Grand Bend Memorial Cannon

This old gun in Grand Bend was one of over 3,000 German weapons captured during the First World War and brought to Canada as war memorials. Most have rusted away and have been removed but this one, which arrived in Grand Bend in November 1920, has been well looked after. Source: “By Little Towns” by Robert Shipley.

Inscription

CENTENNIAL OF CONFEDERATION

GRAND BEND

CENTENNIAL PARK

ERECTED BY THE

VILLAGE OF GRAND BEND

IN PERMANENT COMMEMORATION OF

THE CENTENNIAL

OF CONFEDERATION IN CANADA

IN 1967.

CONSTRUCTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE

THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF

THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

Ce vieux canon exposé à Grand Bend fait partie des quelque 3 000 armes allemandes capturées pendant la Première Guerre mondiale et rapportées au Canada comme mémoriaux militaires. La plupart étaient rongés par la rouille et ont été démontés, mais celui-ci, qui est arrivé à Grand Bend en novembre 1920, a été bien entretenu. Source : By Little Towns, de Robert Shipley.

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