Alberta

Province Code
AB
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
48025-052
Type
Address
Latitude 50°49'35
Location
Blue Range
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.825152146271, -115.54447198866
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Aurora. HMS Aurora was a Royal Navy light cruiser which engaged in a battle in the North Sea on 24 January 1915, during the First World War.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7589
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
48025-050
Type
Address
Latitude 50°51'35
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.860058591754, -115.55186681975
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Body Content

This peak was named in 1917 in honour of HMS Marvel. HMS Marvel was a destroyer involved in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7587
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
48025-049
Type
Address
Latitude 50°44'10
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.733349317703, -115.41341914632
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of General G. Leman. General Leman led the defence of Liege, Belgium during the First World War.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7586
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
48025-048
Type
Address
Latitude 50°49'40
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.828366621457, -115.52520949962
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Viscount Julian H.G. Byng. Byng served in the South African War and as a General in the First World War where he commanded the Canadian Corps. He served as Governor General from 1921 until 1926.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7584
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
48025-047
Type
Address
Latitude 50°48'15
Location
Banff National Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.803430917331, -115.49219571525
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of General Arthur William Currie K.C.B. K.C.M.G. During the First World War, Gen. Sir Arthur Currie became the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps and later the Canadian Army in June 1917. Throughout his command, Currie successfully argued for the retention of the Canadians as a single coherent fighting force. The victory at Vimy Ridge was largely a result of his insistence on meticulous planning and thorough removal of barbed wire obstacles. Currie is said to have been a capable commander who enjoyed a consistently successful run of victories throughout the war. He was one of the few First World War generals who were determined to keep casualty rates as low as possible. Later he became principal of McGill University.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7441
City/Municipality
Kananaskis
Memorial Number
48025-046
Type
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
51.0283021, -115.0345825
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

VETERANS GUARD OF CANADA
Over 10,000 veterans of World War I (1914-1918) enlisted to serve in
World War II (1939-1945) forming a special army unit in May 1940
known as the Veterans Guard of Canada.

Prevented from overseas service because of age, these veterans were
utilized in training active service recruits, protecting military installations,
war plants, vital utilities and railroads against sabotage. One of their more
important roles was guarding prisoners of war.

This was the site of World War II Seebe Internment Camp No. 130
which originally held conscientious objectors and enemy seaman. The
camp later held 650 prisoners of war, most were officers captured from
the German Afrika Korps by the British Eighth Army in North Africa.
A temporary tent camp nine kilometers north on Morley Flats held
10,000 prisoners in 1942 awaiting transfer to the newly built P.O.W.
Camp No. 133 in Lethbridge, Alberta.

During 1945 and 1946 the prisoners of War from this Seebe Camp
guarded by soldiers of the Veterans Guard, cleared trees for the
construction of Barrier Lake Reservoir.

This caird and the flags are dedicated by the KANANASKIS ROTARY CLUB
in memory of those soldiers who served Canada
during the two world wars
October 17, 1999

Image
Photo Credit
Kevin Evans
Caption
front
1 of 2 images
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Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
Province
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Body Content

See plaque inscription.

City
Kananaskis
Country
Type Description
Tower and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7356
City/Municipality
Kananaskis
Memorial Number
48025-045
Type
Address
GPS location: 50°54'56.2
Location
15 km north of junction of Highway 66 and Powderface Trail
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.91561, -114.91914
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN MEMORIAM
WORLD WAR II
AIRCREW

ON AUGUST 14, 1941 AN AVRO ANSON TRAINING
AIRCRAFT FROM No. 3 SERVICE FLYING
TRAINING SCHOOL CALGARY CRASHED ON
MOUNT McDOUGALL, ABOUT 10 KM WESS OF
THIS SITE. THE LIVES OF FLYING OFFICER
I.M. SUTHERLAND-BROWN AND LEADING
AIRCRAFTSMAN F.W. GREENFIELD WERE LOST.
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN A.M.R. McGRUTHER
WAS INJURED BUT SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT.

MANY LIVES WERE LOST DURING THE PERIOD
OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING
PLAN 1939 TO 1945 AS AIRCREW WERE BEING
TRAINED IN CANADA FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE.
TO THEIR FOND MEMORY THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED.

