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Banff National Park
Castle Mountain, Alberta,
Cave & Basin, Alberta
Camp Opened: July 14, 1915
Camp Closed: July 15, 1917
Cave & Basin Historical Site; 311 Cave Ave., Banff National Park, Alberta
Brandon Daily Sun Aliens are Road-Making
- 1914/08/27 Calgary Herald Austrians and Germans will be Laid Off by City
- 1914/09/12 Banff Crag and Canyon Foreigners Leave Banff
- 1914/09/19 Banff Crag and Canyon Nordegg Makes Denial
- 1914/10/24 Banff Crag and Canyon Hobo Close Season
- 1914/11/07 Banff Crag and Canyon Can Silas Hold Both Jobs
- 1914/11/13 Redcliff Review Prisoners of War Employed in Parks
- 1914/11/28 Banff Crag and Canyon Work for Idle Men
- 1914/12/03 Vernon News Unemployment in Western Canada
- 1914/12/05 Banff Crag and Canyon Supt. Clarke in Calgary
- 1915/01/02 Banff Crag and Canyon Was She A Spy
- 1915/01/05 Edmonton Journal Rights of Aliens Discussed Before Alberta Bar
- 1915/02/13 Banff Crag and Canyon Banff National Park
- 1915/02/27 Banff Crag and Canyon SJ Carpenter Returns to Banff
- 1915/03/10 Vancouver World General Otter does not Think any Raid Likely
- 1915/04/03 Banff Crag and Canyon Bridge Approach in Bad Shape
- 1915/04/17 Banff Crag and Canyon Park Work
- 1915/04/24 Banff Crag and Canyon Bridge Building to Start
- 1915/05/08 Banff Crag and Canyon Many Thousands to Visit Mountains
- 1915/05/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Provide Work
- 1915/05/29 Banff Crag and Canyon Citizens meet JB Harkin
- 1915/05/31 Lethbridge Daily Herald Ask Internment of Aliens in Alberta crop
- 1915/06/12 Banff Crag and Canyon Alien Enemies Coming Here
- 1915/06/14 Toronto Daily News 1500 Interned in Past Month
- 1915/06/17 Lethbridge Daily Herald 300 Internes to be Brought Here
- 1915/06/19 Banff Crag and Canyon Austrians Taken to Calgary
- 1915/06/19 Banff Crag and Canyon Austrians Work for Lunch
- 1915/06/19 Banff Crag and Canyon Internment Camp Formed
- 1915/06/24 Claresholm Review-Advertiser Internes to Work
- 1915/06/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Deputy Minister’s Family in Banff
- 1915/06/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Internment Camp Started
- 1915/06/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Plot to Blow Up Canmore Mine
- 1915/06/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Scouting Castle Mt. Location
- 1915/06/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Supt. Clarke to Calgary re: Internment Camp
- 1915/07/03 Banff Crag and Canyon Thousands to Come
- 1915/07/10 Banff Crag and Canyon Cave and Basin Road Needs Repair
- 1915/07/10 Banff Crag and Canyon Guard prepares for Castle Mt.
