Eaton Internment Camp Exhibition
The site of the Saskatchewan Railway Museum, known as Hawker, was formerly known as Eaton and was the location of an Internment Camp in 1919 where sixty-five persons of Ukrainian and German origin were detained as ‘enemy aliens’ and later deported.
In 2004, a monument was built and erected to commemorate the site.
In 2018, an interpretative plaque in four languages was erected, along with a reflective bench beside the monument.
Opened in June 2022, the Eaton Internment Camp Exhibition, which is located at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum’s Kopko Centre, serves as an educational gateway to a dark period in Canadian history.
The Eaton Internment Camp Exhibition consists of interpretive panels, artefacts, original paintings, an interactive video terminal and more.
The exhibit was developed by project partners the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan, the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage (PCUH), the Saskatchewan German Council (SGC), and the Saskatchewan Railway Museum (SRM).
