Petawawa, Ontario

Camp Opened: December 10, 1914

Camp Closed: May 08, 1916

Military base; 101 Menin Road, Petawawa, Ontario

1914/05/07 Pembroke Observer Commander Evans to Visit Pembroke
1914/06/04 Pembroke Observer Great Camp at Petawawa
1914/06/04 Pembroke Observer The Petawawa Camp
1914/06/10 Ottawa Journal Ask Government and City to Aid Many Laborers Now Out of Work
1914/06/12 Ottawa Journal Minister Tells Deputation Idle Should Secure Work on Farms
1914/06/22 Toronto Daily Star Regiments at Petawawa
1914/06/23 Ottawa Journal Four Hundred Foreigners are Now Starving, Says Chopowick
1914/06/23 Ottawa Journal Hundreds of Men Cannot Get Work at Any Salary
1914/06/23 Kitchener Daily British Whig Petawawa Unfitted for Infantry Training
1914/06/24 Ottawa Journal Many Foreigners Again Appear at City Hall to Demand Work
1914/06/26 Kitchener Daily British Whig Petawawa Horrors
1914/08/04 Calgary Herald Austrians will not Go to Fight
1914/08/04 Toronto Daily News Two Thousand Austrians Refuse to Become Targets
1914/08/13 Montreal Star 15 Germans Held, Arrived in Port on Mount Royal
1914/08/13 Pembroke Observer Reservists to Petawawa
1914/08/29 Toronto Daily News Railway Guard Killed on Duty
1914/08/31 Montreal Gazette Two Austrians Arrested
1914/09/03 Pembroke Standard Held Up On Petawawa Road
1914/09/16 Toronto Globe Dangerous Spy Caught
1914/09/16 Toronto Daily News German Spy Had Plans of Petawawa
1914/09/25 Toronto Daily News Three Germans Interned at Petawawa
1914/10/29 Pembroke Observer A Renfrew View of Local Differences
1914/11/05 Pembroke Standard 1914-11-05-PS-Concerned-Citizens-at-Exhibition-Grounds
1914/11/12 Pembroke Standard Home Guard in Pembroke
1914/11/12 Pembroke Observer Suspected as a Spy
1914/11/13 Redcliff Review Prisoners of War Employed in Parks
1914/11/13 Redcliff Review Prisoners of War Employed in Parks
1914/11/19 Pembroke Standard Home Guard Jeered by Loafers
1914/11/19 Pembroke Observer On the Trail of a German Spy
1914/11/26 Pembroke Observer May Use the Petawawa Camp Next Spring
1914/11/26 Pembroke Standard Possible German Spy in Arnprior
1914/12/03 Ottawa Citizen Employ Enemy Aliens
1914/12/03 Pembroke Standard Germans Frightened
1914/12/03 Vancouver World Interned will Work
1914/12/03 Pembroke Standard Major De la Ronde Received Instructions for Petawawa
1914/12/03 Pembroke Observer Prisoners For Petawawa
1914/12/03 Pembroke Standard Train With Internees Arrives
1914/12/03 Montreal Gazette Work for Enemy Aliens
1914/12/04 Toronto Daily Star Aliens to Clear Petawawa
1914/12/05 Montreal Gazette 200 Prisoners of War Interned Here
1914/12/05 Le Devoir Prisonniers de guerre
1914/12/05 Vancouver Province To Cut Roads at Petawawa Camp
1914/12/07 Sault Star Ontario’s Aliens Will Go To Petawawa
1914/12/08 Manitoba Free Press Aliens to Occupy Petawawa Camp
1914/12/08 Toronto Daily News Austro-Germans Prefer to Work
1914/12/08 Edmonton Journal Petawawa Being Prepared for Alien Enemies
1914/12/08 Winnipeg Tribune Work Aliens at Petewawa
1914/12/08 Brandon Daily Sun Work for Prisoners of War at Petewawa
