[BCMA] Water Can - Tinned Water

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It may be part of a kit supplied through Civil Defence during Canada’s Cold War.  At the Kitimat Museum & Archives we have received drinking water and other materials (gas masks, stretcher, flip charts of what to do in case of a nuclear war or invasion.  I noticed that there is a Civil Defence Museum Association.  You can contact them through their website at http://civildefencemuseum.ca  They could perhaps identify it for you.

Hope this helps.

Louise


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Louise Avery, Curator
Kitimat Museum & Archives
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Hello fellow museums.

I am attaching two photos of an item that came in to the museum today that we can't seem to trace.  It was found in a bunker-like room in the basement of an RCMP outpost along the AlCan highway with a case of biscuits as well.  The biscuits are forthcoming to the museum, but the donor says they are still "edible" but then so is old shoe leather with enough poutine on it.

The only thing we can find to date this can is a date stamp on the top which reads "4" and "1 SEP 1967".  Norfolk Canneries Ltd appears to be a company from the UK.

There is no corrosion to the can which still feels like it has H2O as its contents.  Its seals are still very much intact.

Any ideas if this was a civilian or military C-Ration element? Or just a simple survival/camping item?  Seems awful late in the date to be a cold war bomb shelter item.

Any leads or suggestions would be welcome as it is cool none the less and we would love to display it if it does have some military connection. It was given to the woman who just gave it to us simply because it was a unique item and they didn't have any history other than where it was found.

See photos attached.

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