Within hours of Canada’s declaration of war on September 10, 1939, the Canadian government passed laws to create the Canadian Merchant Navy setting out rules and controls to provide a workforce for wartime shipping. The World War II Merchant Navy greatly expanded the similar World War I effort. The Canadian Merchant Navy played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic bolstering the Allies’ merchant fleet due to high losses in the British Merchant Navy.
Crestwood Oral History Project
Ray C. Cameron
When war broke out Ray Cameron was living on a farm in Lindsay, Ontario. As a 16 year old he was already working on the Great Lakes as a seaman. When Norway was pulled into [Read more]