NILE EXPEDITION ( 1884 – 1886 )

CANADA, FOR THE FIRST TIME TOOK PART IN A WAR OVERSEAS. TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD NAVIGATION SKILLS SERVED WITH A MARK OF HONOUR IN THE NILE EXPEDITION AND SIXTEEN GAVE THEIR LIVES. THERE IS ONLY ONE KNOWN VETERAN FROM THE NORTH BAY AREA AND HIS NAME IS LISTED HERE.

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