- 1915/07/17 Banff Crag and Canyon Internment Camp Notes
- 1915/07/19 Lethbridge Daily Herald Take 120 Internes from Camp Here
- 1915/07/29 Manitoba Free Press The Only Wet City
- 1915/07/31 Banff Crag and Canyon Austrian Prisoner Recaptured at Sawbuck
- 1915/07/31 Banff Crag and Canyon Five Hundred More for Internment
- 1915/07/31 Banff Crag and Canyon Supt. Clarke at Internment Camp
- 1915/08/03 Toronto Globe Display ad – Banff
- 1915/08/07 Banff Crag and Canyon RNWMP at Banff
- 1915/08/14 Banff Crag and Canyon Carpenter Inspects Parks Around Edmonton
- 1915/08/14 Banff Crag and Canyon Cory and Harkin Inspect Jasper
- 1915/08/21 Banff Crag and Canyon Unregistered Austrian Apprehended
- 1915/08/26 Toronto Daily News Alien Enemies In the Canadian West are Restrained by Northwest Mounted Police
- 1915/08/28 Banff Crag and Canyon Cory Leaves Banff
- 1915/08/28 Brandon Daily Sun May Send Aliens To Banff to Work at Making Roads
- 1915/08/28 Banff Crag and Canyon New Auto Road Progress
- 1915/09/11 Banff Crag and Canyon Camp Staff Visit Banff
- 1915/09/11 Banff Crag and Canyon Spence of Internment Camp in Banff
- 1915/09/18 Banff Crag and Canyon Duke of Connaught Visits Town
- 1915/09/18 Banff Crag and Canyon Visitors to Internment Camps
- 1915/09/25 Brandon Daily Sun Aliens are Road Making
- 1915/10/01 Redcliff Review Banff to have Camp
- 1915/10/02 Banff Crag and Canyon Advance Squad of Prisoners
- 1915/10/16 Banff Crag and Canyon Two Bulgarians to Cave and Basin Camp
- 1915/11/06 Banff Crag and Canyon 150 Guards at Cave and Basin Camp
- 1915/11/06 Banff Crag and Canyon Cave and Basin Camp Nears Completion
- 1915/11/13 Banff Crag and Canyon US Consul Visits Internment Camp
- 1915/11/16 Toronto Globe A Visit to Banff
- 1915/11/20 Banff Crag and Canyon Moore Moves from Field to Banff Camp
- 1915/11/20 Banff Crag and Canyon Otter Visits Internment Camp
- 1915/12/06 Le Devoir Suicide d’un autrichien
- 1915/12/09 Chinook Advance Interned Aliens doing Good Work
- 1915/12/11 Banff Crag and Canyon 200 Interns to Arrive from Brandon
- 1915/12/11 Banff Crag and Canyon Interns Working at Buffalo Park
- 1915/12/18 Banff Crag and Canyon 60 Additional Guards for Internment Camp
- 1915/12/18 Banff Crag and Canyon Guard Fined for Destroying Property
- 1915/12/21 Brandon Daily Sun Send Prisoners to Work at Banff
- 1915/12/24 Banff Crag and Canyon 200 Aliens Arrive at Banff
- 1915/12/24 Edmonton Bulletin New Battalions are Inspected by Gen. Cruikshank
- 1915/12/24 Edmonton Bulletin New Battalions are Inspected by Gen. Cruikshank
- 1915/12/31 Banff Crag and Canyon Guard Shoots Himself in Foot
- 1915/12/31 Crossfield Chronicle Value of Internment Work
- 1916/01/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Banff Toboggan Slide
- 1916/01/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Bankhead Miner Interned
- 1916/01/19 Edmonton Bulletin Miner is Interned
- 1916/02/05 Banff Crag and Canyon 103rd Regiment Internment Guards
- 1916/03/11 Banff Crag and Canyon Johnston Appointed to Internment Camp
- 1916/03/17 Vancouver World Two-Edged Sword is Freely Used by Member
- 1916/03/26 Banff Crag and Canyon Castle Mountain to Operate Again
- 1916/04/01 Banff Crag and Canyon Two More Internees Arrive at Camp
- 1916/04/05 Montreal Gazette Detention Camp Aid for Farmers
- 1916/04/10 Montreal Gazette Discuss Details of Camp Aid Scheme
