This section brings together the approximately 700 objects and photographs used in Canada's Naval History. Use this section to directly access objects and photographs grouped by type, as shown below, or use the search function above to search through them by title.

Sketch of a Seaplane Taking Off

Arthur Lismer depicts an American flying boat taking off from Halifax on an aerial patrol to search for German U-Boats.

Following America's entry into the war in April 1917, the United States Navy established bases in Halifax and North Sydney in 1918 to fly patrols against U-Boats and to assist in convoy escort. Anxious over Canada's reliance on US air protection, Sir Robert Borden's Unionist government created in 1918 a Royal Canadian Naval Air Service to carry out such operations. The war ended before it could become operational.

Sketch of a Seaplane Taking Off
Sketch by Arthur Lismer around 1918
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
CWM 19770224-008