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Royal Canadian Legion badge Royal Canadian Legion Cadet Medal of Excellence. The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian veterans' organization founded in 1925. [1] Members include people who served in the military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial or municipal police, Royal Canadian Air, Army and Sea Cadets and direct relatives.
The practice of members of the Canadian Royal Family giving their patronage to Canadian organizations stems from that which started in the United Kingdom in pre-industrial times, when all development of the sciences and arts were under the direct control of the monarch and exercised by the foundation of colleges that today form the basis of modern universities.
Gardom Lake is home to a park, a Bible camp and a Royal Canadian Legion Camp. It is a popular fishing destination. Gardom Lake has a population of rainbow trout, which are stocked each year and are purely game fish.
In 1968, the Royal Canadian Legion hall (1949) was moved. [53] St. Agnes Anglican church (1913) was demolished and a new church built. [54] In December 2006, Inonoaklin Edgewood Broadband launched the local internet service. [55] In 2013, BC Hydro built a new boat launch. [56]
Four sites at the heart of CFB Esquimalt: Her Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard, the former Royal Navy Hospital, the Veterans’ Cemetery and the Cole Island Magazine; illustrative of years of naval history, from the era of the British Royal Navy to the modern Royal Canadian Navy: Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia [33]
website, information, open by request and for special events, local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion: Royal Canadian Military Institute Museum: Ontario: Toronto: Golden Horseshoe: Military: Includes guns, swords, spears, other weapons from around the world, badges, uniforms, medals, art, miniatures, photographs and other military memorabilia ...
On 10 November 1983 Canada Post issued 'The Royal Canadian Regiment, The British Columbia Regiment' as part of the Canadian Forces, Regiments, 1883–1983 series. The stamps were designed by Ralph Tibbles, based on a painting by William Southern.
The Royal Canadian Legion has been involved in youth athletics since the 1950s. In 1977 the first Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships were held at Oromocto, New Brunswick . [ 1 ] In 2010 the Championships were designated as the national youth championships by Athletics Canada.