Merchant Navy Memorial

Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario

Type

Other

The Merchant Navy Memorial was dedicated June 5, 1944. It was designed by John Bryan of Providence Bay. The anchor was retrieved in the waters of Providence Bay and donated to the builders of the memorial.

In the Spring of 2002, six bronze plaques naming the 72 merchant ships lost during the Second World War were completed. The driving force behind this memorial were three Navy Veterans - John Bryan, Providence Bay, Allan Tustian, Mindemoya and Ed Kift, Little Current. There was a rededication of the memorial on May 25, 2002, where the plaques were unveiled by the Hon. Art Egleton, Minister of National Defence, assisted by Comrades Allen Tustian and Norm Smith.

The Manitoulin District Cenotaph, Manitoulin Women's Memorial and Youth in Partnership with Veterans Memorial are also located in the Veterans' Memorial Gardens Complex.

Inscription

[front plaque/devant]
CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914 - 18 1939 - 45 1950 - 53

THE
LIFE LINE
OF THE
WORLD
POUR LA
SURVIE
DU MONDE
LIBRE

[front base]
CANADA

IN MEMORY OF 2200 KNOWN CANADIAN
MERCHANT SEAMEAN AND 31 CANADIAN VESSELS
LOST BY ENEMY ACTION AND THOSE WHO
SERVED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
À LA MÉMOIRE DES 2200 MARINS MARCHANDS
ET DES 31 NAVIRES CANADIENS OU ONT PERDU
LORS DES HOSTILTES ET A TOUS CEUX QUI
ONT SERVI LA CAUSE DE LA LIBERTÉ

COMMEMORATING / COMMEMORANT
WORLD WAR I 1914 - 1918 LA PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE
WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE
KOREAN CONFLICT 1950 - 1953 LA GUERRE DE CORÉE

[right side/côté droit]
1941