Ottawa (Gloucester) Veterans Memorial Park

Ottawa (Gloucester), Ontario
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Situated on the former site of the Rideau Veterans Home, this memorial is dedicated to all Canadian Veterans. It consists of two stone pillars joined by a bilingual plaque explaining the history of the site. The pillars are made from quarried stone from the fireplaces of the Rideau Veterans Home. There are two more pillars to the sides with benches between them for quiet contemplation.

In the centre of the park stands a 300 year old burr oak tree with several more benches surrounding the pillars and oak tree. The benches were donated by seven local branches of the Royal Canadian Legion, Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans of Canada, Korea Veterans of Canada, Canada Lands Company, War Amputations of Canada, and the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Care Centre and Foundation. This memorial was unveiled circa 2003.

Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

[left side/côté]

Rideau Veterans Home
1946-1995

In 1966, the Rideau Veterans Home opened on this
site. The home was intended to be a short-term stay
facility where veterans would undergo rehabilitation
prior to reintegration into the community; however,
it evolved into a home where veterans lived for
many years.

W.H. George, an architect with the Department of
Pensions and National Health, designed the Rideau
Veterans home as a complex of 13 buildings
including residences, a treatment facility, a pool
and a chapel, all set within handsome grounds.
Its design and layout were based on the cottage
hospital model, striving to create a small-scale,
home-like facility to better serve the spiritual and
physical needs of the residents.

After the Rideau Veterans Home was closed in
1995, Canada Lands Company acquired the
property and donated a portion of the site for the
creation of this memorial park dedicated to all
Canadian veterans, especially those who occupied
the Rideau Veterans Home.

This specific site was chosen for the memorial park
because of the magnificent three hundred year old
burr oak that stands in its centre. Stones from the
Home's fireplaces were used to create the base that holds this panel. Please take a moment to pause and
remember the Canadian veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, who lived
here, in the shadow of this giant oak tree.

[right side/côté droite]

Foyer Rideau pour anciens combattants
1946-1995

Le Foyer Rideau pour anciens combattants a ouvert ses
portes sur les lieux en 1946. Au début, le Foyer était
destiné à la rédaptation à court terme des anciens
combattants avant leur retour à la communauté; it est
cependant devenu la résidence d'anciens combattants
pendant plusieurs années.

C'est l'architecte W.H. George, du ministère des Pensions
et de la Santé nationale, qui a conçu le Foyer Rideau pour
anciens combattant, un complexe de 13 immeubles
incluant des résidences, un centre de traitement, une
piscine et une chapelle entourés d'un parc agréable. La
conception et l'agencement des immeubles de taille
réduite et de type résidentiel du complexe équaient le
le pavillon hospitalier, pour mieux répondre aux besoins
spirituels et physiques des résidents.

Aprés la fermeture du Foyer Rideau en 1995, la Société
immoblière du Canada a acquis la propriété et a fait don
d'une partie des terrains afin de créer un parc
commémoratif à la mémoire de tous les anciens
combattants canadiens, et plus particulièrement des
anciens résidents du Foyer.

On a choisi cet emplacement à cause du magnifique
chêne à gros fruits de trois cents ans qui domine les lieux.
Des pierres des cheminées de l'ancien Foyer Rideau
forment la base de ce panneau. Veuillez prendre un
moment pour penser aux Canadiens et Canadiennes qui
ont combattu durant les Première et Deuxième guerres
mondiales ainsi que durant la querre de Corée, et qui ont
ensuite habité ici, à l'embre de ce chêne géant.

Location
Ottawa (Gloucester) Veterans Memorial Park

44 Remembrance Crescent
Ottawa (Gloucester)
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.3997093
Long. -75.6554095

front view

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plaque

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inscription

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surroundings

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