P6337

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ID Number

P6337

Item Name

Image

Title

No. 3 Barrack Room 99th Battallion / Caserne militaire numéro 3

Title (Fre)

Caserne militaire numéro 3

Date

ca 1915

Description

Black and white photograph of Number 3 Barrack Room of the 99th Battalion of the Essex Fusiliers at Jackson Park; the building is a tall, one-storey, wooden structure with a peaked roof; the front of the building has an empty flagpole attached near the roof and "No. 3 Barrack Room" is painted on a sign just below; below the sign there is a tall arched window and there are arched double doorways on each side; the right side of the building has square windows and there is another building partially visible in the background to the left of the barrack room; grassy lawn makes up the foreground of the photo.

History

These buildings later became the Windsor Jockey Club and were located at the southeast corner of Ouellette and Tecumseh. When WWI broke out, extensive recruitment was undertaken in Windsor. As men were enrolled, they were temporarily stationed at the Windsor Driving Park grounds, the present site of Jackson Park. The barracks, which housed a portion of the troops, had formerly been the exhibition building of the Windsor Fair Grounds. Built on the southeast corner of Ouellette Avenue and Tecumseh Road in 1911, the octagonal wooden structure, surrounded by a high fence, was inadequate to house the large number of men who were daily joining the 99th Battalion. To afford additional shelter a tent city was set up along both sides of Ouellette north of Tecumseh. From June 1916 to December 1917, Camp McGregor, located in the area south of Shepherd Street and between Pelissier and Dougall, was used by the 241st Canadian Scottish Borderers as a temporary post. Tents served until winter weather forced the erection of wooden barracks. The 99th Battalion was a county-based battalion, drawing its volunteers from the men of Essex County. Many of the volunteers for the 99th came from the ranks of the 21st Essex Fusiliers, known today as the Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

21st Regiment, Essex Fusiliers

241st Battalion, Canadian Scottish Borderers

99th Essex County Battalion

Barracks / Casernes militaires

Buildings / Immeubles

Canadian Army

Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment

Essex Scottish Regiment

Flagpoles / Mâts

Jackson Park / Parc Jackson

Military facilities / Édifices militaires

Parks / Parcs