Cape Croker

 
 
Location:  Bruce County     N 44 55.370   W 01.285
At the corner of Community Centre Road and Prairie Road, in front of the Community Centre.

This memorial pays honour to the brave soldiers of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nations, and proudly stands at the heart of their reserve on the shores of the Bruce Peninsula.
A statue of a WWI soldier stands on top of a granite stele which lists the names of the men from this area who died in the Great War.  Two additional stele where added in 1999 to list the wars and conflicts of which soldiers from this community have served.


 
Marker text:
Centre:
1914 - 1918
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS
OF CAPE CROKER
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE OF THE BAND
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR

DANIEL ELLIOTT
JOSEPH ELLIOTT
ARCHIE D. JOHNSON
WILLIS KEESHIG
BARNEY KEESHIG
FRANK LAVALLEY Jr.
PAUL NADJIWON
JOSEPH SHAWON
ALEX TAYLOR

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE
 

Left:
WARS

1812-1814
1914-1918
1939-1945

KOREAN
1950-1953

DESERT STORM
1991

Right:
UN
PEACEKEEPERS

YEMEN
EGYPT
CONGO
CYPRUS
BOSNIA
NATO