rNOTE

This is a preliminary narrative and should not be regardedas authoritative. It has not been checked for accuracy inall aspects. and its interpretations are not necessarilythose of the Historical Section as a whole.

Ce texte est pr~liminaire et n'a aucun caract~re afficiel.On n'a pas v~rifie son exactitude et les interpretationsqulil cantient oe sont pas necessa;rement cel1es du Servicehistorique.

Directorate of HistoryNational Defence HeadquartersOttawa, CanadaK1A OK2

July 1986

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C ",di, n 11it ry It d u rt.,rs,2 Cvck ~ur vtr ~t, •• 1,

Lon on, ~ OLA. D.

The Dir etor,Historic 1 cetion,

Oen rd ~t ff,N tion' 1 D fence h d u I'ters,ott ~, C~f(ADA.

D • C l'A •• ~ ") I • D 1AU1hority. DHD W

by~ fO( DHiit NOHQD.,.·, -N.O.V~

of the d t ehment of No. 1 Tur~ 11ing Camp ny, .c.~•. no

at L C. ~ 'GAl, • e tlnd.

1. further r ,art i8 pre ent d. This d -15 1.11 th etlvities

ory.ing

vent. ge of the f et

U, t my trip to visit the C n ai.n F re.try Corps took me osa to

thl. I' glon nd mea V131t t~ this det e~ent on 16 Mfty 41. I

• ccomp oled by ~i ut. U II, ~hot gr phie ffleDr, C•• I •• ,

• bo 1:001, nUL<ibcr of

r cor pu poses.

ctures of ,n dut c nt nd its a for

A..~lVITI ~ F T D ~ .ClllI NT

• Abut 10.0 hr. on 10 M y 41 e lac ted the dct ehm,nt' e mp

t the st end of L ell L CGAN, i.ln 1 t ly to th Hst f tho Ii T.. L

h1ch pe rs on heet 5 ot th !r n nee uUl voy m, y of ~cotl nrt,

u rtor- Inch (" t rn High1 n .). Tb lIlE<p rufer nee 15 J 042124.

e ere m t by th of/1ear \.O(lWi 1 in 't <let ehm nt, L ut. Il.A •

!!'J II'G, ho • expectl", us. l1a provide to. itn Ubber boots nd

t rproof Co ts (th

tunn.l Q' ra th d 1 t rk.

t~ n, took us Into the

t ice m d th, Jurney

tl ougn th tunn ~ t the f e

seco oc aslon lIr •• UL

t re orK

took. numbt:r

8 In "I'

at ;>hotogr

gress. n th

h. of th ....n

t ark.

n

•4. e were 1.troduced to th clvj~l n ngln era su ervls1ng

th rk n beh l! of lklfcur, tty & Co., L.mited, n .rom

theLl I obt Inod Infor tlon on til II tur of the ~roj ct, s

follo' 5.

5. Th C Mdl n 11 t clL. nt I. .51 tin" In campI tlng po ur-

d v Io~nt hlch h :I '0 1n rogress ("or cor th n tt,;n

yo rs, nd th r pld coep tl n of bleh 1 c n i cr~d 1 ,crt nt

t> tho r affort of til IIn1te n om. Tho 10 I'st t ge In the

eh t1, nl h first COli t ucted, c nn etion bet een

LOCH T EIG no F T ILLI~W, ff cted b~ 10 tWUl 1 dc ...e cure

1~ lndlc ted in p rt on th. nv.; heet r ferred 0 bove ( ra. ) •

TIl COll S t ge C n.1stod of a largo d.m t th fa t of th n EF-

V.... lh hie ppe rs on til ~ hoet s tern .xt nsion of L CIl

L GG~N, nd eeond, much h.t r, tUlln 1 ( ...ik Ise In c tedn

th hoet) l> ginnlug 1 1 te1y bc.v th m n 1 log Into

L1Cll T IG. I s t k n t see 11 d m, tLlch 1 1 t b9 the

largest in ltrit In n 1

a pear on the m p, jut the

v ry 1 ~r 51ve structure. It 0 S not

r x. te r f unco is H aBO~. Tho 01

bed a the RIver r be ow th d.m s ntlr 1y dry t the tlm

or my vl it, the ter bIng Iv rted Int th tunnel.

