Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-188
Type
Other
Address
Havelock Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4155225, -75.6782375
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte
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[front/devant]

rue Havelock St.

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Havelock Street is named in honour of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB. He was born in England in 1795 and was the second of four brothers, all of whom entered the army. At the age of 20, he obtained a post as a second-lieutenant in the 95th Regiment of Foot, Rifle Brigade. Seeing little prospect of advancement in England, in 1822 he transferred to 13th Regiment (Light Infantry) and embarked for India. He served with distinction in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 – 1826) and the First Afghan War in 1839, where he remained until 1842. He saw further service in India and the Sikh Wars but he returned to England in 1849, returning to India in 1852. By 1854 he had been promoted to colonel and given command of a division in 1857. He and his forces were heavily engaged in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. For his valiant efforts during the Indian Mutiny, he was rewarded with a promotion and a baronetcy, but died of dysentery at the end of 1857. 

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Ottawa
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
8994
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-187
Type
Other
Address
111 Wellington Street
Location
Parliament Hill, Centre Block, House of Commons foyer
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4233086, -75.6982376
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte
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[bottom/bas]

Lieut-Colonel George Harold Baker, M.P. 5th C.M.R. Killed in action June 2nd 1916 at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood. Erected by order of the Parliament of Canada

[left side/côté gauche]

[carving on wall/sculpture sur le mur]

And thus this man died leaving his death for an example of a noble courage and a memorial of virtue not only unto young men but unto all his nation. – 2 Maccabees VI 31.

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Ci’git l’homme qui donne sa vie, exemple d’un courage infini pour les jeunes gens ont suivi, pour tout son people, son pays. – 2 Maccabées VI 31.

À vous jeunes désabusés, à vous de porter l’oriflamme et de garder au fond de l’âme le gout de vivre en liberté. Acceptez de défi, si non, les coquelicots se faneront au champ d’honneur. – Jean Parizeau.

Lieutenant-colonel George Harold Baker, Député. 5e Bataillon canadien de Fusiliers à cheval. Mort au combat le 2 juin 1916 lors de la Bataille du Bois de Sanctuaire. Érigé par ordre du Parlement du Canada.

[right side/côté droit]

[carving on wall/sculpture sur le mur]

To you from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flanders Fields. – John McCrae

[brass plaque/plaque en laiton]

And thus this man died leaving his death for an example of a noble courage and a memorial of virtue not only unto young men but unto all his nation. – 2 Maccabees VI 31.

To you from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flanders Fields. – John McCrae

Lieut-Colonel George Harold Baker, M.P. 5th C.M.R. Killed in action June 2nd 1916 at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood. Erected by order of the Parliament of Canada

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Ontario
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This bronze statue is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant-Colonel George Harold Baker, MP, who was killed in action at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, June 2, 1916. The statue was produced by Robert Tait McKenzie in 1923 and unveiled in 1924. The sculpture is part of the House of Commons Heritage Collection, item O-865.

George Harold Baker was born in 1877 in Sweetsburg, QC (now a part of Cowansville). Upon graduation from McGill University with a law degree in 1900, he worked in Sweetsburg but returned to Montreal in 1907. In 1911, he was elected to Parliament as MP for Brome County in the Quebec Eastern Townships and remained an MP until his death in 1916. Interested in military matters, he joined the 6th Hussars (based in Montreal) in 1903 but transferred to the Scottish Light Dragoons, based in Waterloo QC when this unit was formed in 1904, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

At the outbreak of war, he was asked to raise the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. He deployed with his unit to England, arriving in July 1915 and a few months later in France. He was killed in action at the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, June 2, 1916, and is the only MP to ever die in combat.

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Memorial CF Legacy ID
8992
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-186
Type
Other
Address
111 Wellington Street
Location
Parliament Hill, Centre Block, off main hallway leading to Library of Parliament
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4233086, -75.6982376
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Richard Turcotte
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La France

Auguste Rodin
Sculptor – Sculpteur

Au Canada, qui a versé le sang de ses fils pour la liberté du monde. La France reconnaissante. 1914 – 1918.

