Point of Interest
NB Internment Camp B70 Museum
Street Address: 420 Pleasant Drive, Minto, NB
This museum focuses on Camp B70, a Second World War internment camp that was located along Highway #10 near Ripples. This camp was one of twenty-six built in Canada during the Second World War and the only one in the Maritimes. It was built at the request of Great Britain to house “foreign nationals” interned at the outbreak of war. In the first year of operation, the British internees proved to be mainly German Jewish refugees, interned there are hte request of Winston Churchill who feared the exodus of Jewish-German nationals would be used to masque German spies. These British internees were either released or assigned to other camps. Between 1941 and 1945 the camp housed Germans and Italians interned by Canada, captured enemy merchant marines, and Canadian citizens considered dangerous to the war effort. The museum contains more than 600 original artifacts and a scale model of the camp. The original site on Highway 10 is signed and has a one kilometre historic trail with interpretive signs posted along the way.