6. '1'h third n flIt go f th d veJ.o, nt, n hich tile

C ian d t chm'nt is n sslating,. d igne to Iv rt the

flod t r. of tho 1ver P.Y ( hlch n, fLOW ut Into the J Ith

a thr h th, War y Firth) e.t rd L"r ugh th n ...y..,tem to

FJilT .ILLIAlI.n the Ati ntlc. At F .,T I LIAW th o tionc1 ..ter-

power is urg~nt1y re ulred b j;'" nt f the rl tl h Alu. inlum Com-

piny, Ltd., ll1ch i olng 1 art nt rk f th Mbnl try of Alr-

creft 1'1" UCL_OI. TIll .t g c 1sts f m on the u per P

ne r C TBI, n( -mil tunnel tl',roug 11 ~ock fro L JCH

C UJ/A 110 N (a 1 k let lo.e

nd of L CH L GGAN.

t r. flo Int th ,PEY) t th st

7. As B: If lur, tty & Co. feuJI it v ry ffflcult to fInd

1 bour to c rry u ,II. ,~j ct, the det chm nt of N.. 1 C n dl n

•Tunn<'lling Coy h s b· n

grr mf'nt hich 1:1 do:.:bcrlbed u(loVl. Thb d t chmtint ls no" eng. ged

in c "rying on tunnel pruvi usly be~un oy c1vili.n 1 bour from

th,. L JCIl L GGAN end; hile dvili n tunn 11lng ere h riving

to ards ttll.m from the C UN. CHDAN end.

8. Tile detdchm\:.lnt mploy t C m.:.15ts ,Jf.;o officer .nd 59 other

ronks (5.'< on the ctu' 1 d.y of our vioi t). It orks In thr· e _hifts

eek - th~ mun, that is t~ s~y, Jutting 1n 56-hour

or>1ng ~el<. III'. IIv•• ING told u> th t th d t chment I' iv~d t

L CH LMiGI on ... 3 Apr 41, .hd had been t ark for throe . .leks t

th ti..e of our vhit. The first ~ek i t& cut ,·s 67 feet; the

second it as 68; th third it .... s B6. At the time of our vloit

the tot 1 length of the tunnel In .hich It is orking

~ tely ,400 feet.

9. Thu C n dlun~ re rKing .1th th Ui;ment left I;y the

civili n cre~ form~l'ly.t arK in thh tunn 1: they rn I'd this

.> eclJedly Inferior to tho uly nt th t 1,) be us d in

Cana i n mino. J.Ir. IIosl'.ing, it may b. lIateu, i. from . I,:K,~A.D

LAKE, unt rio, here h, s n ngineer in the em ioy of tho L kehi.

~'hor It!lnt'; [10 ... t of lJen r~ Iso from ~:r.al:l nd L 1(0, n· ... om cf

them orke<1 ith hlm ther••

10. At the tim of ow' v .. ,it th C" (\i ns h d n,-t e '" n.d the

i v1i n ere '''I'King from the C v. CII ~I. end,

hlch I Wlu r::>tood l4r. d,:,s .ln6 to ;;> y h d bo;.<ton 9 ft.let .head of tll irs

th previ u~ eek. 118 ~ c rt in, h"" ver, tb t iti .. C!.t.;n ..uld t

1 st u 1 if not ,urp s. ttl, clvili ns v ry "hortly, nd • obvi-

cu.ly d tel' In~d that they should: h • haying for ekly cut of

100 feet. He menti .ned th t the \ ivili ns ere of c ur~e v y much

ootter id th n hi, men, nd dded that t iet rv'l. the hole civ-

i11, 11 crew 1" giv n too thr e d ysl 1 v n tho ork hut 0 n.