THE DEDICATION CEREMONY WAS HELD NOVEMBER 10, 1989
THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY
SQUADRON LEADER A.M.R. (SANDY) McGRUTHER

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN PARTICIPANTS
ROYAL AIR FORCE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
CIVILIAN INSTRUCTORS

KANANASKIS
COUNTRY

Image
Photo Credit
Eric Kuhn
Caption
front
1 of 2 images
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Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
Province
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Body Content

This memorial was dedicated on 10 November 1989 to the aircrew who lost their lives training for the Second World War.

City
Kananaskis
Country
Type Description
Rock and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7127
City/Municipality
Kananaskis
Memorial Number
48025-044
Type
Address
Mount Hart-McHarg
Location
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.625, -115.3028
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN MEMORY OF
LT. COL. WILLIAM HART-McHARG, M.I.D.
COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 7TH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
(BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT) C.E.F.

KILLED IN ACTION
24 APRIL 1915 DURING THE SECOND
BATTLE OF YPRES, BELGIUM

Image
Photo Credit
Ronald Leblanc
Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
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Caption
Mount Hart-McHarg
1 of 2 images
Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in honour of Lt. Col. William R. F. Hart-McHarg, commanding officer of the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion, C.E.F., who was killed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres on 24 April 1915 in recognition of his leadership. On 11 August 2006, a plaque was installed on a large granite boulder adjacent to the trailhead at Upper Kananaskis Lake, facing Mounts Hart-McHarg and Worthington (memorial no. 48025-043), for viewing by future hikers and climbers. Also, a four-inch ABS tube containing a signature book in a stone cairn on the upper slope of the peak was installed by a climbing team supplied by the British Columbia Regiment on 12 August 2006. A dedication ceremony was conducted on 13 August 2006.

City
Kananaskis
Country
Type Description
Mountain and plaque (steel and iron)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7099
City/Municipality
Kananaskis
Memorial Number
48025-043
Type
Address
Mount Worthington
Location
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.62666, -115.29726
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN MEMORY OF
LT. COL. DONALD G. WORTHINGTON, M.I.D.
COMMANDING OFFICER
OF THE 28TH ARMOURED REGIMENT
(BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT)
CANADIAN ARMOURED CORPS
KILLED IN ACTION
9 AUGUST 1944 ON HILL 111
DURING THE
BATTLE OF NORMANDY, FRANCE

Image
Photo Credit
Ronald Leblanc
Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
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Caption
Mount Worthington
1 of 2 images
Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in honour of Lt. Col. Donald G. Worthington, commanding officer of the 28th Armoured Regiment (British Columbia Regiment) who was killed during the Battle of Normandy, 9 August 1944 in recognition of his leadership. On 11 August 2006, a plaque was installed on a large granite boulder adjacent to the trailhead at Upper Kananaskis Lake, facing Mounts Hart-McHarg (memorial no. 48025-044) and Worthington, for viewing by future hikers and climbers. Also, a four-inch ABS tube containing a signature book in a stone cairn on the upper slope of the peak was installed by a climbing team supplied by the British Columbia Regiment on 12 August 2006. A dedication ceremony was conducted on 13 August 2006.

City
Kananaskis
Country
Type Description
Mountain and plaque (steel and iron)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7098
City/Municipality
Kananaskis
Memorial Number
48025-042
Type
Address
SE-S10-TWP24-Range 9-W5M- needs research
Location
University of Calgary Field Station
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
0, 0
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

VETERANS GUARD OF CANADA

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

Image
Photo Credit
David Thomas
Caption
front
1 of 4 images
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front
1 of 4 images
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plaque
1 of 4 images
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Caption
dedication ceremony
1 of 4 images
Province
Body Content

The site of this memorial was a Second World War prisoner of war camp. The original watch tower and Colonel's cabin are still in place and house pictures and information on the POW camp. The memorial is dedicated to the Veteran Guards, which consisted of veterans from the First World War that were too old to fight in the Second World War, but held positions including guarding, communications, railway, ammo depots and POW camps. The memorial was funded by the Kananaskis Rotary Club. The construction was done by the Kananaskis Country Maintenance Department. The memorial was dedicated on 17 October 1997.

City
Kananaskis
Country
Type Description
Rock and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7069