On July 10, 1972, fourteen inmates escaped a recreation yard by clipping the chain link fence. A subsequent manhunt was undertaken by police and Canadian Forces personnel. Three hundred police officers and soldiers from CFB Trenton created a cordon that eventually yielded the capture of most of the escapees. The event was immortalized in song by the Kingston Ontario rock band The Tragically Hip in "38 Years Old" from the "Up to Here" album. The lyrics in fact have the date and number of escapees wrong ("twelve men broke loose in '73); this was done for rhyming purposes to match the next line (..."from Millhaven maximum security).