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RCAF Memorial Park opened in 1968, and pays tribute to Renfrew airmen who were killed in the Second World War. Its memorial stands in the middle of the park near the river and consists of a flagpole and a concrete cairn resting on a cement support. Nearby is a tree commemorating the 60th anniversary of Renfrew's Royal Air Force Association.

Janusz Zurakowski was one of the world's most famous pilots. He was a Polish Canadian who has been at the forefront of cutting edge aviation technology. Raised in Poland, he joined the Polish Air Force in 1934 and during the Second World War escaped to England in 1940. After a brilliant wartime career he test flew aircraft in England and Canada, to where he immigrated in 1952. The most notable aircraft he tested was the Canadian supersonic interceptor known as the CF-105 Avro Arrow.

The memorial features a statue of Janusz, a replica CF-105 Avro Arrow, a Spitfire weathervane, and several storyboards which explain Janusz's story and that of the Arrow. The park opened on July 26, 2003, shortly before he passed away in 2004.

In the summer of 2011, a 1/5 scaled down version of the Spitfire was added to the park. It is the same plane that Janusz flew during the Battle of Britain. The plane was built by Morris Towns from Madawaska and took more than 1,500 hours of labour to complete. When erected on its pole at the park, it moves on ball bearings like a wind sock. Because the plane was not constructed to withstand northern Canadian winters, it is stored for the cold months.

The Denbigh Cenotaph was dedicated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 328 of Northbrook to honour the local citizens who served and died in the name of our country.

The Wegner Point Fallen Paratroopers Memorial commemorates seven soldiers (4 Signal Corps and 3 Royal Canadian Regiment) who drowned in the Ottawa River on 8 May 1968. Every year on 8 May a memorial service is held at Wegner Point by the members of 2 CMBG Headquarters and Signal Squadron, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Airborne Regiment Association of Canada. 

On 8 May 1968 at around 8:30 pm, the worst peacetime Canadian military training accident occurred at Camp Petawawa, 100 miles north-west of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. It was a cold and windy day that 26 paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment from Wollseley Barracks in London, Ontario, and 2 Signals Squadron, were participating in a training jump over Camp Petawawa.

Taking off in three Buffalo transport aircraft from the Bonnechere Airfield, an Air Defence Command auxiliary field, the paratroopers were expected to land in the designated landing zone on the Mattawa Plains within Camp Petawawa. The weather was good and a test dummy dropped earlier indicated no issues for the jumpers. In a tragic fluke, an unexpected wind shear at around 600 feet carried 22 of the paratroopers into the nearby Ottawa River, 1000 feet off shore near Wegner Point.

Weighted down by their heavy equipment and tangled in their parachutes, the soldiers struggled to make it out of the water. Rescue efforts saved all but seven of the soldiers. Some of the bodies weren’t recovered until days later, still entangled in their parachute harnesses.

A memorial cairn was erected at Wegner Point the following July, with the name of paratroopers lost etched on the monument. A wreath-laying ceremony is held each May at the memorial cairn, led by the Canadian Airborne Regiment Association. Serving members of the 1st and 3rd Battalions, Royal Canadian Regiment, and 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2CMBG) Headquarters and Signals Squadron, gather alongside retired members and survivors of that horrible day to remember their comrades who never came home.

The seven paratroopers who died on 8 May 1968:

• Master Warrant Officer Reginald Riddell (1RCR London)
• Warrant Officer Michael McDonnell (1RCR London)
• Cpl. Bruce Chiswell (1RCR London)
• Cpl. Hugh Fields (2 Sigs Sqn)
• Cpl. Bob Knight (2 Sigs Sqn)
• Cpl. Dennis Clements (2 Sigs Sqn)
• Cpl. Jim Misener (2 Sigs Sqn)

During the 50th Fallen Paratrooper Memorial Service on May 13, 2018 a large boulder inscribed with the names of the fallen, installed next to the cairn, was unveiled. It features the crests of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Signals Squadron and Paratroopers.

Dundonald Hall is named in honour of Lieutenant-General Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12^th Earl of Dundonald, KCB, KCVO, the last British officer to command the Canadian militia. The building was originally built in the 1950s but extensively renovated in 2000.

Lieutenant-General Cochrane was born in 1852 and commissioned in the Life Guards in 1870. He served in the Nile Expedition, the Desert March and the Relief of Khartoum in 1885. In 1895, he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2^nd Battalion, Life Guards. He served in the Second Boer War where in 1899 he was appointed Commander of the Mounted Brigade, part of the South Natal Field Force. He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900. He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1902. He served in the First World War in the British Admiralty Office. Lieutenant-General Cochrane, 12^th Earl of Dundonald, died in 1935 at the age of 82.

This monument is dedicated to the Gunners of Canada

Opened in 2006, the Petawawa Veterans Bridge is dedicated to the local McConnell brothers who served in the Second World War.

This memorial was unveiled in memory of the members of 2 Combat Engineer Regiment (2 CER) who died while training or serving in Afghanistan. 

Mariebeth Short was born in January 1980 in Comox, BC. She joined the military in January 2000 and after completion of her Field Engineer Qualification Level 3 course, she was posted to 2 CER in April 2001. Sapper Short was killed on 23 September 2002 as a result of an armoured vehicle accident while undergoing driver training. 

Shane Hank Stachnik was born in Edmonton in 1975. He joined 8 Field Engineer Regiment in 1994 and transferred to the Regular Force a year later. After completing his sapper training, he was posted to 2 CER where he rose through the ranks and twice deployed to Bosnia, to Afghanistan in 2003 and to Sri Lanka in 2005, followed by a second tour to Afghanistan in 2006. Sergeant Strachnik was killed on 3 September 2006 in Kandahar City, when ambushed while leading his section during OP MEDUSA. He is buried at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa. 

Gregory John Kruse was born in December 1968 in Campbellton, NB. He joined the military in 1989 and after completing his sapper training, was posted to 4 Engineer Support Regiment Gagetown. While at 4 ESR, he deployed to Croatia, Bosnia and Eritrea. He was posted to 2 CER in 2007 and deployed to Afghanistan in August 2008. Sergeant Kruse was killed on 27 December 2008 when an explosive device detonated while he was conducting security operations in the Panjwayi District. He is buried at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa. 

Sean David Greenfield was born in March 1983 in Pinawa, MB. He joined the military in 2005 and following the completion of his sapper training, was posted to 2 CER in February 2007. He deployed for his first operational tour to Afghanistan in September 2008. Sapper Greenfield was killed on 31 January 2009 as he participated in a major operation to locate and dismantle Taliban bomb-making installations in the Zhari District. He is buried at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa. 

James Patrick MacNeil was born in July 1981 in Glace Bay. NS. He joined the military in 2000 and after completing his sapper training, was posted to 2 CER where he rose through the ranks. While at 2 CER, he twice deployed to Bosnia and Afghanistan. Sergeant MacNeil was deployed on his second tour in Afghanistan when on 21 June 2010 he was killed by an improvised explosive device, while on a foot patrol near the village of Nakhonay.

This plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Military Engineers (CME) and a century of service to Canada.

This monument, based on a bay of floating Bailey Bridge, is dedicated to all Sappers who served Canada.