like an explosive device, warns
RCMP Cpl. Garry Moritz, should

stay away from it and contact the

police. immediately.
. The last such find on record
was in. 1983 at a Creek St. resi-
dence in Thornhill. A mortar
round was found in a pile of dirt
near a newly excavated basement.
The round bore fresh scars from
‘the blade of the bulldozer but did
' not explode. It was later deto-
nated by experts at. the local
dump. According to a 1983 news
article, the round was one of two
found in the area, "and more may
be buried”.
Where any remaining military
‘ammunition might be located in
our area is a bit of a mystery, but
history does provide a few clues.
About 6,000 soldiers and construc-
tion workers descended on Ter-
race in 1942. The population of
the community at the time was
only about. 400. The purpose of
the soldiers was to defend Canada
against a Japanese ground attack,

A French-Canadian battalion
was stationed on the bench above

the area where the arena now

stands. A Prince Edward Island
Highlanders battalion was housed
near the present-day Riverside
Park, and a third battalion made
up of various regiments.was sta-
tioned on Hall St. between Keith
and Haugland.

Each of these battalions had
at least one ammunition dump
and a number of areas were used
for training.

A few devices might have
been lost or misplaced in areas of
ammunition: dumps and training
exercises, but an unknown factor
is found in what is likely the only
military mutiny ever in Canada.
It happened in Terrace in the
summer of 1944. Canada wasn’t
aware of the event, it was hushed
by the military... except in Ter-
race where it was cause for con-
siderable concern.

The first sign of mutiny was a

battalion of French-speaking .

soldiers who marched four abreast
down Park Ave. to the park, back

‘up Park to Atwood, and then

down Lakelse. They were joined
in their march hy soldiers sta--
tioned at Riverside Park, and
later by those ‘stationed, on Hall
St. The armed soldiers returned
to. their individual barracks,
dethroned their officers, and took
over the camps. A few officers
who avoided the confrontation
moved to guard ammunition
depots, but upon inspection a few |
days later found the depots had
already been emptied by the sol-
diers.

The mutiny came to an abrupt
end about three weeks later, after
officers from Prince Rupert told
the soldiers that bomb-laden air-
craft were on standby at the air-
port and would attack any indi-
vidual or group who tried to leave
the area without proper authoriz-

ation, ©

The soldiers were transported
out of the area by train. There is

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Terrace Review _~ March “20, 1992