| dc.description.abstract | The intent of this work is to determine to what extent the Lake Superior
Regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia1 fulfilled both its military and civic
role in the Lakehead cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario during the
twenty-year period from 1920 to 1940. It is not intended that this work provide an
analysis of the social makeup o f the militia or of Canadian defence policy during the
interwar period, nor is it intended to provide a profile o f the Canadian Army or the
Non Permanent Active Militia as a whole. It is important, however, to examine the
evolution of the Canadian military in general and the militia in particular in order to
understand the environment in which the Lake Superior Regiment operated during the
period in question. | |
