Waverley Park (Thunder Bay) - Port Arthur Cenotaph

Port Arthur Cenotaph

The Port Arthur Cenotaph was originally built in remembrance of local soldiers who died during World War I, and was updated for both the Second World War and the Korean War. It was erected in 1925 by the McCallum Granite Company of Kingston, Ontario, through the efforts of the Women's Canadian Club at a cost of $8,000.

The design of the cenotaph is simple. Both immense and yet stark, with simplistic lines, the monument is identical on either side.

The inscription reads:

Below it are the dates of WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.

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