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Portal Diskussion:Garrison Petawawa
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[[Image:CFBPetawawa.JPG|thumb|500px|The main entrance to CFB Petawawa.]]
'''Canadian Forces Base Petawawa''', commonly referred to as '''CFB Petawawa''', is a [[Canadian Forces Base]] located in [[Petawawa, Ontario]]. It is operated as an army base by [[Canadian Forces Land Force Command]].

==About the Base==
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==History==
Founded in [[1905]] as the '''Petawawa Military Camp''', or '''Camp Petawawa''', the base was created by the [[Department of Militia and Defence (Canada)|Department of Militia and Defence]] upon the purchase of 22,430 acres (91 km
&sup2;²) of mostly agricultural property from local residents.

[[Canadian Forces Base]] [[Petawawa]] takes its name from the [[Petawawa River]] . The origin of the name PETAWAWA is lost in antiquity, but legend has it that it is an [[Algonquin]] Indian word pronounced 'PETWEWE". The translation means, "Where one hears noise like this", referring to the sound of the fast water over the rocks in the river. In another legend it is said that the area was named after an indigenous woman who inhabit(contracted; show full)litary aircraft flight in [[Canada]] took place at Petawawa. On 31 July 1909 under perfect weather conditions, [[J.A.D. McCurdy]] and [[F.W. Baldwin]] flew the "[[Silver Dart]]" at Camp Petawawa in the presence of Military Observers. From December 1914 to May 1916, [[Petawawa]] was used as an internment camp for 750 German and Austrian prisoners of “[[The Great War]]”. At the same time [[Canada Car and Foundry Company]] had developed three inch shells and were being tested at the camp by [[Russia
|Russian]]n artillery. The prisoners were instrumental in helping clear roads and timber to make these tests possible. From May 1916 to 1918, 10,767 Canadian troops were trained at Petawawa before being sent overseas.

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The base motto is, in the eastern Anishinaabe language, endazhe kinamandowa chimaganishak (or fully vocalised as endazhi-gikinoo'amawindowaa zhimaaganishag). The literal English translation is "Training Ground of the Soldiers". The translation used on the base is "Training Ground of the Warriors".

==External link
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*[http://www.army.forces.ca/CFB_PETAWAWA Department of National Defence Canada - CFB Petawawa]

[[Category:Canadian Forces bases in Ontario|Petawawa]]
[[Category:Renfrew County, Ontario]]

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