11. It m y bd noted 1J p ss1ng tu t no ccm 1 lnt 1s ore common

• on,; C II di n officers in tIll. country han tho 1 f 'ulty of g tting

g ,od 01' out of ngllsh v 11 n 1

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said something of this in Report No. "9, .nd sh..ll h V" vee sian

to l;:)!'c;, K of it again in \".'1)nn etlon ith C l-taln other topics. I

heard the com"l int first from sub Hurn on the y at GL ,_GO

on th d y I I nded, nd I Iu ve hard it very fN uently since tnat

tirae. It h cowman form to bl. Ill" the Labour P rty I,d p ,·ticull,rly

tho ~tt. don.

>ell-founded; but they re so lliliv~rsal that I tlunk it orth hile

to m_ntlon th m.

1 H Thore i .. no J••int ln d scribing the technlc 1 det,11. of the

<01'.( bing don, by tlds <let clu.ent, elld ln any c sa I m not comi' t­

ent to <10 so. It m y be noted thQt this tunn~l i_ being driven

throUGh the rock by hat l!i c lled the "bench" system: i.e., the men

d illl: the m in job of drilllng gaimt the fce \ ark standing on ..

step of 'ock ~ever~l y ros broad, hile illother drl111ne crew opere tes

..g In.;t the f ce of this ;,tep or "bench" from the tunnel floor. The

holas ri.J.le in the ro=ce re rr· ng ct in suel m nner s to bring

out a m in cut of ruughly tri Ilgular ection, hil" others, the

charges in hich r fired Ub.>6 U ntly, .. rv to .:.up I.,mont thl~.

The brok~n rock is scopped 'y frail the f ce fter thu bl. st by ais

"blusher" run up OIl r 11s, nd c rricd out by c n dr n by .;mall

electric locomotive, ~hlch, 11k 30m of the oth~~ 9 u1pment used,

h s glvbn trouLle.

13. Like the For stry Corps, this tunnulliIlg det chment is orking

rar from the main Lally o~ C n ,Ji troops in this c untry nd is do-

lng ark whlch, hile not m111t"ry in the u.ud sense, ls of great

n tiom 1 im"ort. nee. Lik the ore try Cor. Iso, they .rc doing

the ~ork.t hlch they '1''' experts, nd -hich they "ere enlisted to

do; nti they rc orklnl; v ry h·.rd t it. They re orking t. rder,

I b ,11!-:ve, than any other body of trJops r h VI:! ;;)I.ttn, y t thtdr

morJle seemed .xc 11 nt. l t'. tJ.:3KING h1m"elf , tll·.roughly njoy-

ing this ..."ip.nm nt; h l' rked th t thl" :;) th firbt 'tim :J1nco

h· join c the rmy th.t h h d h the . DBe of doing r 11y uo>e-

ful job. ~'h _1tuat1~n of on >,ounl; o.ficer nt1r~ly 10n ln charge

of 1 rg dct chm.nt on .. Job of thl, "ort .. uld not b U! iVers lly

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nvl ,but

bJ il.

• B05~lng obvl u&ly s no r ~ n tJ b rry Cer

14. From h tilt 1 1 i th re til t 1 g n r 1 reI tlons

th cJ.vll 0 ul tlon or th !strIct h vbet .. n h1

Crl n.ly,

n

th d t c nt klll' 1)' tr.. t • He

en

fro rty 1n

1 toly b en

uth,n In-

t cl nt ho reno tb

beh vo

tnt Kl'r.mJ~SI ;the n l11hbourl

a 1<1 th t on II n

n d"1

shlpped btick to tho In ady oC the call1Jk ny 1. th

hen .. lttItructlons fro til Ct p ny c~ool~er.