- 1916/04/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Internees Unhappy with Food
- 1916/04/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Otter Inspects Banff Camp
- 1916/04/22 Banff Crag and Canyon Escaped Internees Recaptured
- 1916/04/22 Banff Crag and Canyon Internee Arrives from Calgary
- 1916/05/06 Banff Crag and Canyon Bohunk Escapees Recaptured
- 1916/05/06 Banff Crag and Canyon Summer Camp will be at Castle
- 1916/05/20 Banff Crag and Canyon Aliens Clearing Land at Rifle Club
- 1916/05/20 Banff Crag and Canyon American Consul Inspects Camp
- 1916/05/29 Winnipeg Tribune To Free 1000 Interned Aliens for Mine Work
- 1916/05/30 Edmonton Bulletin Thousand Aliens to be Released
- 1916/05/30 Vancouver World To Complete Banff-Windermere Road
- 1916/06/10 Banff Crag and Canyon Four Aliens Escape from Camp
- 1916/06/10 Banff Crag and Canyon Four Escaped Aliens Recaptured
- 1916/06/19 Ottawa Journal Eleven Hundred Prisoners
- 1916/06/30 Edmonton Bulletin Banff Travel Ad
- 1916/07/01 Banff Crag and Canyon Twenty-six Aliens Paroled to Canmore Coal Mines
- 1916/07/15 Banff Crag and Canyon Group Drive to internment Camp
- 1916/07/15 Vancouver World Opens Scenic Wealth to Tourist Motorist
- 1916/08/17 Brandon Daily Sun Bear Steals Bacon From Castle Camp
- 1916/09/02 Banff Crag and Canyon Banff to Castle Mt.
- 1916/09/13 Kitchener Daily British Whig A Worthwhile Holiday Lake Louise
- 1916/09/17 Banff Crag and Canyon Lane from Castle Mt. Visits Banff
- 1916/10/07 Banff Crag and Canyon Guard Moves Family to Banff
- 1916/10/20 Montreal Gazette Will Close Two Camps
- 1916/10/27 Blairmore Enterprise Lethbridge and Banff to Lose Camps
- 1916/10/28 Banff Crag and Canyon Organizing the Winter Internment Camp
- 1916/11/25 Banff Crag and Canyon Compel them to be Decent
- 1916/12/06 Toronto Daily Star Alien Hangs Himself
- 1916/12/06 Edmonton Bulletin Austrian Hanged Himself
- 1916/12/06 Ottawa Journal Escaped Internment Camp, Enlisted, Killed Himself
- 1916/12/30 Banff Crag and Canyon Prisoner Suicides
- 1917/01/19 Brandon Daily Sun German Big Game Hunter Interned
- 1917/01/20 Banff Crag and Canyon Ice Palace Under Way Commitees Working Hard
- 1917/02/03 Banff Crag and Canyon Ready, Aye, Ready for the Winter Carnival
- 1917/02/10 Banff Crag and Canyon Otter Visits Internment Camp
- 1917/02/14 Banff Crag and Canyon Three Bohunks Sent from Camp
- 1917/02/28 Manitoba Free Press To Centralize RNWMP
- 1917/03/29 Empress Express Carl Dosch sent to Banff
- 1917/04/04 Oyen News Two Germans Arrested
- 1917/04/28 Banff Crag and Canyon Aliens Released from Camp
- 1917/04/28 Banff Crag and Canyon McCaskie Former Camp Guard
- 1917/05/03 Bassano Mail Gave Lecture on National Parks in Gem Theatre
- 1917/05/16 Red Deer News An Interesting Talk on the National Parks of Canada
- 1917/05/17 Ottawa Journal Inoffensive Aliens to Vote
- 1917/05/18 Montreal Gazette Alien Subjects in Alberta to Vote
- 1917/07/14 Vancouver World Banff Road Built by Alien Labor
- 1917/07/23 Brandon Daily Sun Banff Internment Camp to be Closed
- 1917/12/01 Toronto Daily Star Missing Three Weeks
- 1918/06/12 Red Deer News Our Interned Aliens
- 1919/06/18 American Srbobran Trazim
- 1920/08/06 Claresholm Review-Advertiser Attractions in the Canadian Rockies
- 1920/09/02 Chinook Advance Mountain Highway now Completed
- 2014/07/31 Voice of Canadian Serbs Project CTO Memorial Plaques Remembering Interned Immigrants