Monuments


 
Monuments

To view the monuments of a particular park please click on the links below:

Alexander Park Alton C. Parker Park Ambassador / Assumption & Centennial Parks
Bert Weeks Memorial Gardens Blue Heron Lake City Hall Square
Civic Esplanade C.N.R. Park Coventry Gardens/Reaume Park
Derwent Park Devonshire Court Park Dieppe Gardens
Drouillard Park Herb Gray Nature Reserve Jackson Park
Lakeview Park Marina Lanspeary Park Little River Corridor
Mackenzie Hall Park Malden Park Matthew Rodzik Park
Mic Mac Park Mill Street Heritage Park Optimist Memorial Park
Realtor Park Sandpoint Beach Shaughnessy Cohen Woods
Willistead Park    



Civic Esplanade

Tower of Freedom
Location:South of Riverside Drive
Picture of the Monument Tower of Freedom

Tower of Freedom, created by sculptor Ed Dwight, honours the flight of American slaves into freedom on the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is binationally commemorated by two monuments, representing its final stops. The Detroit monument, located in Hart Plaza, depicts the Gateway to Freedom and features a bronze sculpture of six slaves awaiting transport to Canada. The monument acknowledges many people in Detroit and their participation in the Underground Railroad movement. The Windsor counterpart depicts the refugees' arrival into Canada and their overwhelming emotion upon encountering freedom. The monument features four life-size bronze figures on the south side of a granite monolith: Two women with a baby and a man standing behind with his arms outstretched in praise. On the north side of the monolith, a young girl holds a rag doll and looks back across the river. The figures rest on a ten by ten-foot base which will become home to the newly worded bronze historic plaque. The monolith is twenty-two feet in height and is visible from its sister monument in Hart Plaza. The names of local citizens and places of significance to the Underground Railroad movement appear on the monument along with a bronze Canadian flag and the flame of freedom