about 1600 hra e g ve 11ft t t

vi Iting 1 GO I, g th ~ tr them th t the peo 1e of

the r gl h n v r splt ben ls tbat tho ·,",.Al ns h d

boCOlll tri n ly i tI the 1I1r.:1'OOIlIlIL~rro tor at rs rking o. P v 10 •

15. • Hosking -'Gntion th t i ti t1 s t d ys Ctor his d _

t c nt' rriv 1 til r~ h b on OQ lCIlculty 0 ing tv hl men

b 1 ceu wd ot usi thai .vic rlCl... & In.t til 10c"1 II g_

ntIs deerj this Gee sion oms correa n nc • • lIo.king, ho -

ver, J( 1 1M to h1s I!l n til t 1 th tr nge country 1n hlch they

Iv te r rt/, nd th tnu fo\ th salv deer r

n to looting co 5 or horsos. fter this, he

tlng

d, th ra

w s n fw'tl, r trou lQ nd no r 1n u stlon ~ v n

orf rin ""s it. d • lUll ,nt.

16. A rQ h

rl< 0 hlch thla 180 t. d

t .h the g ner 1

g ed.

1tlon ot

17. s th .first CC slon n tch I h et ly e n

Cd dIan tunn 11 r. in etlan. 110. L Tunn l1ing Com ny s done

much Int r atins rk 81ne It rrlv In thls untry, rtleul r-

1)' 1 th dev 1 nt 0 t ok-a t cl ; It t chnl ue of r d-

er terlng b, the use of a " -push r" h a n tt r at gr t

lnt roat to th Brltl. uthorlt1as. A. noted 1 ftvlou.. r rts,

a ~eol 1 d t clUll nt at th co ny II be n t ark t eI LTAR

( ro lie. Cdn Tunnelling y s n j In 1t) • 1'he tuntl lUng

unit. h v b en specl.1 Int r st of n r 'cN UOHroN'.;

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their ctivity s •.ems 11K•. ly tu b.

Offici 1 Hi tori~n. Th •C. •• • 1 Tunn I11ng Com ny is Jor

C'lLI CAl P LL, ,0 i civil 11f is III mber 01 th Ontnrio

Gov rnment. on .2 lbiy 41 I h Jor

Cumpb 11, ho s visiting ... II•• , no r .",inded him f th im-

port nCB of his unit's I ar D1 ry. i th t h~ ulld lncc.;rpor-

e>.to in it co 1 ~ of _0 0 of Lt. H ... 'Il,G's r lJorts.

PI! TOG APH.

16. The photog.' .hs t k n hy Mr. AU;) AIN during our vIsit to

L ICH L GGAN incluje "ietures both of the dl'illerB t ork t the

f ce nd of mfn of the dct, cl~ nt out~ ~ thu tunn 1. '!hay re to

b found in fl1r:1 ..Joorles It\J~. ~50 nd ....5~.

FIll .•CIAL ANG I< JT:

19. Tho unusu.1 t sk: undel't ;len t, tHis det chm, nt h 5 n c ss-

erily been th, ubJ ct of, el 1 fin nci 1 rr ng m nt.. These

h v~ been r. .gctit ted teen C l:ll1t ry II. d u rters oct

the ll< lfour II tty Con"truction Coop .ny. U r th grccLl nt,

Messrs. Ifour De tty l..iJ1Q.art ke tv r~lmburs4:t C,n·d~ for th" c"st

of th d t chment l ;;. p y, 110. nces, CCOI:Itl ticn, r tlons, tr ns-

ort tiOD to nd fr .. m the t 1 ce of LILJ.;loymE.nt, nd one 1 v of 7

d~ys per m n on full p y before Nov.nber n xt. yen on those terms,

th b rg in is prob bly g od one for n'lfuur Be tty.5 ell 5

an dvant:geous rr ngt.1%:l~nt f r the n tion 1 a1' rfort.

~O. Tho fin ne! 1 r~ ng onts r d~~~r1bed in gro tar d~t 11

in lctter .ddre"sed by C.1.\.11•• t the /. )ffice on 19 .y ..1.

