Young Canada Looks at the War


Young Canada was an annual publication for boys which stressed amongst other things, manly virtues and the prominence of the British Empire.  The following illustrations and stories are taken from the annual for 1918, published while the war was still raging in Europe.


The Editor to His Readers

How a Scout Died For France

Timber for the Trenches

Heroes of the Somme

U Boat Victims

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1918 Cover Illustration

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  Hero Worship

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In the Land of the Pharoes

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A British Cruiser

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Front page

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Busses at the Front