Navy League Of Canada
The Navy League of Canada, (or known in French as - La Ligue navale du Canada) is a Non-For-Profit organization founded in 1895 and incorporated in 1918. Originally formed to promote maritime issues to Canadians, the Navy League is the non-governmental partner of the Department of National Defence in delivery of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets program. The Navy League is the sole sponsor of the Navy League Cadet programme for boys and girls between the ages of nine to twelve.
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“There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Job 5:19-23.
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