Verner

Location:  Nipissing District   N 46 24.654   W 80 07.370
On the east side of Route 64, south of Highway 17, beside the library.

 

 

Verner was established in 1894, as a farming community on the north shore of Lake Nipissing.  Due to the close proximity to the lake, it is also a destination for sport fishermen and adventurers.  Most of the residents are of Francophone decent and strongly proud of their heritage.
A large part of the heritage is the Remembrance of those from this region who served and where lost in the service of their country.
The Memorial Park is a fine tribute to the men of Verner, especially those who where lost in the World Wars.
Central to the  memorial is a large artillery piece and a row of flagpoles, flying the flags of each province.  To each side of the landscaped walkway are stones decorated with the names of the men from Verner who died at war.  This is a fine tribute from a small village, to honour its heroes of the past.

 

Marker text:
Cannon plaque:
DEDIER AUX RESIDENTS
DE VERNER QUI ONT
FIERMENT SERVI

1914 - 1918  WWI
1939 - 1945  WWII
1950 - 1953  COREE KOREA

DEDICATED TO THE
RESIDENTS OF VERNER
WHO PROUDLY SERVED

 

 

 

Left stone:
WORLD WAR I

PRIVATE GAUTHIER, ZOTIQUE
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade
Died:  September 20th, 1917

PRIVATE GRAHAM, JOHN H.
25th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Nova Scotia Regiment
Died:  November 5th, 1917

 

 

 

Right stone:
WORLD WAR II

PRIVATE LAVALLEE, ROGER R.
First Canadian Special
Service Battalion
Died:  June 2nd, 1944

PRIVATE AUBIN, LUCIEN
20ieme Regiment Canadien
de Maisonneuve
Died:  February 28th, 1945