camp is the most isolated camp in Canada,’ said the spokesman. ‘The bush is thick and extends on all sides of the camp for miles and miles. There are no roads to speak of and the only quick means of moving through the densely wooded country is on a railway right-of-way.’

The spokesman said there was no settlement in the area from which the fugitives could obtain food or other aid.

‘If they are heading for the United States border as other prisoners have done they will have to travel some 500 or 600 miles around Lake Superior,’ he added. ‘If a wholesale break had to come it could not come in a better place from the standpoint of placing the men in country that is difficult to travel through.’

The prisoners early established records as ‘bad actors.’ The day after reaching port, two attempted to escape but were recaptured almost immediately near Moncton, N.B.

A young Nazi air lieutenant dived through an internment train window during a brief stop at Smith Falls, Ont. After short minutes of liberty military police caught him. But not before the German officer had enunciated the attitude of the whole shipment of these prisoners: ‘It is the duty of a German officer to escape if he cane,’ he told guards.

Mobilize Provincial Police Mobilization of all provincial police in the northern part of the province was organized immediately after the news of the escape.

Police dogs used in earlier hunts for escaped Germans would likely be sent in from Winnipeg headquarters, the R.C.M.P. here stated.

The men are believed to have made their break about 1 a.m. Toronto police got word of the escape from provincial police at 7.50 a.m. but neither had any general description of what the prisoners were wearing.

Major C. B. Lindsey of Toronto is commandant of the camp. He was formerly attached to the Veterans’ Guard of Canada and he was in charge of A Company of the Veterans’ Guard of Canada which was sent from Toronto to escort the prisoners.

Last night’s wholesale break brought to 61 the number of prisoners who have escaped in Canada since the start of the war.

Four was the largest number of prisoners to make a break in the past, and all previous fugitives have been recaptured except Baron von Werra, who managed to reach the U.S. soil at Ogdensburg, N.Y.

THESE ARE GERMAN PRISONERS BROUGHT TO CANADA - MANY OF THEM ARE LOOSE --- ‘SUB’ OFFICER Carl Rabe, officer from a German submarine, escaped while receiving treatment in Christie Street hospital, Toronto. He was captured on the lake shore after an attempt to row to the United States.

TRIED IT IN HALIFAX Peter Schierning made his break for freedom right after the ship which brought him to Canada reached an east coast port. Schierning was quickly captured before he had gone far.

ROWED ST. LAWRENCE Baron Franz von Wera made a dramatic bid for freedom when he escaped from a prison train at Mount Laurier, Que., hitch-hiked to the St. Lawrence near Prescott, and rowed to Ogdensburg, N.Y. He was caught there.

HE TRIED, TO Hals Kibert tried to doge detention in an Ontario prison camp in August, 1940. But e was no more successful than other Germans who have tried to make good their escape. All get caught.

SEARCHED Guards take no chances with prisoners, all are carefully searched on arrival, like this one. But when large numbers are held in camps, as is necessary in wartime, some escapes are said inevitable.

ESCAPE IS CALLED BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR ADOLF HITLER ---- Ottawa, April 19 - (CP) - The fact that Hitler’s birthday is tomorrow may be back of the wholesale escape of prisoners from an internment camp in northwestern Ontario, it was believed here today. It was learned authoritatively that officials had laid plans for a super-watch Sunday on all internment camps in the country as a precaution against breaks engineered as a Nazi gesture for Hitler’s birthday.

‘USE ANY FORCE’ TO RE-TAKE NAZIS RESIDENTS TOLD --- Authorities Advise Chapleau and White River Area To Be on Alert ---- ‘LIKELY MOVE EAST’ ---- ‘Use any force necessary.’ This was the warning issued in Toronto today by Col. Robert Stethen, director of internment, addressed to residents of the Lake Superior bush country around Chapleau and White Rover. He spike because 28 German prisoners escaped through a tunnel from a Lake Superior internment camp last midnight. Five have since been recaptured.

‘The men are all non-commissioned men of the German air force, mostly crews of planes that were brought down raiding London. Since they came from the east. I feel they will head back to the east, and I strongly advise residents of the country around Chapleau and White River to be on the watch.

‘They should, if they spot any of these man, use any force necessary to hold them until military aid can arrive.’

