Park with flagpoles, plaques and a slab – Toronto

Little Norway Park was developed in 1986-1987 in memory of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Training Camp located on the same site during the Second World War.

Inscription

[“Little Norway” plaque/plaque sur la « Petite Norvège »]
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“LITTLE NORWAY”

A training camp for Norway’s Air Force was located on
this site during World War II.

Little Norway Park was built on the same site in 1986-1987.

“Little Norway” – 1942
[A drawing of the camp follows./Un dessin du camp suit.]

Little Norway Park – 1987
[A drawing of the park follows./Un dessin du parc suit.]

[slab/dalle]
LITTLE NORWAY
1940-1945

[flagpole/mât]
This Flagpole-Base
is the only object
remaining from
Little Norway Camp.

[BACK/ARRIÈRE]
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The Memorial Stone is a gift from
Norway to Canada.
The stone was shaped by nature
through glacier action during the
last ice age and deposited in a
large moraine at the south coast
of Norway at Lista.

The bronze plaque and text were
completed in Norway before
shipment to Toronto.

The Memorial is therefore,
in every respect,
a true part of Norway
transferred to Canada.

The unveiling took place in
September 1976 in the presence of
H.R.H. Crown Prince Harald of Norway
at a site closer to the lake.

Moved to this new location in
“Little Norway Park”
ten years later and rededicated in
November 1987 in the presence of
His Majesty King Olav V.

[FRONT/DEVANT]
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Little Norway Park
was officially opened by
His Majesty King Olav V
of Norway
Nov. 20, 1987.

The story of
“Little Norway”
is told on the plaque
on the old
Flagpole-Base located
on the other side of the
monument.

Le parc Little Norway a été aménagé en 1986-1987 à la mémoire du camp d’entraînement de l’Aviation royale norvégienne situé sur cet emplacement durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.