Manitoulin Island - Merchant Navy

 
 

Location:  Manitoulin Island     N 45 42.782   W 82 14.778
At the corner of Highway 551 and Monument Road.
 
This memorial is part of the larger Manitoulin District Cenotaph, featuring several memorials seen on this blog previously.   http://ontariowarmemorials.blogspot.com/2017/09/manitoulin-district-cenotaph.html

The Merchant Navy memorial pays tribute to the unsung role of the Merchant Navy during the World Wars and Korea.  Canada lost approximately 31 vessels and 2200 sailors during the vital fight for supply of overseas troops.  Plaques on the memorial list the many ships lost along with the year of their sinking.  The stone plaque with the ship, has been restored since my visit, as the lettering had begun to weather badly.  An anchor rest on top of the memorial and a flagpole mast nicely completes the nautical look.  Thanks to the local residents and legion members for the care and upkeep of this outstanding memorial.  All ships listed were lost in World War II, but the commitment of the Merchant Navy is remembered through all the wars.



Marker test:
Front:
CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914 - 18     1939 - 45     1950 - 53

THE LIFE LINE OF THE WORLD


IN MEMORY OF THE KNOWN CANADIAN
MERCHANT SEAMEN AND 31 CANADIAN VESSELS
LOST BY ENEMY ACTION AND THOSE WHO
SERVED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

COMMEMORATING
WORLD WAR I     1914 - 1918
WORLD WAR II     1939 - 1945
KOREAN CONFLICT     1950 - 1953
 


Starboard side:
1940
ERIK BOYLE
MAGOG
WATERLOO
THOROLD
KENORDOC
ST. MALO
TREVISA

1942
LIVERPOOL PACKET
MONA MARIE
LUCILLE M.
PRESDODOC
PRINCESS MARGUERITTE
DONALD STEWART
LORD STRATHCOMA
LORD JOHN A. HOLLOWAY

OAKTON
NORFOLK
CHARLES F. NESBITT
CAROLUS
CARIBOU
BIC ISLAND
ROSE CASTLE
J. KAMPMAN
R.J. CULLEN
 



Aft side:
1941
EUROPA
COLLINGWOOD
LADY SOMMERS
SHINAI
PROTUES
NEREUS
VANCOUVER ISLAND

1942
LADY HAWKINS
MONTROLITE
EMPRESS OF ASIA
VICTOLITE
GEORGE L. TORIAN
LENNOX
SARNIADOC
LADY NELSON
ROBERT W. POMEROY

VINELIND
JAMES E. NEWSOM
LADY DRAKE
MILDRED PAULINE
MONT LOUIS
CALGAROLITE
TORONDOC
TROISDOC
FRANK M. BAIRD
 



Port side:
1941
MAPLECOURT
CANADIAN CRUISER
A.D. HUFF
J.B. WHITE
CANADOLITE
PORTODOC

1943
ANGELUS
JASPER PARK
FORT ATHABASKA

1944
FORT BELLINGHAM
FORT ST. NICHOLAS
WATUKA
FORT MISSANABIE
ALBERT C. FIELD
FORT NORFOLK
CORNWALLIS

1945
NIPIWAN PARK
POINT PLEASANT PARK
SORELDOC
TABER PARK
SILVER STAR PARK
GREENHILL PARK
AVONDALE PARK

FORT MAISONNEUVE