Tanks

 Here we have one of my favourite artifacts in the entire Museum. Weather Station Kurt dates back to the Second World War.

The German navy planted it in northern Labrador to monitor and transmit weather data. It operated for a short time before going offline, and then vanished into history. The area it was in was so remote, and the instruments were painted to look like a Canadian station, so those few who might have come across it wouldn't have thought twice about it. A German researcher going through old records found reference to it decades later, and word got to the Canadian government. Today Kurt resides here.

We also have examples of nosecone art here- albeit from helicopters.

A number of tanks are lined up together, still impressive and powerful in their silence.

Across from them, artillery and a mobile canteen.

This particular one, a Valentine, has a story. It was sent to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and broke through ice on a swampy river. Decades later, the Ukrainian government gave the tank to the War Museum.

One last look at the gallery, with a look at artillery.

The ramp leading up and out has several large works of war art mounted on one of the walls. The angled architecture is a good touch.

The Taking Of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917 is a large canvas by Richard Jack.