History lesson

BOW VALLEY PARKWAY - - This statue in a remote area along the Bow Valley Parkway honors the Ukrainians who were interred in a camp there during World War I (1915-17). This is but one of many camps in Alberta and other locations in Canada where refugees from the Baltic States were sent...much the same way Japanese individuals in the U. S. during World War II were sent to interrment camps.
We've passed the memorial numerous times in the past six years and there were always flowers or decorations or loose change (on the pedestal at the area around the right foot) or other items to show that despite the remote location people stop and think and care.