On-to-Ottawa Trek
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The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a mass protest movement in Canada in 1935 sparked by unrest among unemployed single men in federal relief camps principally in Western Canada. The trek started in Vancouver a
Rioters converging on an injured man during the riot
Strikers from unemployment relief camps climbing on boxcars in Kamloops, British Columbia
Scene from the Regina Riot
Ottawa
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec,
On-to-Ottawa Trek
…Robert Manion and Robert Weir. Manion and Weir invited eight elected representatives of the protest (with Arthur "Slim" Evans as their leader) to Ottawa to meet Bennett on the condition the rest of the protesters stay in Regina, where a large contingent of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was located…
Parliament Ottawa
Rideau Canal at downtown Ottawa
10 Rideau Hall P1350151
View of west elevation of Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa;