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The Museum of Naval HistoryLocation: Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada The Museum of Naval History is located in Port Burwell, Ontario (on Lake Erie) and is operated by the Elgin Military Museum (located in nearby St. Thomas, Ontario). The first and largest artifact of the Museum of Naval History is the HMCS Ojibwa submarine. While the museum site and building are currently in the development stage (as of 2015), the decommissioned submarine itself is open for guided tours, outside and inside the submarine. The HMCS Ojibwa is the only submarine in Ontario that is open to public tours. HMCS Ojibwa is a Cold War era Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces Maritime Command. Points Of Interest
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InformationThe Museum of Naval HistoryThe museum was officially opened on June 6, 2013. Many submariners attended the opening including a member of the first crew of the HMCS Ojibwa. See: Port Burwell officially opens HMCS Ojibwa as naval museum (arhive.org). The ground breaking ceremony for the museum was on May 22, 2012; see: Ground broken Tuesday in Port Burwell for new home of HMCS Ojibwa (arhive.org).
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