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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>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 <a href="http://civildefencemuseum.ca">http://civildefencemuseum.ca</a> They could perhaps identify it for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Louise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=76 height=65 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D18103.B03085B0" alt="KMA Logo no Name 2cm"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Louise Avery, Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kitimat Museum & Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>293 City Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kitimat, B.C. V8C 1T6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tel: 250-632-8951<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Fax: 250-632-7429<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Website: <a href="http://www.kitimatmuseum.ca"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.kitimatmuseum.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br><b>Sent:</b> March 17, 2016 12:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> bcma@lists.vifa.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Water Can - Tinned Water<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello fellow museums. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is no corrosion to the can which still feels like it has H2O as its contents. Its seals are still very much intact.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See photos attached.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><span class=xapple-style-span>at your service,</span><br><br><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Lewis Bartholomew</span></span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>Founder & Executive Director</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>The Alberni Project</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=xapple-style-span><a href="mailto:mrbarth@alberniproject.org">mrbarth@alberniproject.org</a></span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>250-334-6555 - cell</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>Hours Tue - Sat 10-4</span><br><br><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>MUSEUM ADDRESS:</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br><span class=xapple-style-span><b><i>HMCS ALBERNI MUSEUM and MEMORIAL</i></b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=xapple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>MUSÉE DU NCSM ALBERNI</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>34-190 Port Augusta Street</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br><span class=xapple-style-span>Comox BC V9M 3N1</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>250-339-4322</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>Hours Tue - Sat 10-4</span><br><br><span class=xapple-style-span>ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span><b><i>The Alberni Project Society</i></b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=xapple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>TAP Mobile Exhibit Bookings</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br></span></i></b><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>65 Salsbury Road</span></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br><span class=xapple-style-span>Courtenay, BC Canada V9N9L7</span><br><span class=xapple-style-span>250-338-2720</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=xapple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>HMCS Alberni Memorial</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br><span class=xapple-style-span><a href="http://www.alberniproject.org">www.alberniproject.org</a></span><br><span class=xapple-style-span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/thealberniproject">www.facebook.com/thealberniproject</a></span></span></b><span class=xapple-style-span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"'Trajan Pro'",serif;color:#0D426A'>"Peace cannot be kept by force. 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