CCC Camp Recovery-Canova Virginia

CCC Camp Recovery-Canova Virginia

Known as P-71 (P for Private Forest), this was the first CCC camp in Prince William County. It consisted of a lookout tower used to detect forest fires. Built in 1933, Camp Recovery cost $30,000 to build and gave $10,000 a month to the local businesses. By January of 1934, the men stationed at Camp Recovery achieved almost all of their goals in regard to fire control in the Prince William County area.

No original structure remains, however the grounds now house the Coles District Fire Station (pictured). A former fire station to the right is currently being torn down, and the memorial plaque has been moved to a county building.

Kelly Stanger

https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/ccc-camp-recovery-canova-va/

October 1933

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English

October 14, 2019

-2 photographs
-1 video
-1 text document

This site can tell historical stories of what happened there, about the people who were put back to work in forestry, and about the dissolution of the camp and its recreation into a modern fire station. This site (its history) is a direct link to the programs that were set in place by FDR to assist in the unemployment crisis and rebuild the economy during the Depression, and makes the topics we learn about in class more relatable because it took place close to our backyards. I chose to document my visit through photos and video so that I could show what stands now, and how the area looks today (less forest, more roads). I think what we have now gives us an immediate connection to what we are learning, and technology has become more widely accessible to the public whereas in the 1930s, it was not all handheld, colored, and ready for immediate consumption. Of course photographs and videos were used in the 1930s to capture moments and ideas, today it is just a clearer, more realistic picture.