Most of the soldiers in the Canadian Forestry Corps had worked as lumberjacks before the war. Members of the Corps, serving in 101 companies, included a large number of French-Canadian, Black and Indigenous soldiers.

Felling a Tree in the Vosges
Alfred Munnings, 1918
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
Canadian War Museum 19710261-0464

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