To Canada whose sons shed their blood to safeguard world freedom. A grateful France. 1914 – 1918.

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First World War
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Ontario
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This memorial, a bust of “La France”, is dedicated to Canada and to Canadians who fought in the First World War. This sculpture was a gift from France, produced by Auguste Rodin in 1904 and was presented to Canada in 1921.

It is a part of the House of Commons Heritage Collection, item O-1008.

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Bronze sculpture on a granite base
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8990
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-185
Type
Other
Address
Montcalm Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4161085, -75.6787388
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte
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rue Montcalm St.

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street sign
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Ontario
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Montcalm Street was named in honour of Lieutenant-General Montcalm. Lieutenant-General Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was born in France in 1712 and began his active military career in 1732. He served during the War of the Polish Succession (1733 – 1738) and the War of the Austrian Succession (1740 – 1748) being wounded twice while campaigning in Italy.

In 1756 he was appointed Major-General and transferred to Quebec City as hostilities between the French and the English in North America increased. Upon his arrival, a difference developed between himself and his superior, the governor-general at the time, the Canadian-born Pierre de Rigaud de Vaundreuil – the latter favoured spoiling attacks with Canadian and native troops while Montcalm was convinced that the only way to fight the war was to use European methods. In 1758, Montcalm was promoted to Lieutenant-General and given command of all military forces in Canada with Vaudreuil instructed to defer to him all things.

In spring 1759, Major-General James Wolfe with a British fleet was able to sail up to Quebec City and put troops ashore on Île d’Orléans without hindrance. Many skirmishes and artillery bombardments followed over the summer but with winter approaching, Wolfe attempted one last attack on 13 September. The British were able to secure the cliffs leading to the Plains of Abraham and bring battle to the French resulting in the eventual French capitulation. Both Wolfe and Montcalm were mortally wounded during the battle.

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Richard Turcotte
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8989
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-184
Type
Other
Address
Strathcona Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4086206, -75.6877279
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte
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av. Strathcona Ave.

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Africa
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Ontario
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Strathcona Avenue is dedicated to Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL. He was a businessman and politician who, in 1898, raised, equipped, and maintained a unit of mounted rifles (Lord Strathcona Horse) for service in the South African War. 

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8987
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-183
Type
Other
Address
395 Wellington Street
Location
Behind Library and Archives Canada building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.420252, -75.708331
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte
Inscription

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Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) 1942 – 2012

Seventy years ago, over 6700 young women from all parts of Canada joined the Navy for the duration of the Second World War, putting family and careers on hold “so that men could go to sea.” When the war was over, these women from the WRCNS, or “Wrens” as they were called, returned to their hometowns, their lives forever altered.

Though no longer called Wrens, today women serve in the Royal Canadian Navy both regular and reserve, ashore and at sea.

These shrub roses – named “Navy Lady” in honour of the Wrens – were developed for the celebration of the Naval Centennial in 2010.

Le Service féminin de la Marine royale canadienne 1942 – 2012

Il y a 70 ans, plus de 6700 jeunes femmes de tous les coins du Canada sont entrées au service de la Marine le temps qu’a duré la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, reléguant famille et carrière au second plan « pour que les hommes puissent aller en mer ». Quand la guerre a pris fin, ces WREN du Service féminine de la Marine royal canadienne – le Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service ou WRCNS en anglais, d’où le nom WREN- sont retournées chez elles, leur vie ayant changé à tout jamais.

Aujourd’hui, on ne les appelle plus les WREN, mais des femmes continuent de servir dans la Marine royale canadienne, tant dans la Force régulière que dans la Réserve, à terre comme en mer.

Ces rosiers sauvages- nommés « Navy Lady » en l’honneur des WREN – ont été créés pour la célébration du Centenaire de la Marine en 2010.

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Wrens arrive in the United Kingdom, October 15, 1944 (Royal Canadian Navy photo HN-1666).

Les WREN arrivent au Royaume- Uni, le 15 Octobre 1944 (Photo: Marine royale canadienne HN-1666).

