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Banff National Park Castle Mountain, Alberta, Cave & Basin, Alberta
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
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