Point Edward - Canadian Merchant Navy Memorial

 

Location:  Lambton County     N 42.99597   W -82.41361

Veterans Memorial Park, 206 S.t Clair Street.

 

The town of Point Edward is a famous location for ship-watchers, at the south of Lake Huron where the St. Clair River begins you can sit in Waterfront Park and watch the daily parade of large ships on their journey to the Great Lakes ports and beyond.  This makes the area a perfect location for the Canadian Merchant Marine Memorial, found nearby in Veterans Park.  The memorial was erected in 1996 by the citizens of Point Edward and pays tribute to the vital lifeline across the Atlantic Ocean during the two World Wars.  The memorial is dedicated to the Merchant Marine seamen and their vessels that where lost at sea during this critical time in our history, many of those same ships may have passed by this point on their journey.  The black granite stone lists the names of the ships lost and the local men who lost their lives while serving on the seas.

Marker Text:

Front:

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914-1918   1939-1945   1950-1953

THE LIFE LINE OF THE WORLD

POUR LA SURVIE DU MONDE LIBRE

 

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY MEMORIAL

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

A LA MÉMOIRE DES MARINS MARCHANDS
ET DES NAVIRES CANADIENS QUI ONT PÉRI
LORS DES HOSTILITÉS ET A TOUS CEUX QUI
ONT SERVI LA CAUSE DE LA LIBERTÉ

COMMEMORATING / COMMÉMORANT
WORLD WAR I   1914-1918   LA PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE
WORLD WAR II   1939-1945   LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE
THE KOREAN WAR   1950-1953   LA GUERRE DE CORÉE

WORLD WAR II
KENNETH BURGESS
JAMES BURNS
FRANK HARKNESS
DONALD HUGGINS

CLIFFORD JARVIS
REID McLAM
BRUCE PEACHEY
CLARKSON G. PEACHEY

NORMAN ROSS
JAMES SHAW
JOHN WALKER

ON ALL OCEANS WHITE CAPS FLOW THERE ARE NO CROSSES ROW ON ROW
BUT THOSE WHO SLEEP BENEATH THE SEA. MAY SLEEP IN PEACE FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FREE
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. YES WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

 

 

 

 

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CANADIAN VESSELS LOST BY ENEMY ACTION
NAVIRES CANADIENS PORTÉS DISPARUS

WORLD WAR I / LA PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

SCHR. C.M. WALTERS
SCHR. LUCILLE M. SCHNARE
SCHR. E.B. WALTERS
SCHR. UDA A. SAUNDERS
SCHR. PASADENA
SCHR. CLOAMING
SCHR. POTENTATE
SCHR. VERNA D. ADAMS

SCHR. ELSIE PORTER
SCHR. L.C. TOWER
SCHR. ST. OLAF
SCHR. HARRY W. ADAMS
SCHR. PERCE
S.S. DUNDEE
SCHR. MAYOLA
SCHR. THOMAS

SCHR. WILLENA GERTRUDE
SCHR. MINAS QUEEN
SCHR. DORFONTEIN
SCHR. INDUSTRIAL
S.S. EMPRESS FORT WILLIAM
S.S. D.A. GORDON
S.S. LUZ BLANCA
S.S. FRESHFIELD

WORLD WAR II / LA SECOND GUERRE MONDIALE

S.S. ERIK BOYE
S.S. MAGOG
S.S. WATERLOO
S.S. THOROLD
S.S. KENORDOC
S.S. ST. MALO
S.S. TREVISA
S.S. MAPLECOURT
S.S. CANADIAN CRUISER
S.S. A.D. HUFF
S.S. J.B. WHITE
M.V. CANADOLITE
S.S. PORTADOC
M.V. EUROPA
S.S. COLLINGDOC
M.V. VANCOUVER ISLAND
S.S. SHINAI
S.S. LADY HAWKINS
M.V. MONTROLITE
S.S. EMPRESS OF ASIA
M.V. VICTOLITE
S.S. GEORGE L. TORIAN

S.S. LENNOX
S.S. SARNIADOC
S.S. ROBERT W. POMEROY
S.S. VINELAND
SCHR. JAMES E. NEWSON
SCHR. MILDRED PAULINE
S.S. LADY DRAKE
S.S. MONT LOUIS
M.V. CALGAROLITE
S.S. TORONDOC
S.S. TROISDOC
S.S. FRANK B. BAIRD
S.S. LIVERPOOL PACKET
SCHR. MONA MARIE
M.V. LUCILLE M.
S.S. PRESCODOC
S.S PRINCESS MARGUERITE
S.S. DONALD STEWART
S.S. LORD STRATHCONA
S.S. JOHN A. HOLLOWAY
S.S. CARTON
S.S. NORFOLK
S.S. CAROLUS

S.S. BIC ISLAND
S.S. ROSE CASTLE
S.S. CHR. J. KAMPMANN
S.V. ANGELUS
S.S. JASPER PARK
S.S. WATUKA
S.S. ALBERT C. FIELD
S.S. CORNWALLUS
S.S. PT. PLEASANT PARK
S.S. TABER PARK
S.S. AVONDALE PARK
S.S. LADY NELSON
M.V. NIPIWAN PARK
S.S. FORT BELLINGHAM
S.S. FORT ATHABASCA
S.S. FORT ST. NICHOLAS
S.S. FORT MISSANABIE
S.S. FORT NORFOLK
S.S. FORT MAISONNEUVE
S.S. FORT FIDLER
S.S. FORT MCPHERSON
S.S. FORT GLOUCESTER

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF POINT EDWARD
1996