Ripples is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick near the village of Minto and Route 10 on the Little River.
History
Ripples housed a World War Two internment camp known as Internment Camp B70, from 1940 to 1945."Remnants of Second World War internment camp remain in rural N.B.", CTV News Atlantic, October 30, 2013, accessed Aug. 1, 2016. This camp held internees of many different nationalities. The most famous prisoner was Camillien Houde, mayor of Montreal at the time, who was interned for encouraging resistance to military conscription.Jones, Ted Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton Internment Camp (Volume 2, New Ireland Press 1988) The internment camp museum is located in Minto.
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick
References