Jury Lands

Camp 30 Cafeteria Building

In December 2021, ownership of the Camp 30 Cafeteria Building on the Jury Lands was transferred to the Municipality. The Municipality is working with the Jury Lands Foundation to plan for the future.

Camp 30 is the former Boys Training School and a former Second World War prisoner of war camp. It’s a nationally and locally designated heritage resource. In 2013, Camp 30 was designated as a National Historic Site. It initially opened in 1925 as a training school for delinquent boys. During the Second World War, it was used by the Allies as a PoW Camp for captured high-ranking German officers. It is the only known PoW Camp left in Canada, with original buildings dating back to that era.

Reports

• PDS-052-23 Jury Lands Site History
• PDS-044-21 Jury Lands Special Policy Area
• CSD-008-22 Community Services Initial Analysis
• Structural Report 2022
• Designated Hazardous Substances Inspection, Central Cafeteria Building, Camp 30 (Available upon request)

Special Policy Area

The area west of Lamb’s Road, north of Concession Street, to the rail line in Bowmanville is a Special Policy Area in Clarington’s Official Plan. The Municipality retained DTAH, an urban design firm, to assist with an overall vision for this block of land and address the campus of the former Boys Training School (Camp 30). The consulting firm worked with the Jury Lands Foundation, property owners and municipal staff to determine an overall concept. As a result, Council has adopted the urban design study as the guiding document for the adaptive reuse of the historic buildings. In addition, an Official Plan Amendment (121) has been adopted, which outlines development blocks and the development requirements for the remainder of the Special Policy Area.