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Battlefield trench near Verdun
NEIL SETCHFIELD
Vimy Ridge Canadian National Historic Site
Of the 66,655 Canadians who died in WWI, 3598 lost their lives in April 1917 taking
14km-long
Vimy Ridge
(Crête de Vimy). Its highest point - site of a heavily fortified
German position - was later chosen as the site of Canada's
WWI memorial
, de-
signed by Walter Seymour Allward and built from 1925 to 1936.
The rust-coloured
Welcome Centre
( 03 21 50 68 68;
www.vac-acc.gc.ca
;
9am or 10am-5pm or 6pm)
and its modest exhibits are staffed by bilingual Canadian
students. Nearby, visitors can see
mine craters
, visit infantry supply
tunnels
(
03 22 76 70 86;
tours depart hourly 9am or 10am-5pm or 6pm, closed mid-
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