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Originally Posted by Michael R.
How is it suggestive of the Ferret being at Parliament Hill?
Do the buildings, 3/4 tons, and M113A1 in the background suggest otherwise?
Could it be the deployment to Camp Bouchard in response to protect 34 CFAD? Or a component of Op ‘ESSAY’ ?
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The background and actual byline correct the misrepresented caption. Evidently these vehicles were not in Ottawa. Apparently they were someone's version of a QRF. I know some 12eRBC moved into the Sherbrooke Hussars armoury on William St - for the duration. What they did in there is anyone's guess. I was only 10 at the time.
Camp Bouchard was a significant installation in Ste Therese. Parts of it are still visible, but have been turned back to the city. IIRC, it falls over 3 or 4 map sheets. It was an Ordnance Corps camp, and I remember my father telling stories about getting 28-gauge blackpowder blanks made there for the unit's Centennial Platoon for 1967. They used a chamber insert in rented Snider Enfields and performed 1870s drill in all the little towns around the Eastern Townships that summer.