Montreal River Plaque unveiling

Event Start Date: 26 September 2024
Event End Date:

Location: Ontario


September 26, 2024
The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, along with the Ontario Heritage Trust, will unveil a commemorative plaque to be placed at the site of the Montreal River Alternative Service camp (just north of Sault Ste. Marie). Canada’s Alternative Service program ran from 1941-1946, with over 10,000 participants, many of them Mennonite. The unveiling will take place at Conrad Grebel University College at 4:00 p.m. The plaque will be installed at the Montreal River site on September 28.  For more information, please visit MHSO.org.

September 27, 2024
The next day, September 27, the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario has arranged for two buses to go from Waterloo to Montreal River for the installation of the plaque on September 28.   Overnight accommodation in Sault Ste. Marie has been set aside for bus participants for Friday, September 27 so they can take part in the Plaque installation the next day at the Montreal River site.  The buses will then return to Waterloo.  For further details (bus costs and overnight accommodation costs), and to reserve a spot on this trip (accommodation deadline is August 27), go to https://www.mhso.org/content/montreal-river-alternative-service-camp-bus-trip


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