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Royal Canadian Navy Barracks, Halifax
Royal Canadian Navy Barracks, Halifax

This 1920s photograph shows how the history and traditions of Britain's Royal Navy continued to shape its Canadian counterpart in the early part of the twentieth century.

Although the barracks is located in a building on land, barrels on the deck and tables suspended from overhead mimic the mess decks of wooden sailing warships where sailors ate, lived, and slept. The radiators under the windows and the enclosure for the outside door (left) were both concessions to Halifax winters.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19750559-009_p20



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HMCS Patriot, around 1922
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HMS Raleigh Aground, 1922
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RCNVR Quebec Hockey Team
Field Gun Competition, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1924
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F.L. Houghton aboard HMCS Vancouver
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Royal Canadian Navy Barracks, Halifax