Ontario Veterans Memorial

Ontario Veterans Memorial
Ontario Veterans Memorial
Designer	Allan Harding MacKay
Type	War memorial
Length	30 m (98 ft)
Opening date	September 16, 2006
Dedicated to	War veterans of Ontario
Coordinates	43°39′41″N 79°23′31″W / 43.66139°N 79.39181°W / 43.66139; -79.39181

Ontario Veterans War Memorial is a 30-metre-long (98 ft) granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park (Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg. Besides images (mostly photographic) laser-etched into the granite, the wall also includes inscriptions from author Jane Urquhart and military historian Jack Granatstein on the bronze centre- and end-pieces respectively. The wall was advocated for by the Veterans’ Memorial Advisory Committee under the leadership of retired Major-General Richard Rohmer.

The wall was completed in 2006 and was officially unveiled on September 16, 2006. It depicts scenes of the Canadian military's role in times of peace and war since 1867 starting with the Fenian raids. The most recent conflict listed is "The Campaign Against Terror".

See also

• Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Ottawa, Ontario
• National War Memorial (Canada) - Ottawa, Ontario
• Brock's Monument - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
• The Ottawa Memorial - Ottawa, Ontario
• Peacekeeping Monument - Ottawa, Ontario
• Old City Hall Cenotaph, Toronto - Toronto, Ontario
• Korean War Memorial Wall (Canada) - Brampton, Ontario
• South African War Memorial (Toronto) - Toronto, Ontario

References

• Press release for creation of memorial