Moments dans le patrimoine du Génie
L’histoire du Génie militaire canadien est longue et riche, en temps de paix comme en temps de guerre. Des unités du GMC ont servi partout dans le monde dans le cadre de conflits et de catastrophes, et ce, depuis avant la Confédération. Le GMC et ses prédécesseurs ont autant contribué à la croissance de notre pays que toute autre organisation militaire, sinon plus. Des débuts des vols motorisés au Canada, de l’installation de la MRC sur nos côtes, de la construction et de la maintenance des camps et des bases de notre Aviation et de notre Armée à la plus récente construction de ponts et d’aéronefs dans le Nord, le GMC a toujours joué un rôle de premier plan. Nos troupes ont défini une toute nouvelle ère lors des plus récents conflits et catastrophes. Tout cela pour dire que notre devise, « UBIQUE », signifie « Partout » et que nous disposons d’une foule de récits pour illustrer notre histoire.
Cette page présente un point d’entrée dans notre patrimoine et des histoires représentant tous les aspects de nos tâches et de nos responsabilités tout au long de notre histoire.
Une page distincte est accessible pour vous permettre de chercher dans nos articles à l’aide des titres.
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Au début des années 1990, un ingénieur militaire canadien a mis en branle une contribution à l'esprit humanitaire et au soin d'enfants pris dans des zones de conflit partout dans...Theme(s):Humanitarian Assistance -
Un monument commémoratif à Driel, aux Pays-Bas, rend hommage aux sapeurs canadiens et britanniques qui ont pris part à une opération méconnue de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, l’...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
La première école canadienne du génie militaire a été autorisée en juillet 1907 et comprenait des éléments comme une école de génie construction, une école de génie électrique,...Theme(s):Training -
La 14e Escadrille du génie de l’air de Lunenberg a été établie en 1994 comme unité du génie de construction à capacité totale déployable composée de membres de la Force de réserve...Theme(s):Airfield Engineering -
En 1999, le Timor-Oriental a voté en faveur de l’indépendance de l’Indonésie. Toutefois, après un mois de violence et de destruction suivant le référendum, les Nations Unies ont...Theme(s):Peacekeeping and Peacemaking -
En 1953, l’Armée canadienne mettait en place un plan pour fournir des possibilités de carrière militaire pour les jeunes hommes de 16 et 17 ans. Ce « programme d’apprenti soldat...Theme(s):National Development -
“…Bailey Bridging made an immense contribution towards ending World War II. As far as my own operations were concerned, with the Eighth Army in Italy and with the 21st Army Group...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
Before the outbreak of WW II the British Government had determined that it needed facilities outside the United Kingdom for the training of large numbers of aircrew for the Royal...Theme(s):Construction Engineering -
The Rock of Gibraltar is the key to the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. Thrusting 1300 feet above the Spanish plain on the Bay of Algeciras, the Rock of...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
On 15 October 1954, Hurricane HAZEL drenched the Toronto area with 21 cm of rain. There was widespread damage and many bridges were washed out - including two on the Rouge River...Theme(s):Disaster Relief -
Two young Canadian Engineers, J.A.D. McCurdy and F.W. Baldwin, piloted the first military demonstration of aircraft flight in Canada at Camp Petawawa, ON. Conducted in July-August...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
The year 1929 ushered in the start of a decade-long world-wide economic depression that became known as the "Dirty Thirties'. Large-scale unemployment and a disastrous drought on...Theme(s):National Development -
The Korean War presented a major challenge to the military engineers because of the nature of the terrain. Korea was a land of mountains interlaced with rice patties in the...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
The Department of National Defence assumed the responsibility for the Canadian portion of the WWII-era Alaskan Highway from the United States in April 1946. Among these new...Theme(s):National Development -
The Canadian Forestry Corps had provided lumber for the WWI war effort in the United Kingdom and on the Continent. The British looked again to Canada for assistance early in WW II...Theme(s):Forestry -
Canada had provided overseas railway troops for the Great War and anticipated that a similar request would come from Great Britain for WW II. Such a request was delayed because of...Theme(s):Railway -
During WW I the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps set out accelerate the training of Commonwealth pilots in Canada to meet the growing air needs for the European...Theme(s):Fire Crash and Rescue -
There was an “underground war” fought during WW I that was very much an Engineer War. This war was fought in the tunnels of both sides where the tunnelling tasks fell primarily to...Theme(s):Tunnelling and Mining -
The WW II Allied campaign in Italy is often called “an Engineer’s War” because of both the terrain and the enemy-created obstacles that had to be overcome. In December 1943 the...Theme(s):Combat Engineering -
Events like the Korean War and the deepening Cold War in Europe in the early 1950s resulted in a major change in the government's plans for National Defence. The decision to...Theme(s):Defence Infrastructure -
With the arrival of British governance in 1763 in what was to become Canada, Royal Engineers assumed great responsibility for the construction of defensive works as well as the...Theme(s):National Development -
Like the Royal Engineers, their predecessors in Canada during the colonial period, the Canadian Military Engineers have made major contributions to the development of the nation...Theme(s):Mapping and Survey -
During conflict, a poor water supply can cause even more casualties than the enemy and there are examples where soldiers have died in the thousands due to unsanitary camp...Theme(s):Combat Engineering
