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Damaged and destroyed buildings at Kinmel Park Camp, Wales, following the riots of 4-5 March 1919

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

In January 1917, Edward Mallandaine, Major commanding the 107th East Kootenay Militia Battalion, wrote to the Minister of Defense requesting command of a new Forestry Battalion to be raised at Creston BC

Recruiting Poster for Canadian Forestry Corps, 1917
Blank versions of this poster were distributed to lumbering regions across Canada. Recruiting officers added details of mustering points in the various communities where the Forestry Battalions…

Men and teams of horses prepare to haul logs out of the forest to the sawmill. Huscroft Camp, near Creston BC