Petawawa Military Camp Postal History - 17 August 1907 - CENTRAL CAMP PETAWAWA, ONTARIO (cds cancel / postmark) to Sutton West, Ontario

PETAWAWA CENTRAL CAMP—One of the most important steps taken by the Militia Department in recent years is the acquisition of the large tract of land at Petewawa, which will in future be known as the Central Camp, and which is destined to become to the Canadian Militia what Aldershot is to the British Army. It will be more than this, for at Petewawa will take place not only field manoeuvres for all branches of the service, but gunnery practice, both field and heavy, will be carried out there—as has already been done for two seasons (1906 & 1907)—and the new Central Camp will thus perform similar work to that carried on in England at Aldershot, Shoeburyness, Lydd, and Oakhampton.

(29 September 1906) - Twelve Miles From Pembroke - Petewawa is on the main line of the C. P. R., twelve miles west of the town of Pembroke. The land purchased by the Militia Department extends for seven miles along the bank of the Ottawa River, which at this point is over two miles wide, the southern boundary of the land being at present the C. P. R. main line. It is the intention, however, of the authorities to acquire, in addition, a large tract to the south of the railway, now held by the Ontario Government, and also to buy out the settlers on the Ottawa as far west as Chalk River. When this is accomplished, the Central Camp will comprise an area of some forty square miles. The Camp proper has been placed on the plateau one hundred feet above the Ottawa River, and from the officers’ mess buildings on the ridge, between Cupid's Nest and the Water Tower, a magnificent view is obtained of the blue Laurentians and of dozens of wooded islands dotting the river for miles east and west. The Royal Canadian Engineers have been in camp from the first of May 1906, and during that time have erected some forty substantial buildings besides installing a water tower and pumping plant with a present capacity of 100,000 gallons of clear spring water per day. Over ten miles of pipe have been laid, and water is thus conveyed to all the principal buildings. Numerous shower baths erected throughout the Camp proved to be a great boon to officers and men during the many hot weeks of the past season. The Engineers, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Weatherbe, have orders to remain till the end of October, and during that time will erect some thirty additional buildings. They have already installed an acetyline gas plant, and erected telephone lines to Pembroke, to the railway station and across the ranges. LINK - numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4464265?doc...

- sent from - / CENTRAL CAMP - PETAWAWA / AU 17 / 07 / ONT. / - cds cancel - Bailey & Toop (#M1-6 / RF D)

Earliest known usage for this cds hammer - 16 August 1906
Latest known usage for this cds hammer - 11 August 1910

Link to - Canadian Military Mail Study Group - Petawawa article - CENTRAL CAMP PETAWAWA, ONTARIO - By J.C. Campbell and C.D. Sayles - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/mm/mm-1997-08-n131.pdf

- arrived at - / SUTTON WEST / AU 19 / 07 / ONT. / - cds arrival backstamp

SUTTON WEST - The first inhabitants were Aboriginal people, as Sutton was a rich area for hunting, fishing, and gathering thousands of years ago. James O'Brien Bourchier was the first settler in 1821 and built saw and grist mills. The community was originally named Bourchier's Mills, but was renamed Sutton West in 1885, possibly after Sutton-on-Hull in East Yorkshire. However, it's usually called just Sutton.

Message on postcard reads: Petawawa Camp - Should be very pleased to hear from you again - E.B. - (I tried, but had no luck finding out who E.B. was)

Addressed to: Miss B. Culverwell / Sutton West / Ontario

Bertha Pearl “Bertie” (nee Culverwell) Lavery
(b. 17 October 1888 in Queensville, York Regional Municipality, Ontario – d. 3 February 1984 at age 95 in Scarborough, Ontario) - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-obituary-for-... - LINK to her Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/238056358/bertha-pearl-lavery

Her husband - John Franklin Lavery
(b. 16 May 1887 in Uxbridge, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada – d. 2 February 1975 at age 87 in Ontario) - occupation - former Director of the Food Division of the (Toronto) City Health Department. LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/238056334/john-franklin-lavery

They were married - 3 November 1908 in Sutton, Georgina, York, Ontario, Canada

Captain John Franklin LAVERY - Royal Army Veterinary Corps.

He was a 1907 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College in Toronto, before it was moved to Guelph. His first professional practice was in Sunderland with his father also a veterinarian. He spent four years in World War 1 with the Imperial Army Veterinary Corps and the Canadian Expeditionary Force. For several years after the war he practised in the Sutton area where he bred bulldogs for shows and bred trotting horses which he raced in southern Ontario fairs. He joined Toronto’s department of health in the mid-1920s as an inspector and retired as director in 1933. LINKS to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-obituary-for-... and - www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-obituary-for-...

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