1914/12/09 Winnipeg Tribune Take Aliens to Petewawa
1914/12/09 Edmonton Journal Transfer Alien Foes
1914/12/10 Pembroke Standard 500 Austrian and German Reservists to Petawawa
1914/12/10 Pembroke Observer 500 Prisoners for Petawawa
1914/12/10 Kitchener Daily British Whig A Hundred Suspects
1914/12/10 Ottawa Citizen Alien Enemies are Sent to Petawawa
1914/12/10 Edmonton Journal Interned Aliens on Their Way to Petawawa Camp
1914/12/10 Vernon News Internment Plans Released
1914/12/10 Kitchener Daily British Whig Prisoners for Petawawa
1914/12/10 Vancouver Province To Work at Petewawa
1914/12/10 Toronto Daily Star Work for Foreigners
1914/12/11 Toronto Daily Star Austrian Prisoners off to Petawawa
1914/12/11 Ottawa Citizen Austrians Interned
1914/12/11 Le Devoir Les prisonniers de guerre
1914/12/11 Manitoba Free Press Removal of Alien Enemies to Camp
1914/12/12 Ottawa Journal Smith’s Falls Doings
1914/12/14 Brandon Daily Sun Prisoners of War to Work on Parks
1914/12/15 Toronto Daily News Ontario News in Brief
1914/12/15 Ottawa Citizen The Interned at Petawawa Camp
1914/12/16 Kitchener Daily British Whig Interned at Petawawa
1914/12/16 Ottawa Journal Sixty Alien Enemies Sent to New Ontario
1914/12/17 Sault Star 270 Alien Prisoners at Petawawa
1914/12/17 Pembroke Observer Residents of German Street in Renfrew
1914/12/18 Toronto Daily Star More Room for Aliens
1914/12/19 Montreal Gazette Paid for Promise
1914/12/21 Ottawa Citizen Few to be Interned
1914/12/22 Manitoba Free Press Alien Enemies in Canada
1914/12/23 Western Globe Not Many Aliens to be Interned in Canada
1914/12/23 Western Globe Not Many Aliens to be Interned in Canada
1914/12/24 Montreal Gazette Full House of Aliens
1914/12/24 Montreal Gazette Socks for Soldiers
1914/12/26 Montreal Gazette Railways Busy with Xmas Travel
1914/12/29 Ottawa Journal Austrians and Germans Sent to North Country
1914/12/30 Ottawa Journal Making Aliens Work
1914/12/31 Pembroke Observer Austrian Causes Disturbance at Petawawa
1914/12/31 Pembroke Standard Austrian Causing Trouble in Camp
1915/01/01 Montreal Gazette Ottawa’s Alien Register
1915/01/04 Kitchener Daily British Whig The Fort Prisoners
1915/01/05 Toronto Daily News Aliens Willing to Work
1915/01/06 Montreal Gazette Hostile Aliens Off for Petewawa
1915/01/07 Vernon News 450 Prisoners at Petawawa
1915/01/07 Pembroke Standard Pole at Renfrew
1915/01/07 Pembroke Observer Pole From Renfrew at Petawawa
1915/01/08 Montreal Gazette Alien Enemies Mostly Enrolled
1915/01/12 Montreal Gazette General Hughes sends Greetings
1915/01/19 Edmonton Journal Pick Detention Camp
1915/01/22 Brandon Daily Sun Internment of Prisoners
1915/01/26 Ottawa Journal Alien Stole to Live
1915/01/28 Pembroke Observer Nearly 1000 Prisoners at Petawawa
1915/02/04 Pembroke Standard Austrian Causing Trouble at Petawawa
1915/02/04 Pembroke Observer Austrian Crime at Petawawa
1915/02/04 Pembroke Standard Dr. Stammers a Guard at Petawawa
1915/02/04 Pembroke Observer Harry Baker to Petawawa
1915/02/04 Kitchener Daily British Whig Prisoners Hard at Work
1915/02/18 Pembroke Observer At Petawawa
