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Spirit Lake, Quebec
Spirit Lake, Quebec
Camp Opened: January 13, 1915
Camp Closed: January 28, 1917
Near Amos; 242 Chemin Joseph-Langlois, J0Y 2S0, Spirit Lake, Quebec
1911/11/07
Le Devoir
Une nouvelle région de colonisation
1911/12/16
Le Devoir
La colonisation dans l’Abitibi
1913/03/05
Le Devoir
La colonisation au Témiscamingue
1914/09/23
Toronto Daily News
Work, Not Charity Given Unemployed
1914/11/25
Winnipeg Tribune
Aliens to Work Clearing Lands
1914/11/25
Vancouver Province
By Interned Aliens
1914/11/26
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemies in Canada to Saw Wood
1914/11/26
Edmonton Bulletin
Alien Enemies in Canada to Saw Wood
1914/11/26
Vancouver Province
Aliens Must Saw Wood
1914/11/26
Brandon Daily Sun
Plans For Internment of Aliens Maturing
1914/11/26
Niagara Fall Evening Review
Work for Prisoners of War
1914/12/03
Vancouver World
Interned will Work
1914/12/03
Le Devoir
L’ennemi au défrichement
1914/12/03
Montreal Gazette
Work for Enemy Aliens
1914/12/10
Vernon News
Internment Plans Released
1914/12/11
Ottawa Journal
Alien Enemies Sent to Petawawa Camp
1914/12/11
Ottawa Journal
Experimental Farms in North Country
1914/12/11
Manitoba Free Press
Removal of Alien Enemies to Camp
1914/12/11
Montreal Gazette
To Clear Lands for Govt. Farms
1914/12/12
Ottawa Journal
Interned Aliens will Clear Two Big Experimental Farms in the North
1914/12/12
Manitoba Free Press
Two New Farms
1914/12/14
Brandon Daily Sun
Prisoners of War to Work on Parks
1914/12/16
Montreal Gazette
4500 Aliens are on the Register
1914/12/16
Western Globe
War Prisoners sent to the North to Clear Lands
1914/12/16
Western Globe
War Prisoners sent to the North to Clear Lands
1914/12/21
Ottawa Citizen
Few to be Interned
1914/12/22
Manitoba Free Press
Alien Enemies in Canada
1914/12/23
Le Devoir
Nos ennemis a l’Abittibi
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
1914/12/30
Ottawa Journal
Making Aliens Work
1915/01/08
Niagara Fall Evening Review
Dominion to Start Prison Farms
1915/01/08
Toronto Globe
New Farms in Quebec Aliens Are to Clear
1915/01/08
Ottawa Journal
Prison Farm in North
1915/01/13
Toronto Daily News
Austrian Colony on Cleared Land
1915/01/13
Montreal Gazette
To Command Alien Camp
1915/01/15
Montreal Gazette
Alien Prisoners in Northern Wilds
1915/01/19
Edmonton Journal
Pick Detention Camp
1915/01/20
Brandon Daily Sun
Camps in Ontario
1915/01/20
Montreal Gazette
Motor Battery for Contingent
1915/01/21
Vernon News
Austrian Colony in Abitibi District
1915/01/21
Montreal Gazette
Major WE Rodden at New Alien Camp
1915/01/22
Brandon Daily Sun
Internment of Prisoners
1915/01/28
Montreal Gazette
Hundred Aliens go to Spirit Lake
1915/01/29
Ottawa Journal
Alien Enemies Work in Internment Camps
1915/02/01
Ottawa Journal
War Prisoners Interned in Camp in Canada’s North Enjoy Good Times
1915/02/05
Montreal Gazette
Enemies in Camp
1915/02/10
Montreal Gazette
Aliens Court Arrest
1915/02/24
Le Devoir
Au camp de concentration
1915/02/24
Montreal Gazette
Lieut.-Col. W. Rodden
1915/02/24
Montreal Gazette
More Aliens Interned
1915/03/03
Montreal Gazette
Austrian makes Bid for Liberty
1915/03/09
Montreal Gazette
Austrian Colony at Spirit Lake
1915/03/09
Le Devoir
Une colonie autrichienne