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Second World War
Province
Ontario
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This laminated plaque on a post is surrounded by the “Navy Lady” shrub rose garden. It was unveiled in May 2012 by the National Capital Commission in honour of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) 1942 – 2012.

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Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-182
Type
Monuments
Address
Ottawa River Pathway off of Commissioner Street
Location
Richmond Landing
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4213937, -75.7099112
Submitted By
Richard Turcotte. National Defence.
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[Naval Signature/signature navale]

  • ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
    MONUMENT
  • “… mark my words, whoever may take over
    the reins of power will have to have a
    navy, as every nation with a seashore must have
    and has had in the past.”
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier, November 10, 1910.
  • This monument was created as an enduring legacy
    to the Royal Canadian Navy, in honour of its centennial
    celebrated in 2010.
  • Since its establishment, the Navy has been instrumental
    in protecting and preserving Canada’s sovereignty,
    not only by safeguarding our maritime approaches,
    but also by representing our interests in international waters.
    The contributions and sacrifices of the men and women
    in naval uniform who have served and continue to serve
    Canada at sea in times of peace and war will not be forgotten.
  • Unveiled by the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, PC, MP,
    Prime Minister of Canada, on May 3, 2012.
  • Artist: Al McWilliams
    Architects: Joost Bakker and Bruce Haden
  • MONUMENT DE LA MARINE
    ROYALE CANADIENNE
  • « … croyez-moi, quiconque prendra
    les rênes du pouvoir devra disposer d’une
    marine, puisque chaque pays qui possède
    des rives a disposé d’une marine par le passé
    et devra en disposer à l’avenir. » [Traduction]
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier, le 10 novembre 1910.
  • Ce monument a été érigé pour commémorer le centenaire
    de la Marine royale canadienne en 2010.
  • Depuis sa création, la Marine joue un rôle déterminant dans
    la protection de la souveraineté du Canada, non seulement
    en protégeant ses abords maritimes, mais en représentant
    ses intérêts dans les eaux internationales. La contribution
    et les sacrifices des hommes et des femmes qui ont servi
    et servent toujours le Canada en uniforme de la Marine, et ce,
    en temps de guerre comme en temps de paix, ne tomberont
    pas dans l’oubli.
  • Inauguré par le très honorable Stephen Harper, CP, député,
    premier ministre du Canada, le 3 mai 2012.
  • Artiste : Al McWilliams
    Architectes : Joost Bakker et Bruce Haden

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ATLANTIC
1939 – 45
ATLANTIQUE		 NORTH SEA
1940 – 45
MER DU NORD		 GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
1942 – 44
GOLFE DU ST-LAURENT		 ALEUTIANS
1942 – 43
ALÉOUTIENNES		 NORTH AFRICA
1942 – 43
AFRIQUE DU NORD
ENGLISH CHANNEL
1942 – 45
MANCHE		 BISCAY
1943 – 44
GOLFE DE GASCOGNE		 MEDITERRANEAN
1943
MÉDITERRANÉE		 ARCTIC
1943 – 45
ARCTIQUE		 NORWAY
1944 – 45
NORVÈGE		 AEGEAN
1944
MER ÉGÉE
NORMANDY
1944
NORMANDIE		 SOUTH FRANCE
1944
SUD DE LA FRANCE		 OKINAWA
1945
OKINAWA		 KOREA
1950 – 53
CORÉE		 GULF AND KUWAIT

GOLFE ET KOWEIT

(west side)

READY AYE READY

PRÊT OUI PRÊT

[Navy Wake/sillage de la Marine]

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
Ships and Establishments
1910 – 2010

Names are listed alphabetically
Figures in brackets indicate the number of times a name has been used.

________________________________

MARINE ROYALE CANADIENNE
Navires et établissements
1910 – 2010

Les noms sont en ordre alphabétique.
Les chiffres entre parenthèses indiquent le nombre de fois qu’un nom a été utilisé.

