Glenbow Archives: Internment Camps

internment camps: More than 8,500 men were held in 24 forced labour camps that stretched from British Columbia to the Maritimes, including German prisoners of war and European immigrants. The internment camp at Castle in Banff, which was set up in July 1915. Glenbow Archives, according to CBC. Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says the camps have been covered up for decades and it's time to put things right and Parks Canada unveiled a new pavilion Friday in Banff that hopes to shed light on internment camps built across Canada during the First World War. Women and children were not subject to internment, yet some had little choice and accompanied their male relatives into the camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.