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An urgent need for lumber in the First World War led to the creation of a special auxiliary service: the Canadian Forestry Corps on February 25, 1916. Large amounts of lumber were required for the Allied efforts during the First World War. The Canadian Forestry Corps – humorously known as “The Sawdust Fusiliers” – was established in 1916 to help supply this vital resource. Interestingly, instead of shipping large quantities of Canadian wood overseas, our lumberjacks were instead sent across the