  • (column 1/colonne 1)
  • ACADIA
  • ADVERSUS
  • AGASSIZ
  • AKLAVIK
  • ALACHASSE
  • ALBERNI
  • ALBRO LAKE
  • ALDERGROVE
  • HMS ALGERINE
  • ALGOMA
  • ALGONQUIN (2)
  • AMBLER
  • (column 2/colonne 2)
  • AMHERST
  • ANDRÉE DUPRÉ
  • ANNAN
  • ANNAPOLIS (2)
  • ANTICOSTI
  • ANTIGONISH
  • ARLEUX
  • ARMENTIÈRES
  • ARNPRIOR
  • ARRAS
  • ARROWHEAD
  • ARVIDA
  • (column 3/colonne 3)
  • ASBESTOS
  • ASSINIBOINE (2)
  • ATHABASKAN (3)
  • ATHOLL
  • AURORA
  • AVALON
  • BADDECK
  • BARRIE
  • BATTLEFORD
  • BAYFIELD
  • BEACON HILL
  • BEAUHARNOIS
  • (column 4/colonne 4)
  • BEAVER (2)
  • BELLECHASSE
  • BELLEVILLE
  • BERMUDA
  • BITTERSWEET
  • BLAIRMORE
  • BLUE HERON
  • BONAVENTURE
  • BORDER CITIES
  • BOWMANVILLE
  • BRANDON (2)
  • BRANTFORD

 

  • (column 5/colonne 5)
  • BRAS D'OR (2)
  • BROCKVILLE
  • BRUNSWICKER
  • BUCKINGHAM
  • BUCTOUCHE
  • BURLINGTON
  • BURRARD
  • BYTOWN
  • CABOT
  • CALGARY (2)
  • CAMROSE
  • CANADA
  • (column 6/colonne 6)
  • CANSO
  • CAP DE LA MADELEINE
  • CAPE BRETON (2)
  • CAPE SCOTT
  • CAPILANO
  • CAPTOR
  • CARAQUET
  • CARIBOU (3)
  • CARLETON
  • CARLPLACE
  • CARTIER (2)
  • CATARAQUI
  • (column 7/colonne 7)
  • CAYUGA
  • CC 1
  • CC 2
  • CD 1 - CD 100
  • CEDARWOOD
  • CH 14
  • CH 15
  • CHALEUR (3)
  • CHAMBLY
  • CHAMPLAIN (2)
  • CHARLOTTETOWN (3)
  • CHARNY
  • (column 8/colonne 8)
  • CHATHAM (2)
  • CHAUDIÈRE (2)
  • CHEBOGUE
  • CHEDABUCTO
  • CHICOUTIMI (2)
  • CHIGNECTO (3)
  • CHILLIWACK
  • CHIPPAWA
  • CHURCHILL
  • CLAYOQUOT
  • COATICOOK
  • COBALT

 

  • (column 9/colonne 9)
  • COBOURG
  • COLLINGWOOD
  • COLUMBIA (2)
  • COMOX (2)
  • CONESTOGA
  • COPPER CLIFF
  • COQUITLAM
  • CORDOVA
  • CORMORANT (2)
  • CORNER BROOK
  • CORNWALLIS
  • COUGAR (3)
  • (column 10/colonne 10)
  • COURTENAY
  • COVERDALE
  • COWICHAN (3)
  • CRANBROOK
  • CRESCENT
  • CRUSADER
  • DAERWOOD
  • DAUPHIN
  • DAWSON
  • D'IBERVILLE (2)
  • DIGBY
  • DISCOVERY
  • (column 11/colonne 11)
  • DOMINION
  • DONNACONA
  • DRUMHELLER
  • DRUMMONDVILLE
  • DUNDALK
  • DUNDAS
  • DUNDURN
  • DUNVEGAN
  • DUNVER
  • EARL GREY
  • EASTORE
  • EASTVIEW
  • (column 12/colonne 12)
  • EDMONTON
  • EDMUNDSTON
  • ELK (2)
  • ESQUIMALT
  • ETTRICK
  • EYEBRIGHT
  • FENNEL
  • FERGUS
  • FESTUBERT
  • FLEUR DE LIS
  • FLORENCE
  • FOREST HILL

 

