Ontario

Province Code
ON
City/Municipality
Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island
Memorial Number
35001-020
Type
Other
Address
Highway 542 and Monument Road
Location
Veterans' Memorial Gardens Complex
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.7134201, -82.2458345
Submitted By
John C. Bryan, Historian. Edwin Kift. Roy Eaton.
Inscription

[front/devant]

MANITOULIN DISTRICT CENOTAPH
(Legion Crest)
177 LITTLE CURRENT
514 GORE BAY

NAVY     ARMY     AIR FORCE

“HONOUR LIBERTY THAT
THEY NOT DIE IN VAIN”

IN FLANDERS FIELDS
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW.

WE ARE THE DEAD, SHORT DAYS AGO
WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED AND WERE LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

TAKE UP THE QUARREL WITH THE FOE;
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.

    COL. JOHN McCRAE

  • TOWNS
  • GORE BAY
  • LITTLE CURRENT
  • ANISHINABEK FIRST NATIONS
  • COCKBURN ISLAND
  • SHESHEGWANING
  • SHEGUIANDAH
  • SUCKER CREEK
  • WEST BAY
  • WHITEFISH RIVER
  • WIKWEMIKONG
  •    
  • TOWNSHIPS
  • ALLAN
  • ASSIGINACK
  • BARRIE ISLAND
  • BIDWELL
  • BILLINGS
  • BURPEE
  • CAMPBELL
  • CARLYLE
  • CARNARVON
  • COCKBURN ISLAND
  • DAWSON
  •    
  • GORDON
  • HOWLAND
  • HUMBOLDT
  • KILLARNEY
  • MILLS
  • ROBINSON
  • RUTHERFORD AND
  • GEORGE ISLAND
  • SANDFIELD
  • SHEGUIANDAH
  • TEHKUMMAH

WE KNOW THE VALUE OF FREEDOM WHEN WE KNOW THE COSTS
LEST WE FORGET
DEDICATED JUNE 5th 1994

[wall/mur]

MANITOULIN DISTRICT CENOTAPH
THIS SYMBOL OF FREEDOM IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
HONOUR OF THOSE WHOSE SACRIFICE WAS FULL, FINAL AND EVERLASTING.
OUR MEMORIES OF THEM WILL BE FOREVER TREASURED IN ETERNAL
GRATITUDE FOR THEIR GIFT OF LIBERTY, PEACE AND PRIVILEGE.

[plaque 1]

WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
Joseph Adams
? Anwatin
Alexander L. Ballantyne
Benjamin Ballantyne
George Baxter

[plaque 2]

Harry Beatty
Lawrence Beatty
Percy Beck
Sam Blackburn
Austin W. Blackie
Ernest J. Blackie
Lorne Bradley
Harry W. Brown
Michael Cada
Norman Campbell
William Carr
Isban A. Clark
George W. Collins
Edwin E. Cook
John Cowan
John D. Currie

[plaque 3]
Jack Elliot
Joseph Enosse
F. Walter Farthing
Amerod Ferguson
Blair Frazer
Joseph C. Gallagher
R. Joseph Good
Augustus Hartung
Victor Hewson
Robert R. Hill
Charles Holmes
Wilfred J. Holmes
John Hughson
Robert Hunter
William Jackman
Alexander G. Jeffery

[plaque 4]

Edgar Kent
Frank Lavallee
John E. Leach
John Maguire
Harvey C. Marshall
Dave Matheson
John McDonald
John Keddy
John McMillan
James Merrilees
Ernest Minors
Nelson Minors
Vincent Misinishkotewe
Thomas Moore
Louis J. Norton
Eli Louis Niganiwah

[plaque 5]
Thomas Niganiwina
Frank Nighswander
James T. Pattison
Andrew Peltier
Percy Pifer
Franklin Proulx
James A. Raynor
W. Leslie Riching
William Rousseau
Lorne Rumley
Laurence Russell
Clarence Rush
Leslie Scott
Colin D. Sims
James F. Valliquette

[plaque 6]

Michael Wabanosse
Lorne Walker
William Wickett
Arlif R. Wilkin
Alden Wilkinson
Robert Willet
Valentine Wilman
Nelson Young

[plaque 7]

WORLD WAR II     1939 – 1945
Gilbert Alexander
Keith Beange
Kenneth Buck
Les Campbell
Aubrey Chalmers
Richard J. Clark
Dominic Corbiere
Everett Coulter
Hubert Coulter
John A. Eadie
Ivan Falls
Lloyd Fowler
William Fowler

[plaque 8]

Alphonse Gaiashk
Fredrick G. Green
John C. Halcrow
J. Lloyd Hall
Morland L. Hembruff
Steve R.G. Hilson
James S. Howard
Eric C. Hughson
J. Mac Johnson
Leonard Lehman
Norman F. Lockyer
Henry Mandamin
Alponse Manitowabi (Korea)
Russell McCraken
Theodore McGregor
Armand McMillian

