Shilo Landmarks

Camp Sewell

In June 21^st 1910, Camp Sewell was established approximately five miles northeast of the current range boundary of CFB Shilo and was located on CPR property. The acquisition was required to provide adequate room for artillery practice for regiments in Military District No. 10. This came about when the continued influx of population in the west first directed the attention of the Militia Department to the importance of securing areas in the Prairie Provinces as military reservations.

The first summer concentration for the Militia started on June 21^st of that year. It was attended by 154 officers and 1,315 other ranks. The camp was thereafter used for the summer training of the militia and became a major training base in the First World War.

Sewell Camp (Shilo) During WW1

10th CMR's - Camp Sewell 1915	13th Field Batallion - Camp Sewell 1915

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