1915/02/20 Ottawa Journal Up-to-Date Road from Morrisburg to Ottawa was Urged at Meeting
1915/02/25 Pembroke Observer May Move to Petawawa
1915/03/04 Kitchener Daily British Whig Petawawa to be Training Camp
1915/03/05 Ottawa Journal Faces More Charges
1915/03/09 Ottawa Journal Journal at Petawawa Among War Prisoners
1915/03/11 Pembroke Observer Ottawa Journal on Petawawa
1915/03/11 Pembroke Standard Petawawa a Lively Spot
1915/03/12 Kitchener Daily British Whig Internment Popular
1915/03/16 Montreal Gazette To Inspect Valcartier
1915/03/18 Pembroke Standard Twenty Austrians Through Pembroke to Petawawa
1915/03/25 Pembroke Observer Petawawa Being Used for Aliens
1915/03/31 Montreal Gazette New Rules for Federal Prisons
1915/04/01 Pembroke Observer The Troops at Petawawa
1915/04/02 Montreal Gazette Canada’s War Prisoners
1915/04/02 Manitoba Free Press General Hughes Suspend Hurdman
1915/04/15 Pembroke Observer Frank August Quits as Interpreter at Petawawa
1915/04/21 Ottawa Journal Enright of Petawawa Detention Camp
1915/05/20 Pembroke Standard General Otter at Petawawa
1915/05/27 Pembroke Observer Austrian POW Dead at Petawawa
1915/06/03 Pembroke Observer Austrian Escapes from Petawawa
1915/06/03 Pembroke Observer Austrians Arrested at Smith’s Falls
1915/06/03 Pembroke Standard Guard at Shell Factory
1915/06/10 Pembroke Observer Italians of Pembroke Area
1915/06/10 Pembroke Standard Local Italians Off to War
1915/07/13 Clevelandska Amerika Slovanski Ujetniki v Canadi
1915/07/15 Pembroke Observer At Petawawa Bridge
1915/07/17 Ottawa Journal Finlayson Family Entertain at Petawawa
1915/07/23 Kitchener Daily British Whig Austrians Transferred
1915/07/29 Pembroke Observer Austrian Prisoners Out on Strike
1915/07/29 Pembroke Observer The Police Record – Two Austrians Interned
1915/08/02 Kitchener Daily British Whig Austrian on Strike
1915/08/05 Pembroke Observer Strike at Petawawa
1915/08/16 Kitchener Daily British Whig Sent Up for Trial
1915/08/19 Pembroke Observer Frank Macca, Interpreter at Petawawa
1915/09/02 Pembroke Observer Austrian POW Died
1915/09/02 Pembroke Observer Impressions of Big Military Camp
1915/09/22 Halifax Chronicle Prisoners Doing Military Work
1915/09/22 Edmonton Bulletin War Prisoners have Busy Time
1915/09/22 Edmonton Bulletin War Prisoners have Busy Time
1915/09/23 Pembroke Observer Austrian Escapes from Petawawa
1915/09/23 Pembroke Standard Russians at Petawawa Testing Guns
1915/09/24 Kitchener Daily British Whig Three Germans Were Arrested at Parham
1915/09/25 Ottawa Journal Germans with Maps
1915/09/25 Kitchener Daily British Whig To Visit Petawawa Camp
1915/09/30 Pembroke Observer Another Strike at Big Detention Camp
1915/09/30 Pembroke Observer Pembroke as Seen by an Outsider
1915/10/05 Kitchener Daily British Whig 30 Austrians Arrive at Fort from Petawawa
1915/10/05 Ottawa Journal Austrians Interned
1915/10/05 Toronto Daily Star Will Punish Austrians
1915/10/14 Pembroke Observer Strike Delays Petawawa Bridge
1915/10/28 Pembroke Observer Petawawa Camp Orderly Meets Accidental Death