1915/03/11
Montreal Gazette
An Interesting Sequel
1915/03/13
Montreal Gazette
French-Canadians to Quebec Today
1915/03/19
Montreal Gazette
Aliens in Camp to Start Colony
1915/03/31
Montreal Gazette
New Rules for Federal Prisons
1915/04/02
Montreal Gazette
Canada’s War Prisoners
1915/04/02
Manitoba Free Press
General Hughes Suspend Hurdman
1915/04/17
Montreal Gazette
Austrians Recaptured at Spirit Lake
1915/04/17
Montreal Gazette
Half a dozen Austrians
1915/04/19
Montreal Gazette
Prisoners Clear Valcartier Camp
1915/04/20
Kitchener Daily British Whig
Families Join Fathers in the Prisoner-of-War Camps
1915/04/27
Toronto Daily Star
Aliens in Canada are Well Fed and Happy
1915/04/28
Manitoba Free Press
Aliens Well Cared For
1915/05/03
Ottawa Journal
Hughes Lauds Guard Who Kills Prisoner
1915/05/05
Montreal Gazette
Aliens Register at New Bureau
1915/05/05
Glasilo KSK Jednote
Ustreljen Avstrijski Ujetnik
1915/05/12
Montreal Gazette
Chief Carpenter Leaves
1915/05/14
Le Devoir
L’avenir de l’Abitibi
1915/05/25
Montreal Gazette
Government Runs Transcontinental
1915/05/26
Kitchener Daily British Whig
Quebec’s Prison Camps
1915/05/28
Le Devoir
A départ pour l’Abitibi
1915/06/03
Le Devoir
The Citizen’s Rights
1915/06/09
Brandon Daily Sun
Escaping Prisoner Shot
1915/06/09
Montreal Gazette
One Fugitive Shot
1915/06/10
Montreal Gazette
Austrian Saved from Italians
1915/06/14
Toronto Daily News
1500 Interned in Past Month
1915/06/14
Ottawa Journal
Summer Now, They Long for Freedom
1915/06/15
Brandon Daily Sun
Fugitive Austrian Shot by Frenchman
1915/06/15
Sault Star
Killing of Escaped Austrian at Spirit Lake
1915/06/19
Montreal Gazette
Gov’t Interning Female Aliens, Too
1915/06/19
Toronto Globe
Two Thousand Acres Cleared at Alien Camps
1915/06/21
Montreal Gazette
Female Enemy Aliens interned
1915/06/23
Vancouver World
Alien Escapes from Camp; Shot
1915/06/23
Winnipeg Tribune
Austrian Fleeing Camp Shot Dead by Canadian Scout
1915/06/24
Vernon News
Aliens Clear Land
1915/06/29
Montreal Gazette
Alien Camp now a Settlement
1915/07/10
Montreal Gazette
Husband and Sons at Battle Front
1915/07/26
Le Devoir
Dans l’Abitibi
1915/08/05
Manitoba Free Press
Aliens Clearing Land
1915/08/06
Montreal Gazette
Habeas Corpus vs. Military Law
1915/08/06
Toronto Globe
Notes and Comments – 2000 Alien Enemies
1915/08/12
Vernon News
Hundred of Acres of Land Cleared by Prisoners
1915/08/19
Le Devoir
On arrête un ennemi
1915/09/02
Ottawa Journal
Preparing Supplies for Internment Camps for Coming Winter
1915/09/07
Toronto Daily News
Escaped Austrians Returned to Camp
1915/09/22
Montreal Gazette
Soldier Accidentally Shot
1915/10/25
Niagara Fall Evening Review
Timiskaming Farms
1915/10/29
Ottawa Journal
Weddings
1915/11/10
Ottawa Journal
Aliens Interned Doing Work to Value 1.5 Million a Year in the Dominion
1915/12/02
Montreal Gazette
Two Austrians Interned
1915/12/06
Le Devoir
Détenus de guerre récalcitrants
1915/12/09
Chinook Advance
Interned Aliens doing Good Work
1915/12/09
Chinook Advance
Interned Aliens doing Good Work
1915/12/13
Toronto Daily News
Interned Prisoners are Preparing Land
1915/12/21
Montreal Gazette
More Prisoners for Spirit Lake
1916/01/03
Manitoba Free Press
To Amalgamate Internment Camps
1916/01/05
Montreal Gazette
Many Trained Men Joining 148th
