Monday, August 29, 2022

Mark Anthony Nicholson Tree

In Kinburn, Ontario, the Mark Anthony Nicholson Tree, occupies a memorial garden east of the Kinburn Community Centre and north of Kinburn Side Road.



IN LOVING MEMORY OF

MARK ANTHONY NICHOLSON

1962 – 1996

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN




Monday, August 22, 2022

Scoutrees for Canada 50 Millionth Tree Planted

In Ottawa, the 50 millionth tree planted in the Scoutrees program occupies a place in front of Scouts Canada Headquarters on the north side of Baseline Road between Clyde Avenue and Merivale Road.


Scoutrees for Canada
50,000,000th Tree Planted
May, 1995

ArbreScout pour le Canada
50,000,000e Arbre Planté
Mai, 1995


 

Monday, August 15, 2022

Epic Walk Garden

The Epic Walk Garden, in the shape of a memorial ribbon, occupies the grounds of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, west of the headquarters building, 1500 Alta Vista Drive, on the west side south of Industrial Avenue.



EPIC WALK

RECRUIT. WALK. INSPIRE

This honey locust tree and the surrounding garden honour the participants of the EPIC WALK who raised more than $1.7 million between 2013 and 2017 to support local families facing cancer. Thank you!

Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

LA MARCHE ÉPIQUE

RECRUITER. MARCHER. INSPIRER.

Cet arbre et le jardin environnant rendent hommage auz participants à la MARCHE ÉPIQUE qui ont recueilli plus de $1.7 million de dollars de 2013 à 2017 pour soutenir les familles locales touchées par le cancer. Merci!

Fondation du cancer de la région d'Ottawa




Monday, August 08, 2022

Battle of Beaumont-Hamel Commemorative Garden of Remembrance

The Garden of Remembrance commemorating the Battle of Beaumont-hamel occupies a location at the back of the National War Museum north of Vimy Place.



A Regenerating Landscape

In designing the landscape, the architects of the Canadian War Museum drew inspiration from the First World War battlefield of Beaumont-Hamel, France. There, on July 1, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment lost 85 percent of its men, killed or wounded, in a mere 30 minutes.

The hollows and heaps of earth represent shell craters. Once hideous scars on the landscape, they have been softened by time and overgrown with vegetation. In winter, they lie shrouded in snow.

The gradually healing landscape symbolizes peace, renewal and hope for the future.

Commemorative Garden of Remembrance

In 2916, the Ottawa Garden Club marked the centenary of the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel by planting wildflowers from Newfoundland and Labrador on this replica battlefield to commemorate the sacrifice of the Newfoundland Regiment.

Canadians collectively remember the enduring legacy of our soldiers with the blossoming of these flowers each spring.

Inaugurated July 1, 2017

Un paysage en régénération

La réalisation de ce paysage, créé par les architectes du Musée canadien de la guerre, fut inspirée par Beaumont-Hamel, en France, lieu d'une bataille lors de la Première Guerre mondial. Å cet endroit, le 1er juillet 1916, en une demi-heure à peine, 85 pour cent des soldats du Newfoundland Regiment furent blessés ou tués.

Les trous et les amas de terre représentent des cratères d'obus. Jadis, horribles cicatrices d'un paysage cauchemardesque, le passage du temps les atténuées, puis la végétation les a envahies. En hiver, elles sont recouvertes de neige.

Se remettant graduellement de ses blessures, le paysage symbolise la paix, le renouvellement et l'espoir face à l'avenir.

Jardin du Souvenir

En 2016, pour souligner le centenaire de la bataille de Beaumont-Hamel, l'Ottawa Garden Club a semé, sur ce site, des fleurs sauvages de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, pour commémorer la vaillance du Newfoundland Regiment et les sacrifices consentis.

Chaque printemps, la floraison de ces fleurs permet aux Canadiens de se souvenir de l'héritage impérissable légué par nos soldats.

Plaque inaugurée le 1er juilleet 2017


















Monday, August 01, 2022

Kenzie MacGillivray Dam

In Crysler, Ontario, the Kenzie MacGillivray Dam spans the South Nation River northwest of the intersection of 2nd Street and 5th Street.





THE KENZIE MacGILLIVRAY DAM
— 1977 —


A PROJECT OF
THE SOUTH NATION RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
IN CO-OPERATION WITH
THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES


The Kenzie MacGillivray Dam commemorates Donald MacKenzie "Kenzie" MacGillivray January 9, 1900 – March 4, 1986, former Reeve of Finch Township, Ontario, and former Warden of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. The spillover dam accompanied with a waste water weir controls flooding of the South Nation River, especially during spring run off.