1911 Series Real Photo Postcard - Militia Field Training / Soldiers and their Horses at Military Camp Petawawa, Ontario

Founded in 1905 as the Petawawa Military Camp, or Camp Petawawa, the Garrison was created by the Department of Militia and Defence upon the purchase of 22,430 acres of mostly agricultural property from local residents. The Garrison derives its name from the Petawawa River. The origin of the name PETAWAWA is lost in antiquity, but legend has it that it is an Algonquian Native-Aboriginal word pronounced PETWEWE. The translation is thought to mean, "Where one hears noise like this", referring to the sound of the fast water over the rocks in the river. In another legend it is said that the area was named after an indigenous woman who inhabited the banks of the Petawawa River and lived to the age of 115 years.

(13 March 1911 / Hamilton Spectator Newspaper) - WILL GO TO CAMP - Local Corps of Engineers Will Receive instruction at Petawawa - Orders were received this morning from headquarters for the First Mounted Field Engineers to prepare to go to camp at Petawawa this coming June. The government training ground is located there and ample space is available for instructing the corps in blowing up bridges, cutting lines of communication and similar work. Partial arrangements have been made for the supply of horses necessary. About 40 men will attend, it is thought. This corps was organized recently, on the recommendation of General French. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-petawaw...

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