The Gumboot Navy: Securing or Sundering British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorKier, Gregory David
dc.contributor.supervisorZimmerman, David
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-26T22:34:35Z
dc.date.available2014-08-26T22:34:35Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-26
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 1938 the Canadian government approved a plan to train fishermen as naval reservists in British Columbia. The fishermen were recruited as whole crews and trained to shoot accurately, form fours, navigate, signal properly and drop depth charges – all aboard their own converted fishing vessels. On paper, and to the general public, the specialized reserve known as the Fishermen’s Reserve or “Gumboot Navy”, was a patriotic group of fishermen doing their bit and better preparing for emergencies. However, in reality, the Canadian government instituted the Fishermen’s Reserve in 1938 for a very specific reason – to round up and remove Japanese Canadians and their boats from the coast prior to the outbreak of war between Canada and Japan. This thesis explores various aspects of the Fishermen’s Reserve from 1938 to 1941 in order to better understand the Canadian Government’s wartime policies. As there are almost no secondary sources on the subject, this paper uses extensive primary sources to uncover and analyze the Royal Canadian Navy’s recruitment policy, unconventional regulations and racist underpinnings in instituting the Fishermen’s Reserve.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0334en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0750en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0740en_US
dc.description.proquestemailgregory.kier@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5606
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectJapanese Canadiansen_US
dc.subjectWest Coast Defenceen_US
dc.subjectWWIIen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Naval Reservesen_US
dc.subjectRCNen_US
dc.subjectThe Fishermen's Reserveen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nations Historyen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.titleThe Gumboot Navy: Securing or Sundering British Columbiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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