The 2002 Canadian Battlefields Foundation 
Study Tour

Click here for a series of photographs of the 2002 Normandy Study Tour

Wednesday, 29 May
Depart from Toronto

Thursday, 30 May
Arrive in Arras. Tour Peronne and Vimy Ridge

Friday, 31 May
Tour Beaumont Hamel, Ulster Tower, Thiepeval and Courcelette

Saturday, 1 June
Arrive in Dieppe. Tour Puys (Blue Beach)

Sunday, 2 June
Tour Dieppe Beach and Pourville.  Arrive in Caen

Monday, 3 June
Tour Juno beaches (Couseulles-sur-Mer, Bernieres-sur-Mer, St Aunin-sur-Mer), and Sword Beach

Tuesday, 4 June
Tour Authie, Buron, Abbaye d’Ardenne, Carpiquet.

Wednesday, 5 June
Tour Bayeux, airborne bridgehead and Pegasus Bridge

Thursday, 6 June
D-Day ceremonies on the Canadian beaches, visit Beny-sur-Mer cemetery.

Friday, 7 June
Tour Le Memorial museum in Caen.  CBF ceremonies in Caen, the Memorial Garden and the Abbaye d’Ardenne

Saturday, 8 June
Tour Point 67, Operation Totalize. Visit Cintheaux cemetery and tour Hill 195.

Sunday, 9 June
Tour Operation Tractable.  Tour closing of the Falaise Gap.  Visit Polish cemetery at Langannerie.

Monday, 10 June
Arrive in Boulogne –sur-Mer.  Tour Cap Gris Nez, Batterie Todt and Mont Lambert.  Visit Calais cemetery.

Tuesday, 11 June
Arrive in Bruges

Wednesday, 12 June
Tour Leopold canal battles, Canada Museum, Ypres.  Visit Adegem cemetery.

Thursday, 13 June
Tour Operation Switchback

Friday, 14 June
Arrive in Paris

Saturday, 15 June
Depart for Canada

Click here for a series of photographs of the 2002 Normandy Study Tour