American army on the Saskatchewan
 

The americans planning a operation in Norway during WW11 bull dozed a road up the left side of the Saskatchewan river to the toe of the glacier, then bridgeing or filling in crevases a route to the columbia icefield.
There exotic experiments with vehicular access to the icefield astonished soldiers and mountaineers alike. They say the weasel a half track machine with skis was invented there.
One year out of the blue an american came to Brewster mgr and asked would we like to see some movies of the glacier from war days---converted to vcr sure enough machines and men everywhere on the glacier, it was a real eye opener, park be damn this was war.

Okay :scared0015:

Got a link to the video?

That would be a cool video to see. I doubt it's been converted to digital though.
You hike on part of that old road to get to the Saskatchewan glacier.
Pretty sure I've got pictures of some old parts left behind from when I did the hike.
Someone chiseled "Commando Rock" into a boulder near the toe of the glacier.
http://www.albertawow.com/hikes/Sask...an_Glacier.htm

Habbakuk at the bottom of Patricia Lake.

https://www.albertaunderwatercouncil...Habbakuk-Wreck

Grizz

Its amazing how wood is preserved so well when submerged in fresh water.

Interesting stuff.

I remember in the very early sixties there were places along the North saskatchewan river upstream of Edmonton where there were abandoned US military vehicles. Dad thought they were abandoned by AWOL soldiers from the US. At one place there were 3 platoon type trucks and a military ambulance. There was also a plywood shack hidden in the bush too. No longer used but full of military type stuff. The ambulance was still full of medical supplies too. All the trucks' tires still had air and glass intact too.

americans
 

A large number of Canadian soldiers trained on the Athabasca glacier, for a norway operation, From time to time live ordnance was found on the glacier, and the military would come and take care of it. Never got to use there artic training they were sent to Africa.

Not really.

Canadians never saw a lot of action in Africa. They were only staged there prior to operation Husky.

And then there was operation Gauntlet.... Where elements of the Canadian Second Division were used in a raid on Norwegian soil.:thinking-006:

Oh man!, are you ever right!

I wonder what else would be so well preserved when submerged in to massive amounts of water?...

Ever wonder why Sheldon from the big bang theory tv show is ALWAYS making fun of geology and geologists? , i have a funny feeling that this stuff had something to do with that, sorry for the wall of links but this might be the coolest stuff i have ever had a chance to share, give them a watch with an open mind and listen with your heart, think of it what you will.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACwD97aP6no

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_MV_DOOwBI

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m-YKye4SeTI

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2IkmbdJF7E

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=225s&v=vQMrsvnsMQc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1X_c5Y8gWg

Anybody wanting to research:

Pykecrete
Operation Plough
1st Special Service Force
Operation Gauntlet
Alaska Highway construction

Will soon see the OP has really mixed things up.

Blogger’s huh?

North Africa in WWl and WWll is a study of mine...just because you can see where a lot of today's problems originated there.
As you say, other than a few RCAF fighter squadrons Canadian's played no part in North African fighting.

There were some officers loaned to British units, but you are bang on in your assertion.

Canadians
 

Yes your right, Canadians were in the thick of things in many operations,I had one uncle in africa --artillery. another normandy, infantry. another King george 5 battle ship communication officer. another PT boat petty officer.another pacific Lt.---plus many more cousins in varies services --the amazeing thing everyone came home,growing up we were surrounded by veterans----One old guy when he would get drinking, would get us kids feel the snipers bullet in his neck.Not far down the road a guy had the VC stood fast and with his machine gun wiped out a company of germans about to make a break through.

If you want to story drop, or one up things, I’ll be you Huckle bearer.
https://i.imgur.com/agGrnz9.jpg

My father was a, been there done that sort of guy. Being 5-1/2 years overseas. Never wounded, went through Colle d’anchise, Ortona, Liri Valley, Gothic Line, and NW Europe. And a heap of places in between.

My Godfather received an MID at Colle d’Anchise, too.

I even was a reservist in the same unit a pile of years later.



I take exception because......
The spin on your title is convoluted at best.

war
 

The war, upmanship, dispute, disagreement,whatever you refer was over when my son was killed in the service--pls no reply neccesary.

Lots of people die in war.

Survivors get to tell the story.

I took part of my advanced open water dive certification dives on that wreck in the 80's. Sooooo cold below the thermocline. 3c if memory serves. It felt like entering a warm bath crossing it coming up. We went deep enough to experience some n2 narcosis . Learned then about the experiment and the surrounding gun emplacements. Cool stuff.

Survivors
 

Many medals awarded posthumously in the great wars, the survivors get to shed the tears, often to the point of no return------