Place Vimy
Municipality/Province: Hudson, QC
Memorial number: 24072-007
Type: Park
Address: 56 Beach Street
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4568934 Long: -74.1371833
Submitted by: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 115 unveiled its newly renovated cenotaph and surrounding park, now named Place Vimy, on August 17, 2017.
Place Vimy was dedicated later on August 13, 2018. The twenty-five iron posts lined around the cenotaph were sponsored by people in the community. Each post has an inscription on it, in memory of loved ones. A new Place Vimy sign was erected at a central location in the gardens.
A Vimy Oak was planted on September 28, 2018, with Vaudreuil-Soulanges MP Peter Schiefke attending. On June 18, 2020, a new Vimy Oak was planted. A local area resident was kind enough to pick it up near Dundas, Ontario and deliver it.
The Place Vimy Bench is also located here.
Inscription found on memorial
[sign/enseigne]
PLACE
VIMY
1917 2017
HUDSON
LEGION
[plaque]
VIMY MCMXVII
Ayant grandi depuis les glands
de chênes pédonculés détruits lors de
la bataille de la crête de Vimy, cet arbre sert
a honorer les Canadiens qui ont servi lors de la
bataille de la crête de Vimy du 9 au 12 avril 1917.
Ce chêne a été planté et offert aux membres de la filiale
115 de Hudson de par le la Légion royale canadienne
par le député de Vaudreuil-Soulanges,
Peter Schiefke, le 28 septembre 2017.
Ne l'oublions jamais.
Grown from the acorns of
English Oaks destroyed during
the Battle of Vimy Ridge, this tree serves
to honour those Canadians who served in the
Battle of Vimy Ridge from April 9th - 12th, 1917.
Gifted and planted by MP for Vaudreuil-Soulanges,
Peter Schiefke, to the members of the Royal
Canadian Legion Hudson Branch 115
on September 28th, 2017.
Lest we forget.
Street view
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