Name: Camp 70 (sometimes Camp B)
Location: Ripples, New Brunswick
Category: Opening Date: 1941
Closing Date: 194?
Prisoners Held: Germans, Italians, Civilians, Refugees
It was originally used as a refugee camp for Europeans fleeing to Canada to escape Nazi Oppression, the refugees were largely Jewish. The camp was a processing center of sorts so refugee's would be kept for a short time before being moved throughout the United States with the hopes of starting a new life.
Shortly after, the camp was used to house Axis prisoners of war as well as Nazi or Axis sympathizers in North America. Some reports claim that one of the Italian inmates would later become a mayor in Montreal.
It seems only the water tower remains as a monument of sorts to the camp.
26 nationalities were housed in Camp 70. I don't know why the camp was dubbed "B". According to the attached CBC documentary, a local school teacher took what he could find from the camp and donated it to a museum some time in the 80s. I will try to find more information on this museum, as the camp was systematically destroyed by the Canadian government after the war, anything of value (pots, pans, cups, etc) were damaged to avoid them being looted/sold.
External Linkshttp://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/prisoners_of_war/topics/1642-11377/http://www.blackriver.ns.ca/both-sides.html
