Queen Elizabeth Way Monument
- Queen Elizabeth Way Monument
The Queen Elizabeth Way Monument, also known as the Lion Monument, is a memorial originally located at the Toronto end of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). The monument was designed by architect W.I. Sommerville, sculptor Frances Loring, and Frances Wyle helped model the royal profiles and crown.
It was dedicated in June 1939 during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the namesake of the highway, in what was the first visit to a British dominion by the reigning sovereign. It consists of a column with a crown at the top and a lion at the base. The monument was moved in 1974 in order to accommodate widening of the original QEW, and is now located in the nearby Sir Casimir Gzowski Park along Lake Ontario, on the east side of the Humber River. It was re-dedicated in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth, by then known as the Queen Mother.
Also along the QEW is the decorative stone pillar on the eastern approach to the Henley Bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario. It was also dedicated by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. There are two monuments of the bridge (east and west approach) consisting of four regal lions and each bearing a unique shield. A pillar is located on the opposite side of each monument with a sailboat motif on the west pillar.
ee also
* Monarchy in Ontario
References
* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/QEWphotos4.htm Queen Elizabeth Way Photographs - Page 4 QEW Monument]
* [http://www.thekingshighway.ca/PHOTOS/QEWphotos6.htm Henley Bridge]
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