Stop list
Stop 1A: Ship - Liverpool to Halifax; August 6, 1940
Stop 1B: Ship - Liverpool to Halifax; August 9, 1940
Stop 2: Halifax Harbour; August 16, 1940
Stop 3: Halifax; August 18, 1940
Stop 4: Train - Halifax to Montreal; August 19, 1940
Stop 5A: Montreal; August 20, 1940
Stop 5B: Montreal; August 21, 1940
Stop 6: Montreal to Toronto; August 22, 1940
Stop 7: Toronto; August 23, 1940
Stop 8A: Toronto to Winnipeg; August 24, 1940
Stop 8B: Toronto to Winnipeg; August 26, 1940
Stop 9: Winnipeg; August 26, 1940
Stop 10: Saskatoon to Edmonton; August 27, 1949
Stop 11: Edmonton to Jasper; August 28, 1940
Stop 12A: Jasper to Vancouver; August 29, 1940
Stop 12B: Vancouver; September 4, 1940
Step 6:
Montreal to Toronto
Part A:
August 22nd 1940
Themes
Nursing and war
Women in the Armed Forces
War work
Bombing
Hospital trains
Characters
Anne
Nurses in train car
Stop Description: Anne has decided to take a walk through the train and comes to a car filled with Canadian nurses in uniform; she has a discussion with them.
Nurse 1: Hello there, dear.
Anne: How do you do? May I ask why are you all wearing uniforms? You look like soldiers.
Nurse 1: [laughs]: We aren’t soldiers, but we are army nurses! We have to meet with other nurses for training, and then we will all go together across the Atlantic Ocean to help the hurt soldiers.
Anne: I just came from England. It is scary there now with all the bombs falling.
Nurse 1: We need to help the people who get hurt by those bombs. We will work in special hospitals taking care of soldiers who come back from battle with injuries.
Nurse 2: Some of us will stay here and help the soldiers who are hurt to get home safely on special hospital trains.
Anne: Wow! Those sound like very important jobs. Is it dangerous?
Nurse 1: Yes, sometimes we will be right in the thick of things, but it is our duty to help.
Anne: May I take your picture? I wish to show my mother how willing Canada is to help win the war!