A copy 0":: this 1s att chad tv t.h pre.:> nt .. yurt 5 )J.; ndix II,..n.

Th corr s.on IlC in the m ttor i.. or c.II.H•• file 6/1 Tun/l.

(c•• vt cey) 1/ Jor,d1l:5tor1c 1 ort{cer, C.~....

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rl.;j the n.. IJt:Js of the t,O ClirJm relel firms cone rned

1th theroJect de It ith 1 thls port ere not unir~rmly

glv"n ln C.I..H•• f11es nnd ill the lnfor tlon given me t I. CII

LAGGAN, I h v checked them. B LF UH, B. TTY & CO., LI IT D, 1.

the form u ad 0 . .1. thl:, firm's l.,tterheadj hl1~ t.L ~h .n' c 11 to

<h L I~DUlI rehouse of the B ,ITISH ALUJ I lUll CO PANY, LI ITED,

confirm d til n mo of the 1 tt I' conct:rn.

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The Under eecretar7 of 6tate,M.0.2. Branoh,wa1l Office,London, S.W.l.

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19th lIay 194.1.

Emplo:rment Personnel 1 Cdn Tunnelling Coy••~1\h Balfour »eotty gongtrug\1on go, Ltd••

1. With reference to your letter 066/6276 (11.0.2)of 16 lIay 41, as a result of negotiations between thisHesdquarters Bnd the Balfour Beatty Co. Ltd., financlalarrangements are being Dampleted on the basls outlinedhereunder, Bnd are forwarded for your informatlon.

2. The 10M or one otrlcor and approx1matelY 66other ranke hee been arranged on the understanding that:-

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

3.will berespsct

(a)

(b)

( c)

The Canadlan troope could be withdrawn atany time.

Pay and allowanoes Bnd malntenance of troopewould be recoverable from the contractors.

The wor!< would be under the direct superv1Blonof the contractors who would suPPlY all plantrequirementa and equipment.

The lI1niatry of Aircrart Production would aupplYthe necassary vehicles at no exponse to Canada.

It ls un< er.tood that the Canadian Goverl'll18ntresponslble for the following charges withto this personnel:-

1I11itary medical attendance and hoepitaltreatment for men slck or ln~ured wh1lstemplo7lld•

Pension or other gratuity whioh would normallYbe pald for dlsabl1ity or desth ln accordanoewith the Oanadlan Ponslon Aot.

Coat of ral1wa;r warrants for men going on l.,ave.

4. The following chargeS are to be borne by theBalfour Beatty 00. Ltd.,:-

(a) Reimbursement to Canada of all Pay Bnd otherallowanoss, inoluding dependents allowancee.

•(b)

( 0)

(d)

(e)

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Aooamnodation and 'luartltrs at plao ofe.-:tplo3'IlGnt•

Coot or ratione.

Tranaportntion to and 1'rom plnoo or enploy­ment ot the orlglnal detaohmllnt. and ot mento replace any who may be 8iok or in~ured.

One leave ot seven daYs per IIlIIn on t'ull pqbetween now and lldVllIIIber.

5. It has been agreed that in rcapcot ot tha IIIBthod ottlnanolal 8d~uatlllont. tha acoounts will be subm1ttod bythe Canadian Chlet Treasury Offioer mon~ to thaBalfour BanttT Co. and Pll1ll'Cnt ot nocounto w111 be toth" RecelTOr General ot Cnnada. It w111 be noted thattha toreG0ing arrnnaeoonto arc not in ao~o~anco wlthth" procedure outlined in your lettel'. At tho 00..",time it i8 telt that thay are more appro! riale fOro; thaCanadlan po1nt or view in tho 01rcU:.lBtancos underreview.

(al~ b7 Lt.Col. n.A. Young tor)

(l'.J.loIantaeue) ajor-Gencral.Benlor Ot1'ioor.

CnnD4ian \111tB17 Headquarters.

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