About Us
The Elgin Military Museum
The Elgin Military Museum in St. Thomas, Ontario, was founded by
a group of local veterans in 1978 and opened to the public in
September of 1982. The museum was created to collect, record,
preserve, exhibit and interpret military history, with an emphasis
on Elgin County and its residents, and the role they have played in
Canadian military history. The museum has enjoyed steady growth
throughout its history. The museum maintains memberships in the
Canadian and Ontario Museum Associations, the Historic Naval Ships
Association and local curatorial associations.
Project Ojibwa is the newest and largest endeavour of the
museum. The project will see the former HMCS Ojibwa
mounted on cradles as a museum artifact beside a "sub" station
interpretation centre, The Elgin Military Museum of Naval
History, to be located in Port Burwell, Ontario on the
north shore of Lake Erie approximately 28 miles south east of the
Elgin Military Museum. Click
here to download more informaiton on the Museum and Project
Ojibwa.
It is more than a measured can do attitude that drives this
endeavour; it is the conviction that saving an important piece of
Canadian heritage from the wrecker's ball is worthwhile and if
doing so helps to regenerate the north shore of Lake Erie so much
the better. Because we firmly believe that is what it will
accomplish with an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 visitors annually.
We look to Project Ojibwa being a tremendous success which will
enable us to distribute a portion of the surplus accrued to
charitable organizations benefiting veterans and their families as
well as local museums and cultural organizations. (As a registered
charity, The Elgin Military Museum is a not-for-profit entity) We
can't do this on our own. You can help.