CAMP 20 GERMAN PoW CAMP TALK WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISTORIC MUSKOKA SUMMER CAMP
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
GRAVENHHURST — Summer camps are in full swing in Muskoka.
But before they became the home away from home for kids, there was an infamous one during the late Second World War.
Camp 20 in Gravenhurst was a German POW (prisoner of war) facility run by the Canadian government on behalf of the Commonwealth Countries fighting the Nazis.
In the 1940s hundreds of German soldiers — some of the highest ranking — were incarcerated on the shores on Muskoka where they lived, played and otherwise led fairly normal lives far from Europe where the front lines of the war claimed millions of Canadians soldiers and victims of the war.
Gravenhurst archivist and historian Judy Humphries is the remaining expert on its history and will be at the Gravenhurst Library to talk about it.
It was located just about a kilometre from downtown Gravenhurst. The Segwun and Wenonah II ships pass by it daily next to what locals call “The Cliffs” swimming/diving rocks at the Lorne Street Beach where there is a parkette and impressive walking tour.
And Wednesday night, at 6:30 p.m., she will holding another of her talks about Camp 20.
Her previous lectures on the same subject were fascinating and more revealing to even those locally who are familiar with the story unique in Central Ontario.
If you live in Muskoka, or your place is across the lake — her engaging talk and slideshow is a great way to learn more about one historic summer camp in Muskoka.
Drop in or call the library for a Zoom link.
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Humphries will also have copies of her latest war baook, “Remembering the Fallen,” about local men who signed up and died in combat during the First World War. PHOTO Mark Clairmont MuskokaTODAY.com
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