Bedford Basin Collision Memorial
This memorial is dedicated to those who left Canada via Bedford Basin to fight in the First and Second World Wars and those who died in the collision of two ships near the park. It was unveiled December 6, 2000.
Inscription
[front/devant]
THIS PARK IS DEDICATED
TO THOSE WHO SET FORTH
FROM BEDFORD BASIN TO PROTECT
OUR FREEDOM IN TWO WORLD WARS.
ALSO TO THOSE LIVES LOST WHEN
THE SHIPS, “IMO” AND “MONT BLANC”
COLLIDED IN THE NARROWS,
ONE MILE EAST OF THIS SITE,
CAUSING “THE GREAT EXPLOSION”,
DECEMBER 6TH, 1917.
[back/arrière]
DIRECTLY IN FRONT IS A FRAGMENT OF
THE ALTAR OF ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH ON
RUSSELL STREET. TO THE RIGHT, A
FRAGMENT OF THE “MONT BLANC”.
THE ANCHOR WAS BLOWN TWO MILES AWAY.
Monument commémoratif de la collisions des navires de Bedford Basin
Ce mémorial est dédié à ceux qui se sont partis embarqués au bassin Bedford pour aller se battre à l’extérieur du Canada pendant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales, ainsi qu’aux victimes de la collision entre deux navires près du parc. Il a été inauguré le 6 décembre 2000.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.