Militia Camp, Vernon, 1935 Located on the southern outskirts of the City of Vernon, Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre is perhaps one of the most picturesque Summer Training Centres in all of Canada along with Quadra on BC's west coast and the former camp in Banff, Alberta. The training centre sits atop Mission Hill surrounded by hills and forested mountains. Vernon has a long military history. Located on the southern edge of the City of Vernon on Mission Hill, troops first trained on the hill in 1912. The 30th BC Horse was formed that year and a permanent annual district summer training camp for cavalry and infantry militia units was established in Vernon on the hill. In May of 1915 Camp Vernon became a central mobilization camp and training centre. By 1916 there were more than 7000 men training at the camp while the city of Vernon had a population of barely 3000. Between the wars, the hill was home most summers to a concentration of BC militia regiments in the summer for several weeks.