  • (column 13/colonne 13)
  • FORT ERIE
  • FORT FRANCES
  • FORT RAMSAY
  • FORT STEELE
  • FORT WILLIAM
  • FORTUNE
  • FRASER (2)
  • FREDERICTON (2)
  • FRENCH
  • FROBISHER BAY
  • FRONTENAC
  • FUNDY (3)
  • (column 14/colonne 14)
  • GALIANO
  • GALT
  • GANANOQUE
  • GANDER
  • GASPÉ (2)
  • GATINEAU (2)
  • GEORGIAN
  • GIFFARD
  • GIVENCHY
  • GLACE BAY (2)
  • GLOUCESTER
  • GODERICH
  • (column 15/colonne 15)
  • GOOSE BAY
  • GRANBY
  • GRANDMÈRE
  • GRIFFON
  • GRILSE (2)
  • GRIZZLY (2)
  • GROU
  • GUELPH (2)
  • GUYSBOROUGH
  • HAIDA
  • HALIFAX (2)
  • HALIGONIAN
  • (column 16/colonne 16)
  • HALLOWELL
  • HAMILTON
  • HAWKESBURY
  • HEPATICA
  • HESPELER
  • HOCHELAGA (2)
  • HUMBERSTONE
  • HUNTER
  • HUNTSVILLE
  • HURON (2)
  • HUSKY
  • INCH ARRAN

 

  • (column 17/colonne 17)
  • INGONISH
  • INUVIK
  • IROQUOIS (2)
  • JALOBERT
  • JAMES BAY
  • JOLIETTE
  • JOLLIET
  • JONQUIÈRE
  • KALAMALKA
  • KAMLOOPS
  • KAMSACK
  • KAPUSKASING
  • (column 18/colonne 18)
  • KELOWNA
  • KÉNOGAMI
  • KENORA
  • KENTVILLE
  • KINCARDINE
  • KINGS
  • KINGSTON
  • KIRKLAND LAKE
  • KITCHENER
  • KOKANEE
  • KOOTENAY (2)
  • LA HULLOISE
  • (column 19/colonne 19)
  • LA MALBAIE
  • LABRADOR
  • LACHINE
  • LACHUTE
  • LADY EVELYN
  • LANARK
  • LANSDOWNE
  • LASALLE
  • LAURENTIAN
  • LAURIER
  • LAUZON
  • LAVALLÉE
  • (column 20/colonne 20)
  • LAYMORE
  • LCI(L) (30)
  • LEASIDE
  • LETHBRIDGE
  • LÉVIS (2)
  • LIL II
  • LINDSAY
  • LLEWELLYN
  • LLOYD GEORGE
  • LOCH ACHANALT
  • LOCH ALVIE
  • LOCH MORLICH

 

  • (column 21/colonne 21)
  • LOCKEPORT
  • LONG BRANCH
  • LONGUEUIL
  • LOON
  • LOOS
  • LOUISBURG (2)
  • LUNENBURG
  • LYNX
  • MACDONALD
  • MACKENZIE
  • MACSIN
  • MAGNIFICENT
  • (column 22/colonne 22)
  • MAGOG
  • MAHONE
  • MALAHAT
  • MALASPINA
  • MALLARD
  • MALPEQUE
  • MARGAREE (2)
  • MARGARET
  • MARVITA
  • MASSET
  • MASTODON
  • MATANE
  • (column 23/colonne 23)
  • MATAPEDIA
  • MATSQUI
  • MAYFLOWER
  • MEDICINE HAT
  • MELVILLE
  • MEON
  • MERRITTONIA
  • MESSINES
  • MICMAC
  • MIDDLESEX
  • MIDLAND
  • MILLTOWN
  • (column 24/colonne 24)
  • MIMICO
  • MINAS
  • MIRAMICHI (3)
  • ML 050 - ML 129
  • MONCTON (2)
  • MONNOW
  • MONT JOLI
  • MONTCALM
  • MONTRÉAL (3)
  • MOONBEAM
  • MOOSE (3)
  • MOOSE JAW

 

