This commemorative volume records a distinctive act of remembrance undertaken in the years following the Second World War. Of the roughly 91,000 Saskatchewan men and women who entered the armed services, some 3,800 did not return. In tribute, the provincial government assigned the names of nearly 3,700 of the fallen to lakes, rivers, and islands across northern Saskatchewan.
Prompted by curiosity about the origins of these place names, northern Saskatchewan pilot Doug Chisholm began researching the individuals behind them. The result is a series of seventy-nine biographical profiles that restore personal identity to what might otherwise be anonymous points on a map. Each entry traces the subject’s early life, enlistment, training, and wartime service. Most profiles are accompanied by photographic portraits and images of the geographic feature that bears the individual’s name.
The work also includes the coordinates of all identified geographical memorials as recorded to the date of publication in 2001.
