Manitoba

Lane Watkins Lake is named in memory of Private Lane William Thomas Watkins. It was named on November 4, 2010 by the Government of Manitoba.

Lane Watkins was born in June 1987 in Winnipeg but raise and educated in Clearwater, Manitoba. Always expressing a keen interest in a career with the military, he joined the Canadian Forces in July 2005 immediately following his high school graduation, and began his basic training in August 2005. Upon completion of his basic training course, he was posted to 3^rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton. He deployed to Afghanistan with his unit in February 2007. Private Lane William Thomas Watkins was killed on July 4, 2007, in Kandahar Province, at the age of 20 years, while serving in Afghanistan.

Greenfield Lake is named in memory of Sapper Sean David Greenfield. It was named on November 4, 2010 by the Government of Manitoba.

Sean Greenfield was born in March 1983 in Pinawa, Manitoba but moved to Petawawa, Ontario as a youngster, where he attended high school. Later he studied graphic arts at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario before joining the Canadian Forces in December 2005, as a Combat Engineer. Following the completion of his sapper training at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in Gagetown, he was posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment in Petawawa and deployed to Afghanistan with 24 Field Engineer Squadron. Sapper Sean David Greenfield was killed on January 31, 2009 as he participated in a major operation to locate and dismantle Taliban bomb-making installations in the Zhari District, west of Kandahar City.

Corey Hayes Lake is named in memory of Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes. It was named on November 4, 2010 by the Government of Manitoba.

Corey Hayes was born in Ripples, New Brunswick in January 1987 but moved to Wawanesa, Manitoba during his high school years. Following high school, he joined the Canadian Forces in November 2006 and completed his crewman training at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown after which he was posted to the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Petawawa. Deploying to Afghanistan as a member of his unit’s Reconnaissance Squadron, Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes was killed on March 20, 2009 when his armoured vehicle struck and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Shah Wali Khot District, about 20 km northeast of Kandahar City.

Arnal Lake is named in memory of Corporal James Hayward Arnal. It was named on November 4, 2010 by the Government of Manitoba.

James Hayward Arnal was born in April 1983 in Kelvington, Saskatchewan and grew up in Winnipeg. Giving up a promising career in the information technology sector, he enlisted in the Canadian Forces in April 2004. Already on his second tour in Afghanistan, Corporal Arnal was killed on July 18, 2008 when his patrol was hit by a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) while on a night-time foot patrol in Panjwaii District, southwest of Kandahar City. He was a member of the 2^nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, stationed at Canadian Forces Base Shilo in Manitoba.

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the men listed who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

Erected in 1993 by the Cross Lake community.

A cross sits atop a polished black granite tablet honouring Sagkeeng First Nation who served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

This hill was named in 1995 in honour of Lieutenant Lloyd H. Adams. He died 6 June 1944.

This lake was named in 1994 in honour of Private John H. Adams. He died a prisoner of war 26 August 1942. His death and that of three other Grenadiers sparked a war crimes investigation after the war. It was determined that he had been executed after trying to escape. Nine of the ten Japanese military personnel involved were found guilty.

This island was named in 1995 in honour of Flight Sergeant Harry W. Adams. He died 28 September 1942.