  • (column 25/colonne 25)
  • MORDEN
  • MORESBY
  • MTB TYPE D: 726, 727, 735, 736, 743-746, 748, 797
  • MTB TYPE G: 459-466, 485, 486, 491
  • MULGRAVE
  • MURRAY STEWART
  • HMS NABOB
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • (column 26/colonne 26)
  • NADEN
  • NANAIMO (2)
  • NANOOSE
  • NAPANEE
  • NENE
  • NEW GLASGOW
  • NEW LISKEARD
  • NEW WATERFORD
  • NEW WESTMINSTER
  • NEWPORT CORNER
  • NIAGARA (2)
  • NIOBE (2)
  • (column 27/colonne 27)
  • NIPIGON (2)
  • NITINAT
  • NONSUCH
  • NOOTKA (2)
  • NORANDA
  • NORSAL
  • NORSYD
  • NORTH BAY
  • OAKVILLE
  • OJIBWA
  • OKANAGAN
  • ONONDAGA
  • (column 28/colonne 28)
  • ONTARIO
  • ORANGEVILLE
  • ORCA
  • ORILLIA
  • ORIOLE
  • ORKNEY
  • OSHAWA
  • OTTAWA (4)
  • OTTER
  • OUTARDE
  • OUTREMONT
  • OWEN SOUND

 

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  • PARRY SOUND
  • PATRICIAN
  • PATRIOT (2)
  • PENETANG
  • PEREGRINE
  • PETERBOROUGH
  • PETROLIA
  • PICTOU
  • PORT ARTHUR
  • PORT COLBORNE
  • PORT HOPE
  • PORTAGE
  •  
  • (column 30/colonne 30)
  • PORTE DAUPHINE
  • PORTE DE LA REINE
  • PORTE QUÉBEC
  • PORTE SAINT JEAN
  • PORTE SAINT LOUIS
  • POUNDMAKER
  • PRESCOTT
  • PRESERVER (2)
  • PRESTONIAN
  • PREVOST
  • PRINCE DAVID
  • PRINCE HENRY
  • PROVIDER (2)
  • (column 31/colonne 31)
  • PRINCE ROBERT
  • PRINCE RUPERT
  • PROTECTEUR
  • PROTECTOR
  • HMS PUNCHER
  • PV I - PV VII
  • QU'APPELLE (2)
  • QUATSINO
  • QUEBEC
  • QUEEN
  • QUEEN CHARLOTTE
  •  
  •  
  • (column 32/colonne 32)
  • QUESNEL
  • QUINTE (2)
  • RACCOON (2)
  • RADISSON
  • RAINBOW (2)
  • RAVEN
  • RAYON D'OR
  • RED DEER
  • REGINA (2)
  • REINDEER (2)
  • RENARD (2)
  • REO II
  •  

 

  • (column 33/colonne 33)
  • RESOLUTE
  • RESTIGOUCHE (2)
  • REVELSTOKE
  • RIBBLE
  • RIMOUSKI
  • RIVIÈRE DU LOUP
  • ROCKCLIFFE
  • ROSS NORMAN
  • ROSSLAND
  • ROSTHERN
  • ROYAL ROADS
  • ROYALMOUNT
  • (column 34/colonne 34)
  • RUNNYMEDE
  • S-09
  • SACKVILLE
  • SAGUENAY (2)
  • SAINT JOHN
  • SAMBRO (2)
  • SANKATY
  • SANS PEUR
  • SARNIA
  • SASKATCHEWAN (2)
  • SASKATOON (2)
  • SAULT STE. MARIE
  • (column 35/colonne 35)
  • SCATARI
  • SCOTIAN
  • SEA CLIFF
  • SHAWINIGAN (2)
  • SHEARWATER (2)
  • SHEDIAC
  • SHELBURNE
  • SHERBROOKE
  • SHULAMITE
  • SIOUX
  • SKEENA (2)
  • SKIDEGATE
  • (column 36/colonne 36)
  • SMITHS FALLS
  • SNOWBERRY
  • SOMERS ISLES
  • SOREL
  • SPIKENARD
  • SPRINGHILL
  • ST. HYACINTHE
  • ST. BONIFACE
  • ST. CATHARINES
  • ST. CLAIR
  • ST. CROIX (2)
  • ST. ELOI

