A monument in this small park in Selkirk commemorates the 108th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force who occupied barracks here during the First World War. The name derived from large chicken barns on the site, part of a farm operated by W. L. Parrish, and the battalion used a rooster as a symbol on its military badge. It went overseas in September 1916.
Red Feather Farm Site (September 2015)
Source: Jean McManus
Red Feather Farm Monument (September 2015)
Source: Jean McManusSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.13258, W96.88173
denoted by symbol on the map above
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jean McManus.
Page revised: 22 September 2019
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