Whitewater (POW camp)

Whitewater was a labour camp for German prisoners-of-war in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada. Operating from 1943 to 1945, the camp was built on the northeast shore of Whitewater Lake, approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) north-west of Winnipeg. The camp consisted of fifteen buildings and housed 440 to 450 prisoners of war.

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