Fort Osborne Barracks
Site 1![]() The first Fort Osborne Barracks was established in 1873. The barracks was located along the north end of Osborne Street on what is now the west lawn of the Provincial Legislature building.
Winnipeg Internment Camp![]() At the start of World War I Fort Osborne Barracks housed Ukrainian Canadians and other eastern Europeans imprisoned during Canada's first national internment operation. Officially deemed the Winnipeg Receiving Station it operated from 1 Sep 1914 to 29 Jul 1916. Construction of the new legislative Building and the subsequent move of Fort Osborne Barracks across the river signaled the end of that operation.
Site 2![]() ![]() Fort Osborne Barracks moved circa 1917 to the former campus of Manitoba Agricultural College on the other side of the Assiniboine River. The facility was transformed into a military convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers returning from Europe. In 1919 the army took over the entire complex, officially renaming it Fort Osborne Barracks. It served as a military hospital site for veterans returning from World War I and World War II. A second site, just south of the barracks was established in the 1940s during World War II and became known as Fort Osborne Barracks South. The original site closed in 1968 with functions transferred to the nearby Fort Osborne Barracks South that site was renamed Kapyong Barracks.
Current StatusThe buildings remain, now repurposed as the Asper Jewish Community Center.
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Visited: 31 Jul 2016
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