‘I’d Have Stayed in Prison Camp’ Says Man Who Knows Bushland --- By TOM JONSON --- Kenora, April 19 - ‘I was at the prison camp from which 30 Nazis escaped this week. If I were they - and I’ve had a lot of experience in the Ontario bush - I would have stayed there.

‘It’s in the middle of the most desolate country in Ontario. It’s surrounded by the toughest kind of bush country.

The camp itself is one of the best known in Canada since it is near the main line of a transcontinental railway.

From what I heard from the people in the little settlement this week, the captain of the ‘hell ship’ Altmark, who was captured in Norway when his prison ship tried to run home with British sailors taken from boats sunk by the Graf Spee, is there. His only hobby, they told me, is making little boats inside bottles

ACTUAL PICTURES OF CAMPSITE FROM WHICH 28 GERMAN PRISONERS BROKE FREE --- FUGITIVE GERMAN FLIERS MUST FLEE THROUGH ROCKY, BUSH COVERED HILL COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH NO ROADS RUN Barbed wire fences surround the camp on the north shore off Lake Superior fro which 28 Germans escaped shortly after midnight last night, as can be seen in the picture taken of the camp clearing before the buildings were raised, LEFT. Heavy rain sluiced down over the rocky, bush-covered countryside, which can be seen about the camp, when the break was made. There are few inhabitants in the area, except Indian families, living in tiny shacks, CENTRE, and trappers, many of whom are even now organized in posses hunting the escaped men. It is thought the Nazis, all fliers, may have headed east along the main line of the C.P.R. which, near the camp, cuts through red granite hills, RIGHT. Thirty-five Ontario provincial police constables have been dispatched from Port Arthur, and ‘50 to 100′ troops are said to have joined the search. The camp is the most isolated in Canada, an Ottawa spokesman said. There are no roads to speka of in the district, and those few are nearly impassable.

- All photo copyright, 1941, The Toronto Star

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Wawa Speeding Stop by OPP Leads to Charges for Thunder Bay Man

Wawa Speeding Stop by OPP Leads to Charges for Thunder Bay Man

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A Thunder Bay man faces a number of charges following an OPP traffic stop for speeding near Wawa Ontario. His passenger, a man from Barrie Ontario was also arrested and charged with having proceeds of a crime in his possession.

OPP reports that on June 29, 2020, at approximately 7:30 pm EDT, a member of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was…

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Two Wawa Residents Charged for Drug Trafficking

@OPP_NER Two #WawaOntario Residents Charged for Drug Trafficking @CanStopCrime @SSMCrimeStopper @LawEnforceToday

WAWA, ON – On Wednesday December 19, 2018, members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), executed a search warrant at a residence on Regina Crescent in Wawa, Ontario.

As a result of the search, police seized approximately 40 tablets of suspected fentanyl and a small…

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Superior East Detachment Stats for November 2018

@OPP_NER Superior East Detachment Stats for November 2018 #WawaON @Twp_Dub #WhiteRiverON @VisitChapleau @Wawa_Ontario @CanStopCrime @SSMCrimeStopper @LawEnforceToday

WAWA, ON – During the month of November, 2018, the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to approximately 507 calls for service. Some of those calls included the following:

 4 violence related incidents

16 property related occurrences

5 drug related cases

29 motor vehicle collisions

2 impaired by alcohol incidents

121 Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere (RIDE)…

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Traffic Stop Results in Breath Test Refusal

@OPP_NER Traffic Stop Results in Breath Test Refusal #WawaON #NorthernOntario @maddcanada @SSMCrimeStopper @CanStopCrime @LawEnforceToday

WAWA, ON – On December 13, 2018 at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a sport utility vehicle (SUV) driving aggressively within the town of Wawa, Ontario.

Police stopped the SUV on Second Avenue and spoke to the male driver. And odour of alcoholic beverage could be detected emanating from his breath.

As a result of the investigation,…

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OPP Respond to Family Dispute

@OPP_NER Respond to Family Dispute #WawaON @SADVTC @SSMCrimeStopper @CanStopCrime @LawEnforceToday @Wawa_Ontario

WAWA, ON – On Wednesday October 11, 2017, at approximately 10:45 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a local Wawa address regarding a family dispute. Investigation revealed that both the male and female were on conditions. As a result a 20 years old Wawa male and a 19 years old Wawa female were arrested and charged with the following…