Camp Hughes | |
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Location | Manitoba, Canada |
Nearest city | North Cypress – Langford |
Coordinates | 49°53′1.47″N 099°33′4.82″W / 49.8837417°N 99.5513389°W |
Established | 1909 (used until 1934) |
Founder | Government of Canada |
Designated | 2011 |
Camp Hughes was a Canadian military training camp, located in the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford west of the town of Carberry in Manitoba, Canada. It was actively used for Army training from 1909 to 1934 and as a communications station from the early 1960s until 1991.
Camp Hughes was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 2011. It features an intact World War I battlefield terrain, which was created for training purposes by the Canadian Department of Militia between 1915 and 1916. It is now one of the only World War One era trench systems remaining in the world.[1]