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Amherst Internment Camp was an internment camp that existed from 1914 to 1919 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. It was the largest internment camp in Canada during World War I; a maximum of 853 prisoners were housed at one time at the old Malleable Iron foundry on the corner of Hickman and Park Streets.[1] The most famous prisoner at the camp was Leon Trotsky. There was a commemoration of the guards and prisoners for the 100th anniversary of the closing of the Amherst Internment Camp on July 2, 2019, at the Amherst Armoury. [1]

  1. ^ "Parks Canada – Halifax Citadel National Historic Site – Internment Operations at the Halifax Citadel during the First World War". Pc.gc.ca. 2014-06-26. Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

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