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Camp 103

 

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Camp 103 was located in ANTRIM township and existed between 1945 and 1952. It was made of log construction with a capacity of 150 men.

It was built in 1945 by 105 POW’s and about 45 civilians. The POW’s left for home via England spring of 1946. Pulpwood on sleighs was hauled out of the cutting area by horses and then pulled to Sheahan behind trucks on ice roads. Here the wood was unloaded over the banks of the Spanish River by a crane. This method proved impractical and new dumpsites were found for following years.

Co-ordinates: N 5201666 m, 17 446967 m (NAD83) 

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Special thanks to Bill Blight from Espanola, who made available the locations, photos and camp descriptions
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The maps were produced with QV Touratech using the topomaps from QuoVadis.

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Spanish Forest Lumber Camps of 1945 to 2002

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