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150 Years of Brockville History of Canada 150
In honour of Canada150, the Brockville Museum will be starting a special project. For the 150 days leading up to Canada Day (beginning February 1st), we will post to Facebook something that happened in the Brockville area every year from 1867-2017. These posts will include excerpts from the newspapers, photographs and artifacts from the Brockville Museum’s collection. After they have been posted to Facebook, we will add them to this site in 25-year increments. (Click on image for details).
In 1942, Brockville was overrun by the German army! Well, not quite. The Officers Training Camp (OTC) staged the event as a training exercise and as a fundraiser for the Victory Loan campaign. Similar events were held in Smiths Falls and other towns.
The Second World War created new jobs that no one had imagined before. There was great fear that the enemy would use ‘biological warfare’ on home soil. BCI student, Margaret Shannon, got a summer job checking traps that had been baited to capture Japanese beetles (then considered a threat). In her 2 years of searching, she only found one. She received a small wage and the certificate shared here.
As the country approached its 100th birthday, cities, towns and groups began looking into their pasts and towards the future. A new flag was unveiled in 1965, but in 1966 Brockville got a symbol all its own: in March of 1966, a ceremony in Victoria Hall officially introduced the city’s new Coat of Arms. Brockville is one of only a few communities to have an authentic Grant of Arms from the Royal College of Arms.
In 1942, Brockville was overrun by the German army! Well, not quite. The Officers Training Camp (OTC) staged the event as a training exercise and as a fundraiser for the Victory Loan campaign. Similar events were held in Smiths Falls and other towns.