1916/01/06
Montreal Gazette
Stray Dogs to Spirit Lake
1916/01/10
Toronto Globe
Stray Dogs to Spirit Lake
1916/02/08
Steaua Noastra
Mica Publicitate: Caut
1916/02/18
Montreal Gazette
Suspected Spy Seized at Rigaud
1916/03/15
Steaua Noastra
Mica Publicitate: Caut
1916/05/04
Toronto Daily Star
Transfers of Interned
1916/05/10
Pembroke Standard
Interns Gone
1916/05/13
Ottawa Journal
To Move Aliens from Petawawa Camp
1916/06/10
Montreal Gazette
Major W. Date goes West
1916/06/19
Ottawa Journal
Eleven Hundred Prisoners
1916/06/24
Montreal Gazette
Capt. Roddy Kane joins the 244th
1916/06/26
Montreal Gazette
More Austrians to Spirit Lake
1916/06/30
Toronto Daily News
Work is Provided for Interned Men
1916/07/01
Brandon Daily Sun
Allow Aliens to Labor in Coal Mines
1916/07/14
Vancouver World
Alien Workers Cause Trouble
1916/07/14
Edmonton Bulletin
Trouble among Interns
1916/07/14
Edmonton Bulletin
Trouble among Interns
1916/07/15
Toronto Daily Star
Canada Sets Aliens Free
1916/07/15
Montreal Gazette
Interned Aliens being Released
1916/07/17
Sault Star
Canada Sets Aliens Free
1916/07/21
Cochrane Northland Post
Releasing Aliens in Canadian Camps
1916/07/27
Toronto Globe
Military District Enlists Full Quota
1916/07/30
Toronto Daily Star
Ottawa Orders Aid
1916/07/31
Vancouver World
Two Governments Help
1916/08/18
Toronto Globe
Aliens Taken to Camp
1916/08/22
Toronto Daily Star
Few Aliens Held
1916/08/22
Montreal Gazette
Many Aliens Released
1916/08/23
Kitchener Daily British Whig
Internment Camps Release Aliens
1916/08/24
Sault Star
Internment Camps Release Aliens
1916/08/25
Sault Star
75 Internees Left at Both Spirit Lake and Kapuskasing
1916/09/05
Sault Star
Many Austrians Near Thessalon
1916/09/27
Vancouver World
Why Aliens were Sent to Mines
1916/09/28
Edmonton Bulletin
Labor Minister Scored by Trades Union Congress
1916/09/28
Edmonton Bulletin
Labor Minister Scored by Trades Union Congress
1916/10/27
Blairmore Enterprise
Lethbridge and Banff to Lose Camps
1916/10/27
Blairmore Enterprise
Lethbridge and Banff to Lose Camps
1916/10/31
Montreal Gazette
Lieut. WR Notman Killed in Action
1916/12/06
Winnipeg Tribune
Germans Fed Uncooked Meat, Too Lazy to Work
1916/12/07
Brandon Daily Sun
Interned Huns Getting Lazy
1917/01/03
Ottawa Journal
Abandon Alien Enemy Camp
1917/01/29
Montreal Gazette
More Battery Recruits
1917/03/28
Steaua Noastra
Mica Publicitate: Caut
1917/04/03
Montreal Gazette
Husband and Son Dead within Year
1917/04/07
Montreal Gazette
Hun Raiders Fired Boy’s Patriotism
1917/04/09
Le Devoir
Colonisation de l’Abitibi
1917/05/04
Montreal Gazette
Interned Aliens Worked
1917/05/08
Toronto Globe
Interned Aliens Employed
1917/05/15
Montreal Gazette
Austrian Interns being Released
1917/05/23
Montreal Gazette
Hit while Digging under Shell Fire
1917/06/06
Montreal Gazette
For Law-Abiding Aliens
1917/06/30
Le Devoir
Dans l’Abitibi
1917/07/11
Steaua Noastra
Mica Publicitate: Caut
1917/08/31
Montreal Gazette
Spirit Lake Adjutant Leaves
1917/10/18
Le Devoir
Pour la colonisation
1917/12/26
Steaua Noastra
Mica Publicitate: Caut
1918/06/12
Red Deer News
Our Interned Aliens
1918/06/12
Red Deer News
Our Interned Aliens
1919/03/17
Le Devoir
Le progrès de l’Abitibi
1919/06/07
Ottawa Journal
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