Canada and the Atom Bomb

This exhibition shows how Canadian uranium and Canadian scientists contributed to the development of the atom bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. Through Canadian government intervention and nationalization during World War II, mining ventures and industrial processing at Port Radium in the Northwest Territories, in Port Hope, Ontario, and in Trail, B.C. were integrated into the American Manhattan Project that ushered in the nuclear weapons age threatening human civilization today.

The photographs and poster in this exhibition were obtained courtesy of the Northwest Territories Archives, Library and Archives Canada, the Hiroshima Peace Museum, Yoshito Matsushige, and Robert Del Tredici, a founder of the Atomic Photographers group. Other contributing photographers include Michael Chambers and Katy McCormick. The exhibition was organized for the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition by Anton Wagner.

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Caution: These images depict horrific injury resulting from weapons of mass destruction (WMD)