This section brings together the approximately 700 objects and photographs used in Canada's Naval History. Use this section to directly access objects and photographs grouped by type, as shown below, or use the search function above to search through them by title.

Boxing Instruction

Personnel in a vastly expanded navy participated in recreational activities on shore, including sports like boxing.

Naval authorities encouraged organized sports, seeking to promote fitness and keep sailors out of trouble. Gerald Trottier, a sailor and aspiring artist from Ottawa, was posted to the east coast during the Second World War. He painted a number of watercolours of his wartime experiences in the Royal Canadian Navy, including this boxing scene.

Boxing Instruction
Painted by Gerald Trottier in 1943
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