Vernon Photo Gallery
Aerials 1946-2000
A rare immediate post-WWII view of the entire with all but one building standing, looking south, Polson Park at the bottom, 1946 (Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
The reverse direction, looking north. It's clear from this image how significant the camp was at the end of WWII, each barrack could sleep 160 soldiers. (Doug Kermode, Ron Smith Collection)
At long last, we now have the complete camp aerial 1949 shot along with the photo immediately above. A wonderful photo that shows the entire camp in the first summer it was open to cadets. You can compare the 1949 photo with the Wayne Emde 2000 photo below. (photographer Doug Kermode, courtesy: Bernard Dubuc) If you would like to see a more detailed and much larger image click on the above aerial, note this is an extremely large image. Special thanks to Carolyn & Dennis Dufresne for making this important photo available.
Another angle, on the same flight, 1949. (Doug Kermode)
1949 aerial, the camp is only just 8 years old, the trees only beginning to cast shade. The WWII Brigade QM huts (lower left hand corner) are still standing across the street from B3. (Doug Kermode)
approx 1960 (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
A 1962 publicity with the guard formed up on Dieppe Square spelling out Vernon. (Doug Kermode)
Upper Camp, 1962 (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
Main camp, ca. mid 1960s (Doug Kermode)
The Commonage, the training area for assault rafts in the early years of the camp (see 1949 photo gallery) and for Ex Rambler mid 1970s to mid 1980s ca. mid 1960s (Doug Kermode)
July 21, 1962 weekly Saturday morning Parade (Bill Liddel collection, Doug Kermode)
July 20, 1963 Saturday morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
Grad Parade Saturday Aug 22, 1964, (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
Main camp, 1964 (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 23, 1965, Saturday morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode)
approx 1965. (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 20, 1968, Saturday morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode)
July 12, 1969, Saturday Morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
The main camp looking north, 1969 (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 11, 1970, Saturday morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode)
Saturday July 10, 1971, (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 15, 1972 weekly Saturday morning Parade (Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
moments later a full shot of the camp (Vernon & Greater Area Museum, Doug Kermode)
July 14, 1973, Saturday Morning weekly parade (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 14, 1973, evening parade (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
1973, Saturday morning parade post card (Doug Kermode, Phil Edge collection)
July 15, 1977, weekly Friday Night Parade. Maj D. MacQuarrie Camp DCO was the reviewing officer for the parade. (Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 14, 1978, weekly Friday Night Parade. The first parade of the summer, Col Beer Camp CO was the reviewing officer. Temperature 30c (Doug Kermode, Ed Liukaitis collection)
July 13, 1979, Friday Night weekly parade. Col Jake Beer was the reviewing officer for the parade. (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 25, 1980 weekly Friday Night Parade. Col David Kinloch the Hon Col BCD was the reviewing officer this evening just out of frame at the reviewing dais. (Doug Kermode, Ed Liukaitis collection)
July 18, 1981, weekly Friday Night Parade (Doug Kermode, Ed Liukaitis collection)
Friday night parade, approx 1981 (Doug Kermode, Vernon & Greater Area Museum)
July 17, 1998, weekly Friday Night Parade (Francois Arseneault)
The same view 50 years later, 1998. (Wayne Emde)
Summer of 1999, evening parade (Wayne Emde)
Thursday August 14, 2003, Final Parade Practise (Wayne Emde)
2004 (Capt George Picken)
