Ripples is a community in the
Canadian province
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of
New Brunswick
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near the village of
Minto and
Route 10 on the
Little River.
History
Ripples housed a
World War Two internment camp, from 1940 to 1945. This camp held internees of many different nationalities. The most famous prisoner was
Camillien Houde, mayor of
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
at the time, who was interned for encouraging resistance to military conscription.
[Jones, Ted ''Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton Internment Camp'' (Volume 2, New Ireland Press 1988) ]
Notable people
See also
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List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ...
References
Communities in Sunbury County, New Brunswick
World War II internment camps in Canada
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