CFB Valcartier
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2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier , formerly known as and commonly referred to as Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, is a Canadian Forces base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, 8 nautical miles north northwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 2nd Canadian Division is stationed at the base, comprising the 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and the 2nd Canadian Division Support Group.
Canteen named "Le chez nous du soldat", 1918
Postcard of tents hastily erected to accommodate thousands of troops during the First World War
Vaccination of soldier during WWI
Governor General of Canada, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, and Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, inspecting troops, 1940
2nd Canadian Division
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The 2nd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army in the province of Quebec, Canada. The present command was created 2013 when Land Force Quebec Area was re-designated. The main unit housed in this division is the Royal 22nd Regiment based at CFB Valcartier near Quebec City, which is the largest regiment in the Canadian Army.
Canadian troops, possibly of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), eating rations whilst seated on muddy ground outside a shelter near Pozieres, France, during the final stages of the Battle of the Somme, October 1916.
Sgt. Harold Marshall of the Calgary Highlanders' Sniper Platoon
Soldiers' corpses from the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division following the Dieppe Raid
Canadian troops at Groningen