Legion Cenotaph - Pine Falls MB
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 50° 34.007 W 096° 13.152
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This Canadian Legion Memorials Cenotaph is in front of Legion Branch #64 on Pine Street (Hwy 11) at Tamarack Street in Pine Falls-Powerview, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMKZXJ
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 06/24/2014
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Standing beside the Cenotaph, there is a life-size soldier in full battle dress carrying a machine gun. A 5-foot tall tapered granite slab is standing upright on a granite base. On the upright slab is a bronze plaque with:
The plaque is erected
in memory of the men
of Abitibi Power & Paper
Company Limited and
subsidiary companies
who gave their lives in
the Second World War
1939 - 1945
Forty names are listed on the plaque and another fifteen names are engraved near the bottom of the upright granite slab.
On the granite base, the following is engraved:
They gave their today for our
tomorrow. May we be worthy of
their sacrifice. We will remember them.
Abitibi was the major employer in the area.
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Location: 7 Tamarac Street Pine Falls-Powerview, MB Canada R0E 1M0
What is it?: Cenotaph
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