Wahta Mohawks Memorial

Wahta Mohawk Territory, Ontario

Type

Other

Erected by elders of the Wahta Mohawk Territory, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and to those who served in the two World Wars and the Korean War. The cenotaph was originally located at the old community center, 2343 Muskoka District Road 38 before being moved to its current location at the new community center.

The original stone from the first memorial was incorporated into the design of the new memorial which was erected in November 2015. There are now five stones that make up the memorial, four dedicated to those who served their country in the military and one dedicated to those who went through the residential schools. Children's shoes are placed all along the memorial in memory of those who were forced into the residential schools in attempt to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture.

Inscription

[center stele front/stèle avant au centre]
WAHTA MOHAWKS MEMORIAL

WORLD WAR I
SAMUEL COMMANDANT

WORLD WAR II
JOHN LaFORCE
HERMAN STOCK

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 11, 2015

[center stele back/stèle arrière au centre]
TO HONOUR
THE MEN AND WOMEN
FROM GIBSON
WHO VOLUNTEERED
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
THE KOREAN WAR

(stele 1/stèle 1)
WORLD WAR I
ELI COMMANDANT
SAMUEL COMMANDANT
JACKSON DEWASHA
JOSEPH LAFLECHE
SOMON LAFORCE
THOMAS LAFORCE
PETER MONTOUR
MARK NELSON
PATRICK STOCK
ROBERT STOCK

KOREA
NORMAN SAHANATIEN
HOWARD THOMPSON

PEACE KEEPERS
GORDON J. COMMANDANT
W. GEORGE COMMANDANT

(stele 2/stèle 2)
WORLD WAR II
ARTHUR COMMANDANT
FERDINAND COMMANDANT
GEORGE COMMANDANT
HARVEY COMMANDANT
RICHARD COMMANDANT
SIDNEY COMMANDANT
ARCHIE DECAIRE
DAVID DECAIRE
FRANCIS DECAIRE
GORDON DECAIRE
PERCIVAL DECAIRE
JOSEPH DEWASHA
MITCHELL FRANKS
SIMON LAFORCE
JOHN LAFORCE
GEORGE MARTIN
ERNEST MARTIN
EDWARD NEWS
FREDRICK NEWS

(stele 4/stèle 4)
JEFFREY NEWS
WILSON NEWS
PHOEBE RENNIE
GORDON SAHANATIEN
LEONARD SAHANATIEN
LOUIS SAHANATIEN
NORMAN SAHANATIEN
HARRY STOCK
HERMAN STOCK
JOSEPH STOCK
PATRICK STOCK
ROBERT STOCK
HOWARD THOMPSON
ROY THOMPSON
BEATRICE WHITE
CHRISTOPHER WHITE

(stele 5 front/stèle 5 avant)
RESIDENTIAL
SCHOOLS
KENNETH COMMANDANT
PAULINE COMMANDANT
SIDNEY COMMANDANT
GLADYS DECAIRE
HARRISON DECAIRE
ISABEL DECAIRE
LLOYD DECAIRE
RHODA NEWS
VIOLET NEWS
GORDON SAHANATIEN
LOUIS SAHANATIEN
NORMAN SAHANATIEN
WESLEY SAHANATIEN
CARMAN STOCK
KATIE STOCK
HOWARD THOMPSON
IRIS THOMPSON
ROY THOMPSON
SYLVIA THOMPSON
TOMMY THOMPSON
MITCHELL WHITE

(stele 5 back/stèle 5 arrière)
JOHN DECAIRE
PERCIVAL DECAIRE
ANTOINE DEWASHA
CECIL DEWASHA
EDGAR DEWASHA
ISAIAH DEWASHA
MITCHELL FRANKS SR.
WALTER HIEL
ERNEST MILLER (DECAIRE)
WILLIAM RENNIE JR.
BERTHA SAHANATIEN
BEULAH STOCK
GERTRUDE STOCK
JOSEPH STOCK
KATHLEEN STOCK
PATRICK STOCK
MABEL WHITE
SADIE WHITE
STANLEY WHITE