CFB Griesbach

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CFB Griesbach (Griesbach Barracks) is a former army base in the north end of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The site is named after Major-General William Antrobus Griesbach (1878-1945), a veteran of the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. Griesbach was also an Edmonton alderman and mayor, and served as a Canadian House of Commons and Senator.

Griesbach Barracks is home to Canada’s Land Force Western Area Headquarters.[1] The site, however is no longer administered by the Department of National Defence, but has been transferred to the Canada Lands Company.

Much of the former Griesbach Barracks site is undergoing major redevelopment. Part of the land was purchased from Canada Lands in 2003 by the Capital Care Group, and is now used as a long-term care centre - the Kipnes Centre for Veterans, which was opened in November 2005.

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  1. ^ http://www.army.dnd.ca/1asg_hq/units/edmonton.htm


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