Monuments

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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    



Jackson Park

Air
Location: Back side of Boer War monument, south of fountain.
picture of the Air Monument in dedication to those who served in the Korean War

Dedicated in honour of those who paid the supreme sacrifice and to those who served in the Korean War from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953.
Erected by the Korean Veterans Association of Canada Unit No. 29 Windsor Dedicated on July 26, 1998

 
Boer War Monument
Location:South of Jackson Park Fountain
picture of the Boer War Monument

Inscribed on this tablet are the names of the volunteers, residents of the County of Essex, who served in the British Army, during the war in South Africa.
A.D. 1899 - 1902

 
Copernicus Sundial
Location: West of Fountain
picture of the Copernicus Sundial

Astrolabium & Sundial of M. Kopernik

Copernicus 1473 - 1543 Father of modern astronomy. Polish Astronomer of the University of Cracow who calculated the basic fundamentals of modern astronomy in his work "De Revolutionibus Oribium Celestium" 1540. 1854-1954
Donated to the City of Windsor on the celebration of its Centennial Year from citizens of Polish origin and descent, July 11, 1954. The concept, design, fundraising and organization by Mieczyslaw K. Kusnierz, P.E. Technical drawings by Col. Jan Jazwinski P.E. Erected under the auspices of Chester Sadowski.

 
Jackson Park Gates
Location:Centre of Jackson Park
picture of the front gates of Jackson Park

Architects – Pennington and Boyde

 
Land
Location:Back side of Boer War monument, south of fountain
Picture of the Land Monument
Lest we forget our departed comrades.
Their memory is as dear today as in the hour they passed away.
We shall remember them.
War Pensioners of Canada
Rose City Branch
Dedicated this 6th day of June 1997
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The City of Roses
 
Queen Elizabeth II Dedicated Tree
Location:West end of park, beside Ouellette Avenue
picture of Queen Elizabeth II dedicated tree

Commemorating the Coronation of Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II. 
June 2nd, 1953
Greater Windsor Horticulture Society

 
Robert Burns Statue
Location:East side of park, beside parking lot
picture of the Robert Burns Memorial Statue
Robert Burns
1759 - 1796
Scotland's National Poet
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne!
Presented to the City of Windsor by The Border Cities Burns Club
28-Jun-52
 
Sea
Location:Back side of Boer War monument, south of fountain
picture of the Sea Monument
Lest we forget.
WWI 1914-1918
WWII 1939-1945War Pensioners of Canada
Rose City Branch
Dedicated this 8th day of May, 1998
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The City of Roses
 
Soroptimists Garden
Location:West side of Jackson Park, along Ouellette Avenue
picture of the Soroptomists Garden

Soroptimist International Women's Service club

Soroptimist International of Windsor celebrates 50 years of service to the community. The Committee and the project chair Alexandra Budisavljevic gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the listed donors.

 
Jackson Park World War 2 Air Force Monument
Location:Centre of Jackson Park
Picture of the Hurricane/Spitfire Monument at Jackson Park

A suitable memorial featuring replicas of a World War II Hurricane and Spitfire was installed in Jackson Park as a memorial to the war veterans. Erected in 2005

Presently the Lancaster Bomber is in storage and undergoing restoration. It is not forgotten though, as the shrubbery around the Spitfire and Hurricane has been shaped like the Bomber

For more information about the Lancaster Bomber, visit the following links:

Picture of the Lancaster Bomber Monument at Jackson Park