Vanleek Hill

 

Location:  Prescott and Russell United Counties

 N 45.519667   W -74.650787

 Beside the Post Office, at 35 Main Street East, (County Road 10).

 

The small community of Vanleek Hill in eastern Ontario is known as the Gingerbread Capital of Ontario.  Gingerbread is the woodwork that adds architectural detail to building exteriors and interiors. The porches, windows, gables, and rooflines of over 250 homes in Vankleek Hill contain Victorian era decorative gingerbread elements.  As such, this is an attractive small town with a proud history that includes the loyal service of its citizens during the time of war.  

The cenotaph was originally located in front of the Vanleek Hill Collegiate Institute, but it was recently moved to its current location in the community park beside the post office.  The names of those who gave their lives during the World Wars are listed on this beautiful monument.  The list of names is too long considering the size of this village, a reminder of the sacrifices made by all during the times of world conflict.  A plaque to acknowledge the Korean War was also added recently.  The park is kept in excellent condition, with a small rock fountain and benches provided by the Lions Club.  A steel silhouette of a resting soldier stands guard beside the cenotaph.

Courtesy of the Vanleek Museum, a list of names and bios of some of the fallen from WWI appears at this link:  http://www.vankleek.ca/PDFs/VKHWarMemorialWWICasualties.pdf

Photography by Louise Bellec.

 

 

 

 

Marker text: 

LEST WE FORGET

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES FROM

VANKLEEK HILL AND DISTRICT WHO

GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR WORLD PEACE

1914 - 1918

BARTON, G.F.

BARTON, O.R.

BERTRAND, J.A.

BRADLEY, W.H.

BROWN, W.

CALVANK, R.

CHRISTIE, D.

CONLON, J.T.

CUNNING, J.F.

CRUMMY, W.

DOWNING, R.L.

DUNNING, G.G.

DUPUIS, M.

EATON, D.

FLYNN, G.

FOUCAULT, J.

HARVEY, N.J.

JOHNSTON, J.M.

KIRBY, J.

LAFLAMME, F.

LAVIOLETTE, M.

LEROY, J.M.

LONSDALE, W.

MacALPINE, F.

MacDONALD, S.

MacLAURIN, H.J.

MacLEOD, K.

MASSIA, R.

McCALLUM, H.R.

McCUAIG, T.R.

MILLER, C.R.

REID, D.P.

ROBERTSON, W.

SAMPLE, T.R.

SEGUIN, V.

SHAW, G.

TAYLOR, D.

WHITE, J.A.

 

1939 - 1945

BERNIQUE, B.

BERTRAND, G.

BICKERSTAFF, L.D.

BROWN, R.E.

CAINS, F.L.

CAMPBELL, D.A.

CHARMAN, E.A.

CHISHOLM, D.F.

CLARK, H.

CONWAY, M.A.

DESJARDINS, F.

HARTRICK, N.

HUDSON, R.W.

HURLEY, A.

JOHNSTON, L.

MacDONALD, A.B.

MacINTOSH, A.V.

MacKINNON, M.C.

MacNEIL, D.G.

McCALLUM, D.H.

McDUFF, E.

McINTYRE, H.B.

McINTOSH, S.

McLEOD, M.

McCONNACHIE, W.J.

MILNER, E.J.

MILNER, E.P.

MILNER, G.B.

MIRON, J.A.

NORMAN, J.

RENWICK, A.H.

ROBERTSON, J.

SABOURIN, J.P.

SLOAN, P.

SPROULE, E.

WALSH, C.

WILLIAMS, P.

WILSON, C.

WILSON, D.W.

WILSON, L.G.

YOUNG. D.

 

 

Plaque top right:

KOREA

1950 - 1953