Commemoration signs are to be placed in Huntsville’s River Mill Park, Muskoka Lakes’ Hanna Park and Bracebridge’s Memorial Park to honour the Kamloops 215.
On Friday, June 25th, from 9 am to 8 pm, River Mill Park will be a community location to receive 215 Commemorative and Awareness Raising Signs in honour of the 215 indigenous child victims found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.
The commemorative signs are a collaboration lead by Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison and local community advocate Trisha Cowie as an opportunity for Muskoka Communities to pay respect, raise awareness and learn more about residential schools.
While Huntsville receives the signs next Friday, a memorial ceremony with invited guests will be held in Bracebridge on Monday at 1 pm in Memorial Park.
Community members who wish to pay respects in Huntsville are welcome to visit River Mill Park between 9 am – 8 pm on Friday when the commemorative signs will be exhibited.
The Township of Muskoka Lakes is also proud to be a host location of a commemorative sign display in memory of the Kamloops 215.
On Tuesday, June 22, the commemorative signs will be displayed at Hanna Park in Port Carling from 9 am to 8 pm.
“This is an opportunity for Muskoka Lakes to come together and reflect, raise awareness and learn about residential schools,” says Mayor Harding. “I encourage everyone to take the time to honour the lives of the 215 indigenous children and those of many others not yet known whose
lives were lost.”