Chinguacousy Park Memorial

Brampton, Ontario

Type

Monuments

In the south west corner of Chinguacousy Park there is a memorial dedicated to the fallen of two world conflicts and numerous United Nations’ missions. Two years after the City of Brampton was incorporated, the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 609 Bramalea, erected a memorial dedicated to the fallen from the Township of Chinguacousy, Town of Brampton and Toronto Gore. There was a dedication on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion in 1976.

The memorial exists of a four sided column made of flagstone with a wall that connects it to a planting bed. The square in front of the memorial was a large concrete pad. In 2017-2018, it was replaced and new design elements added to make the memorial accessible. The concrete for the plaza was enlarged to accommodate larger Remembrance Day Services and also add some furniture. The concrete pad consists of three colour schemes depicting the different Cadet Corps that exist in Brampton - a sandy colour for the Army Cadets, a blue-grey for the Sea Cadets and a black strip to the front of the column that intersects the square for the Air Cadets. There are four large placards in the back that have the emblems of three types of cadet corps and the Royal Canadian Legion, honouring the relationship between the Legion and the Cadet Corps.

Inscription

[plaque]

IN MEMORIAM

This Memorial Plaque
was unveiled by the members of
Bramalea Branch 699
of the
Royal Canadian Legion
in honour of the fallen comrades
who gave their lives
to preserve our freedom.

World War I 1914 - 1918
World War II 1939 - 1945
Korean War 1950 - 1953
and in the service of
The United Nations Forces

Dedicated on the occasion
of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
Royal Canadian Legion

1926 - 1976

"LEST WE FORGET"

[plaque]

HISTORY

CHIGNGUACOUSY -
TOWNSHIP FO CHINGUACOUSY, INCORPORATED IN 1821,
WAS NAMED AFTER A YOUNG CHIPPEWA INDIAN CHIEF,
CHIEF CHINGUACOUSY, WHO WAS THE NATIVE NORTH
AMERICAN SON OF A SCOTTISH OFFICERS, AND THE LEADER
OF THE FORCES THAT CAPTURED MICHILIMACINAC
FROM THE AMERICANS DURING THE WAR OF 1812.

BRAMPTON -
THE TOWN OF BRAMPTON, INCORPORATED IN 1873, WAS
ORIGINALLY CALLED BUFFY'S CORNERS BUT LATER WAS
CHANGED TO BRAMPTON AFTER THE TOWN OF BRAMPTON IN
CUMBERLAND, NORTHERN ENGLAND, THE ORGINIAL HOME OF
JOHN ELLIOTT AND WILLIAM LAWSON WHO IMMIGRATED TO
THIS AREA.

TORONOTO -
THE STORY IS TOLD THAT WHEN THEY WERE SURVEYING THIS
PART OF ONTARIO, SURVEYORS WERE WORKING FROM THE
EAST AND FROM THE WEST AND THEY MET AT THE CORE SO
THEY CALLED THAT AREA OF ONTARIO, TORONTO CORE.
TORONTO CORE WAS INCORPORATED IN 1850.