La Rochelle is a

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within the

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in south-eastern

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, Canada. It is located approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of

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. Established by

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families in 1859, La Rochelle is the oldest community of the

. La Rochelle was the site of a small

prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

that held German soldiers captured during

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. The camp was located just north of the intersection of Highway 59 and 23. It was a work camp that provided labour for working in sugar beets fields.

References

Localities in Manitoba World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Canada Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba {{Manitoba-geo-stub