1915/10/28 Pembroke Observer Russian Staff at Petawawa
1915/11/11 Pembroke Observer Death of Herman Priebe
1915/11/18 Pembroke Observer Men Wanted for Guard Duty at Petawawa
1915/11/30 Ottawa Journal Claim Germans Have a Complete Spy System not Far From Ottawa
1915/12/01 Toronto Daily Star Hun Spies in Pembroke
1915/12/01 Toronto Daily News Mayor Morris Seeing Things
1915/12/01 Montreal Gazette Pembroke Centre of Spy System
1915/12/01 Sault Star Pembroke the Hub of Big Spy System
1915/12/01 Edmonton Journal Says Pembroke is the Hub of Big Spy System
1915/12/01 Toronto Daily News Spies in Pembroke, Says Town’s Mayor
1915/12/02 Pembroke Observer Mayor Morris and the Journal
1915/12/02 Toronto Globe No Trouble at Pembroke
1915/12/02 Edmonton Bulletin Pembroke Hub of Organized Spy System
1915/12/02 Edmonton Bulletin Pembroke Hub of Organized Spy System
1915/12/03 Kitchener Daily British Whig Pembroke Germans Withdrew Deposits
1915/12/04 Ottawa Journal Because Borden Sent Men Over to Fight Huns Tory May Be Defeated
1915/12/04 Toronto Daily News German Editor Asks for a Full Retraction
1915/12/04 Toronto Daily News German Workmen in Pembroke Are Trusted in Manufacture of Munitions for Allies
1915/12/06 Toronto Daily News Sensational Rumors Current in Pembroke for the Most Part Prove to be Unfounded
1915/12/06 Ottawa Journal Two Suspicious Strangers with Suitcase Alarm Renfrew People
1915/12/08 Pembroke Standard Mayor Morris Gives His Side of Interview
1915/12/08 Pembroke Standard The Editor of German Post
1915/12/08 Pembroke Standard The Mayor Questioned
1915/12/09 Pembroke Observer Deutsch Post Defends German Residents
1915/12/09 Pembroke Observer Mayor’s Interview Dicussed
1915/12/09 Pembroke Observer Mayor’s Version, Journal Story
1915/12/09 Pembroke Observer Ottawa Journal Stories
1915/12/09 Pembroke Observer Reporters From Ottawa
1915/12/13 Toronto Daily News Shells Made in Canada for the Russian Government are Tested at Petawawa Camp
1915/12/16 Pembroke Observer A. Sandy Phillips from Petawawa
1915/12/16 Kitchener Daily British Whig Interned on Strike
1915/12/16 Pembroke Observer The Testing of Shells at Petawawa
1915/12/31 Crossfield Chronicle Value of Internment Work
1915/12/31 Crossfield Chronicle Value of Internment Work
1916/03/16 Pembroke Observer 100 More Men for Guard at Petawawa
1916/04/06 Toronto Daily News No Mention of Niagara Camp
1916/04/06 Pembroke Observer Will Take Prisoners from Petawawa Camp
1916/04/08 Kitchener Daily British Whig To Send Troops to Petawawa
1916/04/14 Pembroke Standard Boys in Khaki Resent German
1916/04/19 Pembroke Standard Is Pro-Germanism Blocking Renfrew
1916/04/27 Pembroke Observer Patriotic Words of German Pastor
1916/05/04 Toronto Daily Star Transfers of Interned
1916/05/10 Pembroke Standard Interns Gone
1916/05/10 Edmonton Bulletin More Interned Prisoners
1916/05/10 Edmonton Bulletin More Interned Prisoners
1916/05/13 Ottawa Journal To Move Aliens from Petawawa Camp
1916/05/16 Edmonton Bulletin Fatal Riot in Prison Camp among Interns
1916/05/16 Edmonton Bulletin Fatal Riot in Prison Camp among Interns