[plaque 9]

Leonard Mumford
Charles Nahwegezhic
Roland Nahwegezhic
L. W. Orford
John Ozaomik
Alfred Pitawanakwat
Burt Rogue
Frank Rowe
Wilbert Rowe
Ernest Sagle
Isaac Shawanda
Robert Smeltzer
Russell Stringer
Zoey Trudeau
Lyle Van Horn
Douglas M. Wagg

[plaque 10]

Clarence Wakegijic
Douglas Weeks
Felix Wemigwans
A. Floyd Williamson
Albert J. Williamson
Douglas Wright

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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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front
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John C. Bryan, Historian
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statue
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John C. Bryan, Historian
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old inscription
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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Manitoulin District Cenotaph
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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new inscription
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Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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War or Conflict Term
CAF Operations
First World War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

Construction of the Manitoulin District Cenotaph took place from 1989 to 1997 in memory of 129 fallen militia and 2,200 Canadian Merchant Seamen. The inscription block on the Cenotaph pedestal was sculpted from marble and engraved with the names and details of four local soldiers killed in action in the First World War. Four more names were added after Second World War. In the early 1960s, the structure was heavily damaged in an auto accident. The statue was destroyed, but the remainder was salvaged and replaced with an obelisk. It was relocated on what eventually became the base of the Merchant Navy Memorial.

In the fall of 1989, a committee was organized to improve the park and replace the obelisk with a new statue. This culminated in a proposal to explore the possibility of expanding the complex and upgrading it to district status. Research indicated a new monument was needed. This led to sponsorship by local Royal Canadian Legions Branches 177 and 514, Little Current and Gore Bay. The funding was greatly enhanced by public support. This enabled further expansion, including the background structures, the memorial plaque wing, the monolith, the ceremonial dais, and other components.

The Cenotaph was dedicated on June 5, 1994. Since then, the numbers of names on the Cenotaph have increased to 130, and more are expected to be found. John C. Bryan is the designer of the memorial.

The Merchant Navy Memorial, Manitoulin Women's Memorial and Youth in Partnership with Veterans Memorial are also located in the Veterans' Memorial Gardens Complex.

City
Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Statue, wall, stele (concrete, limestone and granite)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5523
City/Municipality
Manitouwadge
Memorial Number
35001-019
Type
Other
Address
Ohsweken Road & Mississauga Drive
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1256355, -85.8302422
Submitted By
Donna Jaunzarins
Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET

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Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to war veterans.

City
Manitouwadge
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Cement cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3022
City/Municipality
Manitouwadge
Memorial Number
35001-018
Type
Other
Address
1 Mississauga Drive
Location
Inside the Manitouwadge Municipal Office
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1255478, -85.8297576
Submitted By
Donna Jaunzarins
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MANITOUWADGE WHO SERVED WITH COURAGE AND VALOUR IN THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA AND HER ALLIES

1914-1918 FIRST WORLD WAR

1939-1945 SECOND WORLD WAR

1950-1953 KOREAN WAR

WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

NOVEMBER 11, 1998

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Korean War
Second World War
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Ontario
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Body Content

Erected by the Township of Manitouwadge on 11 November 1998, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of the local men and women who served in the Canadian military during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Manitouwadge
Country
Canada
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Wooden plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3023
City/Municipality
Wikwemikong
Memorial Number
35001-017
Type
Other
Address
2495 Wikwemikong Way
Location
Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.8079682, -81.7115871
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Victoria Edwards
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Monument
Province
Ontario
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Needs further research

City
Wikwemikong
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1529
City/Municipality
Little Current
Memorial Number
35001-016
Type
Other
Address
14 Water Street East
Location
Beside the Town Hall of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.9812987, -81.9269856
Submitted By
Robert Shipley
Inscription

[front/devant]
HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
"WE ARE THE DEAD SHORT DAYS
AGO WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW
SUNSET GLOW, LOVED AND WERE
LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE IN
FLANDERS FIELDS"


KOREA
1950 - 1953

[left side/côté gauche]
1914 - 1918
JOHN McKEDDY
LOUIS NORTON
CLARENCE U.C. RUSH
LESLIE SCOTT
COLIN DOUGLAS SIMS
JAMES FRANCIS VALLICQUETTE
ARLIF ROY WILKIN

[back/arrière]
1939 - 1945
NORMAN F. LOCKEYER
FRANK ROWE
WILBERT B. ROWE
JOHN A. EADIE
STEVE R.G. HILSON
LEONARD W. LEHMAN
L. MORLAND HEMBRUFF
JAMES S. HOWARD
ALBERT J. WILLIAMSON
JOHN G. HALCROW

[right side/côté droit]
1914 - 1918
GEORGE ED. BAXTER
NORMAN CAMPBELL
ISBAN ALLAN CLARK
GEORGE WM. COLLINS
EDWIN ERNEST COOK
ALEXANDER G. JEFFREY
HARVEY CECIL MARSHALL
NELSON MINERS

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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

A First World War soldier stands at attention on top of this memorial. It was originally erected to honour those who lost their lives in the First World War. Their names are inscribed on the left and rights sides of the memorial.

