Saturday 18 February 2012

Michipicoten


Location:  N 47° 56.240 W 084° 49.639  On the trail at the end of Superior Street.


A pleasant walkway and bridge, dedicated to local hero, Gunner Stephen E. Renault.  Beautiful view of the Mission High Falls.  A wooden sign and bridge mark the spot.

THE STEPHEN E. RENAULT WALKWAY

To honour Gunner Stephen E. Renault
13th Field Regiment RCA

Killed in action in Belgium, October 17, 1944.
He was awarded posthumouslythe Belgium Croix de Guerre with Palme Medal for courage and tenacity in an impossible situation.

A former resident of Michipicoten River Village, buried in Adegem Cemetery, Belgium.

Lest We Forget



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