| Unit Name: | Navy League Wrennette Corps |
| Dates: | 1950–1997 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Type: | Youth Organization |
| Garrison: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Garrison Label: | Headquarters |
| Command Structure: | Navy League of Canada |
The Navy League Wrennette Corps was formed by the Navy League of Canada in 1950 as a cadet organisation for girls to complement the Navy League Cadet Corps of Canada.
It had similar objectives to the boys' organisation, and taught girls seamanship. As can be seen from the quotation below, boys and girls are now treated equally. The old Wrennettes organisation is now a part of the Navy League Cadet Corps:
The term "Cadet" is used to refer to both male and female cadets. The term Wrennette is no longer used for female cadets except in a historical sense. The term Cadet is not meant to be gender specific. [1]
1943 - The first (unsanctioned) Wrenette Corps are formed at the Royal Canadian Cadet Sea HMCS Rainbow Corp in Victoria, British Columbia. [2] [3]
1950 - Official Formation of the Wrenettes
1963 - Renamed as the "Jennie Bell Wrenette Corp"http://www.obituariestoday.com/Obituaries/ObitShow.cfm?Obituary_ID=41149
1975 - Girls were permitted to become sea cadets (as well as army and air cadets)
September 1997 - Last Navy League Wrenette Corps, NLWC CENTENNIAL, is merged into Navy League Cadet Corps JRK MILLEN. - Winnipeg, MB
By 1996, NLWC CENTENNIAL in Winnipeg, MB was the very last NLWC left in Canada. The decision was made to amalgamate NLWC CENTENNIAL with NLCC JRK MILLEN, who was at the time, all male. In June 1997 the last annual inspection was held, with Lt(NL) Sandi Van De Vorst as the CO, Lt(NL) Lori Armitage as the XO, and CPO1 Sapphire Kozak as the Coxswain. 30 August 97, the last summer parade was held in Morden, MB and effective 1 September 97 all NLWC CENTENNIAL, became a member of NLCC JRK MILLEN.
At the Royal Military College of Canada, outside Currie Hall in Kingston, Ontario stained glass windows relate to the history of the Navy League Wrennett Corp.