Monument

The Campbell/Carnarvon Monument was originally situated in the centre of the road in the area once known as Alexander's Corner but now known as Monument Corner.

The first unveiling memorial service took place on Thursday, September 15, 1921 in memory of the boys who belonged to Campbell & Carnarvon Township who fell during what was known as the Great War.

On Dedication Day upwards of two hundred automobiles were counted and the gathering numbered nearly two thousand.

The movement to build such a monument had originated among the ex-service men and a committee. The statue was carved from white marble and was imported from Italy.

The statue represents an infantry soldier dressed in the uniform of a private, with shrapnel helmet, rifle and bayonet. The contour of the life-like expression on the soldier's face, the veins on the hand, the wrinkles on the uniform where the arms and limbs were bent is very natural and animated.

The statue was approximately six feet high and stood on a four-square granite block on which is carved the names of the soldiers whose death it commemorates. On the upper corner of each square, maple leaves are carved and in the centre the date 1914-1918

After an automobile accident, the original monument was moved off the roadway. The Campbell/Carnarvon Monument was reconstructed and renamed as the Manitoulin District Cenotaph with the addition of a Seaman's Monument.

The original statue was refinished and mounted on the new Cenotaph. On June 5, 1994 a re-dedication ceremony took place to honour all of those who died in the defence of Canada and for her allies in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnamese Conflict.

To the east of the Cenotaph and Seamen's Monument on the opposite side of the road is the Manitoulin Women's Memorial. The Women's Memorial was dedicated on September 15, 2001.

The Women's Memorial recognizes the Manitoulin Veterans of various branches of the Woman's Military Services, as well as the women's services themselves.