Wahta Mohawks First Nation

 

Location:  Muskoka District     N 44.99433   W -79.77729

2664 Muskoka Road 38, 250 metres east of Highway 400.

 

The memorial dedicated to the Wahta First Nations was first featured on this site in September 2012.  You can still see that post in the archives, although that memorial is no longer there.  The original stone from that first memorial has been incorporated into the design of the new memorial.  The new memorial was erected in front of the new Wahta Mohawks Administration and Community Centre, in November 2015.

This new memorial has been completely re-done on a grand scale.  The names of all the local Mohawks who volunteered for service the World Wars, Korea and Peacekeeping are forever carved into the grey granite stones. Those who died while serving have their names engraved on the tall, centre stone. There are now five stones that make up the memorial, four dedicated to those who served their country in the military and one dedicated to those who went through the Residential school system.  The entire monument is decorated with children's shoes in memory of the history of the residential school system.

I have chosen not to cover the history of the Residential Schools, that chapter can be found elsewhere for those who are interested.  This site is focused on the cenotaphs and memorials dedicated to those who bravely served their country in times of war and peace.  Sadly, many of the names appear in both the school survivors and the military service personnel.

Marker Text:

Centre front:

WAHTA MOHAWKS MEMORIAL

 

WORLD WAR I

SAMUEL COMMANDANT

 

WORLD WAR II

JOHN LaFORCE

HERMAN STOCK

 

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO

MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

 

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 11, 2015

 

 

 

 

Centre back:
TO HONOUR

THE MEN AND WOMEN

FROM GIBSON

WHO VOLUNTEERED

FOR ACTIVE SERVICE

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR II

THE KOREAN WAR

Left stone:

WORLD WAR I

ELI COMMANDANT

SAMUEL COMMANDANT

JACKSON DEWASHA

JOSEPH LAFLECHE

SOMON LAFORCE

THOMAS LAFORCE

PETER MONTOUR

MARK NELSON

PATRICK STOCK

ROBERT STOCK

KOREA

NORMAN SAHANATIEN

HOWARD THOMPSON

PEACE KEEPERS

GORDON J. COMMANDANT

W. GEORGE COMMANDANT

 

Left centre stone:

WORLD WAR II

ARTHUR COMMANDANT

FERDINAND COMMANDANT

GEORGE COMMANDANT 

HARVEY COMMANDANT

RICHARD COMMANDANT

SIDNEY COMMANDANT

ARCHIE DECAIRE

DAVID DECAIRE

FRANCIS DECAIRE

GORDON DECAIRE

PERCIVAL DECAIRE

JOSEPH DEWASHA

MITCHELL FRANKS

SIMON LAFORCE

JOHN LAFORCE

GEORGE MARTIN

ERNEST MARTIN

EDWARD NEWS

FREDRICK NEWS

 

 

 

Right centre stone:

JEFFREY NEWS

WILSON NEWS

PHOEBE RENNIE

GORDON SAHANATIEN

LEONARD SAHANATIEN

LOUIS SAHANATIEN

NORMAN SAHANATIEN

HARRY STOCK

HERMAN STOCK

JOSEPH STOCK

PATRICK STOCK

ROBERT STOCK

HOWARD THOMPSON

ROY THOMPSON

BEATRICE WHITE

CHRISTOPHER WHITE 

 

 

 

Right stone:

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

List of names.