This Brook is named after Sgt. Ken Power a Veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force born in New Waterford, N.S., who passed away in 2014 at 59 years of age.
“He served 25 years as an operational search and rescue technician on bases from Gander, N.L., to Cosmox, B.C., logging more than 8,200 flying hours during his career.” – Province of NS news release
Sgt. Ken Power was awarded the Star of Courage in 1998 for a rescue on Sept. 24th 1996. Power and Master Cpl. Gregory Allen Smit rescued four sailors from a boat that was almost capsized off Sable Island in dangerous waters.
In 2001 he was honoured with the Medal of Bravery when he and Master Cpl. Sylvain Joseph Roger Trudel jumped from an aircraft at night to rescue two men whose plane had crashed north of Havre St-Pierre, Que. They elected to perform a risky parachute decent for fears the rescue helicopter would take too long to arrive. When they landed they aided survivors until the rescue helicopter arrived.
The idea for the Brook renaming came from Sgt. Power’s brother.
