Located for over 60 years at the intersection of Algonquin Avenue and Jane Street, in the name of progress a North Bay landmark has been untethered and moved a few blocks to the southeast.
According to historical records, the Algonquin Regiment War Memorial was unveiled on August 31, 1961, "in memory of all ranks of the Algonquin Regiment who paid the supreme sacrifice in World Wars I and II."
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Monday morning, the memorial was carefully excavated and prepared to be transported to its new resting place in Memorial Park by local company Sanderson Monuments. The granite monument is estimated to weigh 10,000 pounds. A concrete slab was poured for the Algonquin Regiment War Memorial on the Ferguson Street side of the cenotaph.
The relocation is part of an ongoing reconfiguration of the traffic controls and lane-widening at the busy intersection of Algonquin Avenue-Jane Street-Front Street.
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The land on which the memorial is situated was donated by the City of North Bay more than six decades ago but its reclamation was deemed necessary to complete the traffic project.
The funds for the memorial were raised over 10 years by the Algonquin Veterans' Association after the idea was raised by members James J. Sunstrum, Wib Fischer and Clem Beauchesne, in 1952.
