Col J. R. Barber Armoury
drill hall / armoury in Georgetown, Ontario
The Georgetown Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury in Georgetown, Ontario. In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades.
Houses
The armoury is the base of Halton Company – The Lorne Scots, a light infantry regiment that is part of 32 Canadian Brigade Group. The armoury also houses the regiment's Transport Unit, the Lorne Scots Pipes and Drums and two cadet units.
The armoury was built to replace the old Georgetown Armouries (c. 1866) at 1 Park Avenue at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Park. The new building is located at 91 Todd Road, Georgetown, Ontario, and opened in 1997.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Col J. R. Barber Armoury” is drill hall / armoury in Georgetown, Ontario. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Barber, Armoury and drill, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5141821. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1866 and 1997.
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