This old gun in Grand Bend was one of over 3,000 German weapons captured during the First World War and brought to Canada as war memorials. Most have rusted away and have been removed but this one, which arrived in Grand Bend in November 1920, has been well looked after. Source: "By Little Towns" by Robert Shipley.
Grand Bend, Ontario
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CENTENNIAL OF CONFEDERATION
GRAND BEND
CENTENNIAL PARK
ERECTED BY THE
VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND
IN PERMANENT COMMEMORATION OF
THE CENTENNIAL
OF CONFEDERATION IN CANADA
IN 1967.
CONSTRUCTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF
THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.
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Grand Bend Memorial Cannon
Main Street East & Ontario Street South
Grand Bend
Ontario
Grand Bend Memorial Cannon
Main Street East & Ontario Street South
Grand Bend
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.3121961
Long. -81.7567471
Lat. 43.3121961
Long. -81.7567471
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