Angle Street

Angle Street was dedicated in 2004.

The streets in Garrison Green were initially named after the places where Canadian troops had served on peacekeeping missions and were to be renamed to reflect Lincoln Park’s history as an airfield during the Second World War. The Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping's (CAVUNP) national president at the time, Colonel Don Ethell, objected. The Calgary chapter of CAVUNP proposed 16 Canadian peacekeepers names, of which 13 were chosen. Each street is named after a Canadian Peacekeeper, of varying ranks and service time frames. A summary of the Peacekeepers’ experiences is provided with a plaque placed on each street. Together they provide a comprehensive overview of Canadian peacekeeping missions and experiences from the 1950’s to 2000.

[street sign/panneau de rue]
ANGLE ST

[plaque]
ACTING BRIGADIER HARRY HERBERT ANGLE
DSO, MID

On July 17, 1950, Acting Brigadier Harry Herbert Angle became the first of many Canadians to die
while on duty as a Peacekeeper with the United Nations. A highly decorated World War II veteran,
Brigadier Angle had served on a number of tours as the Chief Military Observers with the United
Nations Military Observer Group India Pakistan (UNMOGIP). UNMOGIP had been deployed in January
1949 to supervise the ceasefire between India and Pakistan over the disputed state of Jammu and
Kashmir. While attempting to organize a ceasefire in Kashmire, Brigadier Angle was killed in an aircraft
crash. Half a century after his death, United Nations field observation teams remained stationed on
both sides of the Line of Control that separated Indian and Pakistani forces.

BRIGADIER PAR INTÉRIM HARRY HERBERT ANGLE
DSO, MID

Le 17 juillet 1950, le Brigadier par intérim Harry Herbert Angle fut le premier soldat canadien du maintien
de la paiz tué au service des Nations Unies. Ancien combattant très décoré de la Deuxième Guerre
mondiale, le Bridgadier avait occupé à plusieurs reprises le poste de Chef du Groupe d'observateurs
militaires des Nations Unies pour l'Inde et le Pakistan (UNMOGIP). Le UNMOGIP avait été déployé en
janvier 1949 pour superviser le cessez le feu entre l'Inde et le Pakistan dan l'état de Jammu et
Cachemire. Alors qu'il négociait un cessez le feu au Cachemire, le Brigadier Angle a trouvé la mort dans
un accident d'avion. Un demi siècle après sa mort, des équipes d'observation sur le terrain des Nations
Unies sont toujours en poste des deux côtés de la ligne de contrôle qui sépare les forces indiennes et
pakistanaises.

Canada's Peacekeeping Heroes
Les héros candiens du maintien de la paix

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