Canada’s Peacekeepers Memorial
Municipality/Province: Sidney, BC
Memorial number: 59021-021
Type: Statues
Address: 9831 4th Street
Location: Army, Navy, and Air Force Veterans Unit 302
GPS coordinates: Lat: 48.6495908 Long: -123.3990536
Submitted by: Victoria Edwards
The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada Sidney Unit 302 funded this project to commemorate Canada’s peacekeeping forces as well as all of our Veterans and current serving members of the Canadian Military. The bronze statues were designed by local artist Nathan Scott. It consists of an eight foot memorial with statues of two peacekeepers and a 40 foot flag pole at the back. The statue of the soldier standing on the granite base is dressed in a 1980s uniform. The statue of a soldier kneeling with a C-7 rifle in his hands is is wearing a uniform and helmet of the 2000s.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
(plaque)
COMMEMORATING
CANADA’S PEACEKEEPERS
DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT
OF THE
UNITED NATIONS & NATO
(plaque)
DEDICATED BY
THE HONOURABLE ION CAMPAGNOLO
PM, CM, OBC
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEPT 28, 2003
[right side/côté droit]
(plaque)
UNITED NATIONS DEPLOYMENTS
(plaque)
KOREA
PALESTINE
AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
INDIA-PAKISTAN
CONGO
WEST NEW GUINEY
YEMEN
CYPRUS
INDIA-PAKISTAN
(plaque)
MIDDLE EAST
GOLAN HEIGHTS
IRAN-IRAQ
NAMBIA
CENTRAL AMERICA
IRAQ-KUWAIT
ANGOLA
WESTERN SAHARA
(plaque)
EL SALVADOR
YUGOSLAVIA
CAMBODIA
CAMBODIA
SOMALIA
MOZAMBIQUE
UGANDA-RUWANDA
HAITI
GUATEMALA
(plaque)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
MACEDONIA
BOZNIA-HERZEGOVINA
CROATIA
KOSOVO
SIERRA LEONE
EAST TIMOR
CONGO
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA
(plaque)
CANADA
THE PEACEKEEPERS
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Street view
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