Corps of Canadian Voyageurs
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corps-of-canadian-voyageurs-288-911250
title:
Corps of Canadian Voyageurs
text:
The Corps of Canadian Voyageurs was raised in September 1812, by the British Army, as a military water transportation corps. Its mission was to maintain the supply lines, between Montreal and the western posts. The corps was disbanded in March 1813, and its mission was taken over by the Canadian branch of the British Commissariat Department, a department of HM Treasury, as the Provincial Commissariat Voyageurs. This corps was disbanded in March, 1815.
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Canadian_Voyageurs
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date modified:
2023-11-30T01:53:12Z
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13
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