The "Prairie Sailor" statue is dedcated to the exception number of prairie men who fought in the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII and all from the prairies who have served Canada at Sea. With over 300 officers and 8,000 other ranks having been recruited and initially trained onboard HMCS CHIPPAWA (making it the third largest naval wartime recuitment center only exceeded by those on either coast) it was deemed appropriate to erect a statue on the site of the present day CHIPPAWA.
The statue was created by Helen Granger Young, a noted Manitoba sculptress who is the widow of a wartime "prairie sailor."
The statue depicts a sailor in WWII uniform sitting on a bollard with his kit bag at his side.
The statue was a project of the Naval Museum of Manitoba and was funded by The Friends of the Naval Museum Inc.
The statue was dedicated on Battle of the Atlantic Sunday, May 4, 2014.
