CFWWIRF UNVEILS EPISODE #12, THE CAMPS WEBSERIESBY RYAN BOYKO OF ARMISTICE FILMS.

CFWWIRF UNVEILS EPISODE #12, THE CAMPS WEBSERIES
BY RYAN BOYKO OF ARMISTICE FILMS.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – November 24, 2016 – The Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund (CFWWIRF) announces release of Season 1 – Episode #12 of The Camps webseries located on the digital interactive map on its website – www.internmentcanada.ca.

100 years ago this week the Edgewood Internment Camp closed. Internees labored at building Highway #6 to open up the Kootenays to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.

SYNOPSIS OF EPISODE #12 – Edgewood, British Columbia
John Gregorovich sheds light on the socio economic climate in Western Canada in the years leading up to the first internment operations and recalls the memory of internees at the Edgewood Internment Camp.
Link: http://internmentcanada.ca/map – Click on Edgewood

For more information on this webseries of the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund contact the Program Manager, toll free at 1-866-524-5314.