 

  • (column 37/colonne 37)
  • ST. FRANCIS
  • ST. JOHN'S
  • ST. JOSEPH
  • ST. JULIEN
  • ST. LAMBERT
  • ST. LAURENT (2)
  • ST. PIERRE
  • ST. STEPHEN
  • ST. THOMAS
  • STADACONA (2)
  • STANDARD COASTER
  • STAR
  • (column 38/colonne 38)
  • STAR XVI
  • STE. THÉRÈSE
  • STELLARTON
  • STETTLER
  • STONE FRIGATE
  • STONE TOWN
  • STORMONT
  • STRATFORD
  • STRATHADAM
  • STRATHROY
  • SUDBURY
  • SUDERÖY I
  • (column 39/colonne 39)
  • SUDERÖY II
  • SUDERÖY IV
  • SUDERÖY V
  • SUDERÖY VI
  • SUMMERSIDE (2)
  • SUNBEAM
  • SUSSEXVALE
  • SWANSEA
  • SWIFT CURRENT
  • TECUMSEH
  • TEME
  • TERRA NOVA
  • (column 40/colonne 40)
  • THE PAS
  • THETFORD MINES
  • THIEPVAL
  • THORLOCK
  • THUNDER (3)
  • TILLSONBURG
  • TIMMINS
  • TORONTO (2)
  • TR 1 - TR 60
  • TRAIL
  • TRANSCONA
  • TRENTONIAN

 

  • (column 41/colonne 41)
  • TRILLIUM
  • TRINITY
  • TROIS RIVIÈRES
  • TRURO
  • TUNA
  • U 190
  • U 889
  • UGANDA
  • UNGAVA (2)
  • UNICORN
  • VALLEYFIELD
  • VANCOUVER (3)
  • (column 42/colonne 42)
  • VEGREVILLE
  • VENCEDOR
  • VENOSTA
  • VENTURE (6)
  • VICTORIA
  • VICTORIAVILLE
  • VIERNOE
  • VILLE DE QUÉBEC (2)
  • VIMY
  • VISON
  • WALLACEBURG
  • WARRIOR
  • (column 43/colonne 43)
  • WASAGA
  • WASKESIU
  • WENTWORTH
  • WEST YORK
  • WESTMOUNT
  • WETASKIWIN
  • WEYBURN
  • WHITBY
  • WHITEHORSE
  • WHITETHROAT
  • WINDFLOWER
  • WINDSOR
  • (column 44/colonne 44)
  • WINNIPEG (2)
  • WOLF (3)
  • WOODSTOCK
  • YELLOWKNIFE
  • YORK
  • YPRES
  • YUKON
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  •  
  •  
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The Royal Canadian Navy Monument commemorates the contributions and sacrifices of the men and women in naval uniform who have served and continue to serve Canada at sea in times of peace and war. Built for the Navy’s Centennial in 2010, it is located at Richmond Landing, a quiet enclave in the heart of Ottawa, surrounded on three sides by water where it juts into the Ottawa River just below the Library and Archives Canada building and not far from the Canadian War Museum.

Rather than a single focal object, the site itself is a key part of the monument. It is a tranquil sloped lawn that provides for a moment of reflective pause while also offering a visceral feeling of flow and movement, like a ship at sea, and contained within the setting of the river and the sky. The monument reflects many facets of the Canadian Navy in its use of the naval colours of black, white and gold.

In addition to the symbolism of the site itself, the monument includes two main components:

  • The Naval Signature: a curved white marble structure that celebrates the navy’s past and future. Its dramatic vertical form suggests many naval associations, from sails to naval attire and even modern stealth ship design. Set into an inclined granite base, it symbolizes the sense of movement inherent in the naval experience. Cut into this inclined granite base are two bronze strips aligned with the North/South and East/West cardinal axes, referencing navigation and Canada’s tri-coastal naval reality. A curved level deck on the east side of the sloped granite plinth provides repose and a comfortable opportunity to read the Naval Battle Honours inscribed in the surface of the marble, as well as a view of the fast-moving Ottawa River. Set into the deck is a fouled anchor, a powerful naval symbol, made of black granite.
  • The Navy Wake: Added to the monument in 2017, this long and low curved wall is inscribed with the names of all Her/His Majesty’s Canadian Ships and naval establishments since the navy’s founding in 1910. Its curvilinear form makes visual reference to many naval shapes including ships, sails, and waves.

