The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial is a tribute to the ships and men of the Royal Canadian Navy, lost in the longest running battle of the Second World War. It is a stunning and moving memorial, created with extreme gratitude for those who made the supreme sacrifice and whose final resting places cannot be marked by graves. The memorial is built into the hillside at HMCS Prevost. A series of 28 blue granite stones traverse the hillside. Each stone is engraved with the name, the image, the hull number and the date the ship was lost during the Battle of the Atlantic. There is also a stone honouring the sacrifice and service of the Merchant Navy. The memorial rests in central Canada as the sailors represented here, who were lost with their ships, came from small towns and large cities, from every province across this great country.
The memorial is illuminated at night, and is accessible. Open from Battle of the Atlantic Sunday (first Sunday in May) until Remembrance Day each year.
