100th Anniversary Weekend
22 - 24 October 2010
Our Treasurer is ready for business and waiting for your reply NOW.
(And payment - this IS a Scottish Regt !)
We do not yet have the capability to accept electronic payment over the net but are fully expecting to be able to accept credit cards at the 100th reception desk on Friday night 22 Oct 2010.
In the meantime please make your cheques out to:
"The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada"
General List of Activities:
22 Oct - Friday Night Meet & Greet - Fort Garry Hotel
23 Oct - Freedom of the City Parade
Scottish Monument near The Forks to City Hall - Presentation of Centennial Plaque to City Hall
- Wreath Laying at Cenotaph
- Parade to Legislature &
Presentation of Centennial Plaque to Lt. Governor
- Gala Dinner - Fort Garry Hotel
24 Oct - Kirk Parade - First Presbyterian
& Farewell Luncheon - Fort Garry Hotel
Cameron 100th Reply Card & mailing address
EMAIL US HERE TO REGISTER
Selkirk Settlers' Commemoration Parade
11 Sept 2010
All are welcome to
participate, or just come to watch. Bring the whole family !
The parade route has been changed this year and lengthened. It will pass the sites of the fur trade era forts for
the first time in the parade's history. For another first there will be an Honorary Grand Marshal.
Mr. Murray Burt (author of "Winnipeg's Ladies From Hell" - see below) has graciously accepted our invitation to fulfill this ceremonial
role.
The Parade marshalling is to begin at 11:30 a.m. on Assiniboine Avenue at Fort Street. The Parade itself will commence at 12 Noon.
The parade starts on Assiniboine Avenue immediately adjacent to the site of Upper Fort Garry and ending at about 12:45 pm at the Scots Thistle Monument on the site of Fort Douglas. The formalities at the Scots Monument are expected to continue for about another half hour.
For more information about the parade see the St. Andrew's Society of Wpg web site at:
An RSVP is no longer required to take part in the parade.
In
the evening a River Boat trip on the Paddlewheel Queen will take
place
Boarding is as early as 6:00PM
(dinner may be purchased at that time. Please order in advance.)
Departure is at 7:00PM returning at 10:00Pm
Cost is $15.75 per person (regularly $18.75
+Tax)
Drinks
and snacks available on board, also a dance area.
Departing Alexander Docks
call
942-4500
Anyone wishing to reserve seats on the river cruise or who
needs more information about the cruise can also contact Lawrence Prout at lgprout@shaw.ca .
To order your copy of the new Cameron history book: "Winnipeg's Ladies From Hell"
Click here for order form
PICASAWEB's Cameron Picture Galleries
Latest pics are from the 1980's.
Click on the link below to see them:
Click here to see more
The Oatmeal Rag #03 is now available:
Oatmeal Rag E version #03 July 2010
25 May 2009 Auction of LCol R. Shankland's VC, DCM, & other medals
The Regimental family would like to thank all of you who helped keep LCol Shankland's medals here in Canada. Your actions were and remain very much appreciated.
OVERVIEW
Baptized in the mud, blood and fire of France and Flanders, the Camerons bear the distinction of being one of only four regiments currently on the Canadian Army list to have fought as a kilted regiment. All other kilted regiments in the Canadian Army were either raised or converted to a kilted regiment after the First World War. Celebrating the Regiment’s centenary in 2010, the Camerons of today are as fiercely proud of their highland traditions as their forebears were.
From it’s founding, Winnipeg has had a strong Scottish tradition. Sponsored by Thomas Douglas, the fifth Earl of Selkirk, the Red River Colony was established on the banks of the Red River in 1812, settled by Scots displaced by the highland clearances.
After years of intense pressure from the local Scottish community, the government finally authorized the raising of a highland regiment in Winnipeg. As was the fashion at the time in the Empire, the new regiment would be raised borrowing traditions from an existing British unit. Gazetted in 1910, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada are the oldest highland regiment in Western Canada.
This website will serve as an information source for current serving members, retired members, potential members, and other affiliated or interested people. It includes a listing of current activities for all parts of the Camerons; the unit, the Regimental Association, and the Regimental Advisory Board. A large part of the web site is dedicated to historical and traditional matters. In general it is a place for anyone with an interest in the Camerons to look to for information.
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