100 Years in the Navy
May 4, 2010, marked the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy, a significant milestone all the more so in this part of the country. Tracing the legal roots, the Canadian Navy was created by the The Naval Service Act, S.C. 1910, c.43. (There are issues with the scan that I’ll fix at a later point), which came into force May 4th, 1910. The Nova Scotia Provincial Archives have posted an interesting gallery on the Canadian Navy posted to accompany the anniversary.
The reason I don’t have the necessary time to fix the scan is that I’m trying to tie up loose ends before the CALL/ACBD conference which is taking place jointly with MichALL this year, which takes place in Windsor, ON starting tomorrow and running through Wednesday the 12th. Have a look at the program and I hope to see some Slaw-ers there.
Bravo Zulu!!
Good posting, Mark; probably because you are a Maritimer you forgot to add that Victoria, or rather Esquimalt one of the municipalities that makes up Great Victoria, is that home to Canada’s Pacific Navy fleet, composing HMCS Naden and HMC Dockyard, and is the home port for ships deploying to the Gulf.
In fact, the first ship in the RCN was HMCS Rainbow, deployed in Esquimalt. Don’t like to brag, but we get creative on Vancouver Island, and Rogers Chocolates has introduced a commemorative tin with the Rainbow on the cover, and Vancouver Island brewery has introduced Sea Dog Ale to honour the occasion.
I can attest to both, although they aren’t great together.