Names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War were later added on the back of the memorial. A plaque to remember the Korean War was added later at the front of the base. 

City
Little Current
Country
Canada
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Statue - granite, base granite and fieldstone
Photo Credit
Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
Memorial CF Legacy ID
695
City/Municipality
Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island
Memorial Number
35001-015
Type
Other
Address
Highway 542 and Monument Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.7134183, -82.2456231
Submitted By
Roy Eaton
Inscription

[sign/panneau]
VETERANS' MEMORIAL GARDENS

[entrance]
Veterans' Memorial Gardens

[plaque at entrance]
THIS PROPERTY WAS A GIFT
OF BERT AND MARY HILL
HONOURING THE MEMORY
OF ROBERT RICHARD HILL
WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR I

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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
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Ontario
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Body Content

The Veterans' Memorial Gardens Complex is comprised of two one-acre parks on either side of the side-road. The land for these parks was donated by two local farmers, George White, a Veteran of the First and Second World Wars, and family and Robert (Bert) Hill's wife, Mary and family.

The Complex is made up of the Manitoulin District Cenotaph, Merchant Navy Memorial, Manitoulin Women's Memorial, and the Youth in Partnership with Veterans Memorial. The project was conceived and supervised by First World War Veteran, James (Jim) Wilson. It was unveiled and dedicated in September 1921. It was jointly sponsored by Campbell and Carnarvon townships, and funded by local residents.

Comrade Bert Hill donated another park across the side road. The Veterans' Memorial Gardens is now comprised of a picnic area, parking and a parade square. It represents two towns, seven First Nations and 22 townships. All of this happened in four and a half years of a scheduled six year project. It was backed by the generosity of 11,200 residents, many donors, unlimited publicity by two local newspapers, two determined and generous Legions and an irrepressible, long suffering, never-say-die committee of twelve Second World War Veterans.

City
Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island
Country
Canada
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Garden Complex
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10605
City/Municipality
Killarney
Memorial Number
35001-014
Type
Other
Address
Commissioner Street & Charles Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.9715841, -81.5116865
Submitted By
Martha Tyson
Inscription

1914 - 1918
Joe Adams
Franklin Proulx
William Rousseau
William Jackman

1939 - 1945
Bert Roque

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front view
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Second World War
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Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected in April 1965. The stone for the memorial was collected three miles away and was brought to the site by boat. The Legion members of Branch 573 built it and have maintained it.

City
Killarney
Country
Canada
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Cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5287
City/Municipality
Elliot Lake
Memorial Number
35001-013
Type
Other
Address
100 Manitoba Road
Location
Near the entrance of the Huron Lodge
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.3841181, -82.6464937
Submitted By
Frederick J. Mann, Peter Vintinner
Inscription

[centre/centre]

LEST WE FORGET

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

U.N. PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

[left/gauche]

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE BY SEA, BY LAND AND IN THE AIR

THE ROYAL CANADIAN

[right/droite]

THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD. AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

LEGION BRANCH 561

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stelia (surroundings)
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 561 in 1998, this memorial is dedicated to those who died during the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and on United Nations' peacekeeping missions. This memorial was rededicated in 2007 after it was updated to include Afghanistan.

The Elliot Lake Cairn was located here before it was replaced in 1998 with this memorial. A 20-mm anti-aircraft gun is also located here.

City
Elliot Lake
Country
Canada
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Three granite stelia
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2666
City/Municipality
Elliot Lake
Memorial Number
35001-012
Type
Other
Address
100 Manitoba Road
Location
Near the entrance of the Huron Lodge
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.3841181, -82.6464937
Submitted By
Frederick J. Mann
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weapon (front and side)
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Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is a 20-mm anti-aircraft gun.

City
Elliot Lake
Country
Canada
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Weapon
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2665
City/Municipality
Thessalon
Memorial Number
35001-010
Type
Other
Address
1939 Ontario 17B
Location
Cenotaph Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.259855, -83.555742
Submitted By
K. Hansen; Donna Latulippe
Inscription

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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Second World War
Province
Ontario
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the First and Second World Wars' deceased comrades. The original Thessalon Cenotaph was erected in 1925 and dedicated in 1926. In 1988, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 182 canvassed Veterans and the Town of Thessalon to build a new cenotaph. They received overwhelming support to go ahead. In January 1989, a questionnaire was published in the Sentinel to solicit public opinion. A public vote was held in February 1989 for the complete restoration.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 182 membership approved the cenotaph design in May 1989. A tender of $33,000 from De Fazio Memorials Ltd. of Sault Ste. Marie in September 1989 was approved. A rededication ceremony was held August 25, 1990.

City
Thessalon
Country
Canada
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Statue, three shafts
Photo Credit
Andrew Jones
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4681
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