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Sheldon Point Dummy Battery

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When is a battery not a battery? When it's a dummy!

Photo taken on November 25, 1942. Click here to view an enlarged image.

Sheldon Point, located between Saints Rest Beach and Dufferin Battery, was the site of a dummy gun battery. A dummy gun position had 2 purposes: to discourage attack by making defenses appear more formidable; and to draw enemy fire in the event of an attack. The dummy gun was usually a simple tar paper construction.

Photo taken in 1942. Click here to view an enlarged image.

Needless to say, Sheldon Point was not the site of active military conflict!



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