And several other elements:

  • Mast: contrasting the solidity of stone Naval Signature, the delicate steel navy mast provides a second spatial counterpoint within the monument space. A recognized symbol on all ships and naval establishments, the mast and its flags link past, present, and future.
  • Gold spheres: mounted on both the Naval Signature and the mast, these orbs speak of sun, moon, and the global reach of the navy, and to the critical dimension of communications and navigation. The slight offset of the gilded orb on the white marble Signature contributes to the unsettled sense of horizontality.
  • Entry threshold / Heart of Oak: a shallow grass berm, surrounded with symbolic oak trees. Oak is a historic shipbuilding material, immortalized in the traditional navy song Heart of Oak.
  • Pier on the Ottawa River: a naval reference that makes the monument site symbolically accessible by water, though the pier could also be used for practical ceremonial purposes, for example to land dignitaries on the site from a vessel.

Al McWilliams, a Canadian artist from Vancouver, British Columbia, worked with the architects Joost Bakker and Bruce Haden to create the design of the monument. "During our initial visit to the Richmond Landing site, the three of us were unanimous in thinking that the site, as a land form, needed very little, but subtle, manipulation. The shape of this peninsula, while much like the prow of a ship, also echoed the shape of Canada, a tri-coastal nation surrounded on three sides by water."

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Monument
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8985
City/Municipality
Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-179
Type
Other
Address
29 Lisgar Street
Location
Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Memorial Hall and Library entrance
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.421248, -75.687412
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Richard Turcotte
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14   18

school crest

39   45

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This memorial is dedicated to members of Lisgar Collegiate Institute who served in the First and Second World War. It is a large, carved oak panel arch above the library entrance, with the school crest in the centre, and “14, 18” and “39, 45” carved on either side of the crest.

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Ottawa
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35059-178
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Other
Address
1125 Colonel By Drive
Location
Carleton University, University Drive
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.3852581, -75.6937312
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Richard Turcotte
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Colonel By Child Care Centre
Carleton University 

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Colonel By Child Care Centre is named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel John By, Royal Engineers, who led the construction of the Rideau Canal 1826 – 1832 and is considered the founder of Bytown/Ottawa. The centre is located on Carleton University campus.

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Ottawa
Memorial Number
35059-177
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Address
740 Melfa Crescent
Location
Carleton Memorial United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.3657655, -75.700099
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Veterans' Stained Glass Windows
Carleton Memorial United Church

What a privilege to observe
These stained glass windows,
To admire soft glowing colours
Shed by sunshine to warm the shoulders
Of those at service up ahead.

The innovation of loving creation,
The craftsmen by our women booked
Short notice of time to craft,
Designs of honours for out times.

There was a time of six months
For the Second World War to last.
But time had come and gone
With six years of shadow cast,
Through thick and thin, a time of service spent.

The courage of the past three score years,
These windows speak of many things,
Pride of people for their country,
Thankfulness for deeds of valour,
Homefires burning, shielding hearts of yearning.

At home and abroad, around the world,
Good service was a concern of everyone,
Looking forward to a time of joy,
Life renewed with family and friends,
To never again set life askew.

Those beautiful stained glass windows
Tell of challenges met and followed through
Tell of love, sadness and gentle compassions,
Of a loving peace and the everlasting peace of God.
In truth of life, as it was meant to be.

-Ted Lawson
November 11, 2005

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These twelve stained glass windows are dedicated to all members of the congregation who contributed to the war effort, from those who saw overseas action, to those who remained on the Homefront, tending to the “homefires”. It was unveiled by Carleton Memorial United Church in 2005.

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