Camp Ipperwash

Camp Ipperwash is a former military training base and cadet base.

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• September 2015: The federal government reached an agreement in 2015 to return the site to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. The land was originally taken for use during the war with a commitment that it would be returned after the conflict ended. The site must undergo environmental remediation to remove unexploded ordinances and other contaminants before the transfer is finalized.
• April 2016: The site was created on land taken from Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation under the War Measures Act in 1942. The land was used as a military facility until 1995. A negotiated settlement in 2016 established a process for the environmental remediation of the former base.
• June 2019: The land at Stony Point was expropriated in 1942 to create Camp Ipperwash for use during World War II. The military vacated the base in the early 1990s after protesters from the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation moved back onto the land. As of June 2019, the site is undergoing a cleanup process that is expected to take approximately 20 years to complete.
• September 2020: The former military camp requires an estimated 20 years of environmental remediation to remove contaminants and unexploded ordinances. The land is intended to eventually undergo the Additions to Reserves process for the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
• September 2020: The camp was established after the federal government relocated the Stoney Point Indian Band in 1942. An agreement to return the camp to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation was signed on June 18, 1998. As of 2010, it was estimated that the environmental cleanup of the site would take 20 years to complete.
• March 2021: The land was taken by the Canadian government during World War II to create an artillery training camp despite a vote against the surrender. As of 2021, the site is being cleared of unexploded munitions and contaminated soil, a process expected to continue until 2045. Approximately 50 people live year-round in former military buildings at the site, including the old barracks and officers' quarters.
• May 2021: The military facility was located in Lambton County near Kettle Point in the Municipality of Lambton Shores. Negotiations for the return of these lands were concluded between the federal government and the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation in April 2016.
• June 2021: The lands of this former military installation are being returned to the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
• July 2021: The land was the location where David Oliver was killed in the summer of 2020.
• September 2022: The camp was established in 1942 on land seized from the Stoney Point First Nation. The Department of National Defence used the site for training soldiers and maintained a rifle range there. In 1993, community Elders began a process of repossessing the land by moving onto the army base.
• July 2024: The site was established after the federal government used the War Measures Act to seize land for training. It was the location where Dudley George was shot. Families have lived in the former army barracks on the site since reclaiming the land in 1993.