1916/05/17 Brandon Daily Sun Interned Men Seek Trouble, Got Cold Steel
1916/05/17 Pembroke Standard Prisoners Give Some Trouble
1916/05/18 Pembroke Observer 20 Foreigners From Petawawa
1916/05/18 Pembroke Observer J.A. Simpson Sheriff of Aliens
1916/05/18 Pembroke Observer Petawawa Aliens Cause Trouble
1916/05/24 Pembroke Standard Busy Scenes at Petawawa Camp
1916/05/29 Toronto Daily Star Brigade at Petawawa
1916/05/30 Toronto Globe Commander at Petawawa
1916/05/30 Toronto Daily Star Draw Full Rank Pay
1916/05/30 Toronto Daily Star To Command Petawawa
1916/06/01 Pembroke Observer At Petawawa Camp
1916/06/06 Vancouver World Arrives to Take Over Command
1916/06/16 Kitchener Daily British Whig There are 5000 Men at Petawawa
1916/06/27 Toronto Daily Star Youthful Batteries Made Great Showing
1916/07/13 Pembroke Observer Criticizes Pembroke Authorities
1916/07/13 Pembroke Observer Editorial on Irving
1916/07/13 Pembroke Observer Lieut. Col. L. Irving Joins New Battalion
1916/07/18 Toronto Daily Star Poor Treatment Given at Camp Petawawa
1916/07/20 Pembroke Observer Why Petawawa not Being Used for Military Training
1916/08/05 Toronto Daily Star News to Gen. Lessard
1916/08/10 Pembroke Observer Disgraceful Conditions at Petawawa Camp Arouse Indignation
1916/08/22 Kitchener Daily British Whig The Transfer to Petawawa
1916/08/30 Pembroke Standard Major White’s Letter to Editor of the Observer
1916/10/12 Pembroke Observer Inspector Bruels Arrested Again
1916/10/19 Pembroke Observer Inspector Bruels in Reply to Accusers
1916/10/27 Toronto Daily Star Hold Route March to Cedarvale
1916/11/16 Pembroke Observer German Fundraising for War
1916/11/19 Pembroke Observer A German Platoon
1916/11/23 Pembroke Observer Alien Souls Play
1916/12/21 Pembroke Observer Bruels Hearing Concluded Today
1917/01/03 Pembroke Standard Second Fire at Petawawa
1917/01/18 Pembroke Observer Judge Dowsley’s Report of Evidence of the Bruels Charges
1917/02/28 Steaua Noastra Mica Publicitate: Caut
1917/04/25 Pembroke Standard Two Austrians Sued
1917/05/31 Pembroke Observer At Petawawa
1917/05/31 Pembroke Observer Man Charged With Seditious Utterances
1917/06/02 Ottawa Journal Charge of Sedition Faces Paul Kruger
1917/07/13 Ottawa Journal Sgt. Gale Pembroke Killed in Action
1917/07/26 Pembroke Observer Man Goes to Trial on Sedition Charge
1917/08/28 Toronto Daily Star Amazing Tale of Waste
1917/09/07 Brandon Daily Sun Four Prosecutions of Alien Enemies This Week
1917/09/28 Toronto Daily Star Will Winter at Guelph
1917/11/09 Ottawa Journal Aliens Factors in Renfrew Elections
1917/11/10 Ottawa Journal Aliens a Factor in Renfrew
1917/12/05 Ottawa Journal Used Vile Names About Officers at Militia Camp
1918/06/12 Red Deer News Our Interned Aliens
1918/06/12 Red Deer News Our Interned Aliens
1918/08/22 Pembroke Standard HRH Prince Arthur Visits Petawawa Camp
1918/11/13 Steaua Noastra Mica Publicitate: Caut
1920/05/13 Bassano Mail Aliens Leaving Ontario
1920/05/13 Bassano Mail Aliens Leaving Ontario

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