The North Country
Municipality/Province: Saskatoon, SK
Memorial number: 47010-084
Type: Painting
Address: 411 11th Street East
Location: Nutana Collegiate
GPS coordinates: Lat: 52.1188098 Long: -106.6615567
Submitted by: Nutana Collegiate
In March of 1919, students at Nutana Collegiate (called Saskatoon Collegiate Institute until 1923) announced they would establish a memorial for the 29 alumni soldiers who died in the First World War. Principal Alfred J. Pyke instead suggested creating a Memorial Art Gallery that consisted exclusively of paintings by Canadian artists. They purchased one painting by a different artist for each fallen soldier.
John William Beatty's The North Country was acquired between 1925 - 1927 and dedicated to Private Grenville Carson Hopkins. Grenville attended Saskatoon Collegiate Institute from 1911 to 1915. He enlisted on 22 March 1917 and after only one night in the trenches was killed at Passchendaele on 14 November 1917.
Inscription found on memorial
"THE NORTH COUNTRY"
BY JOHN W. BEATTY R.C.A.
IN MEMORY OF
GRENVILLE CARSON HOPKINS
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