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Lumberjack Soldiers: Creston's Forestry Battalion

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In January 1917, the Ministry of Defense authorised the formation of the 230th Battalion, Canadian Forestry Corps, at Creston BC

When War Comes Home: Creston Valley in the Second World War

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The absence of over eight hundred young men and women from the Creston Valley during the Second World War made an impact: on local businesses, on the fruit industry, on social and community organisations, and most especially on those they left behind.

These are the stories of when the war came home to the Creston Valley.