The Honourable Frank Fagan, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador and Ashley Power-Stack, Chair of the Bowring Park Foundation unveiling The Fighting Newfoundlander Storyboard

World War I Commemorative Project “Lighting the Way”

This project highlighted Bowring Park’s three First World War Memorials, The Caribou, The Beaumont Hamel Replica Plaques, The Fighting Newfoundlander. 

  • Twenty-nine environmentally friendly solar lights were installed around the park to help guide visitors to these sites when the sunlight hours grow shorter in the fall.
  • Banners that depict the three Memorials and mark their sites were put at the top of nearby lamp posts.
  • Floodlights were mounted to focus on The Caribou and The Beaumont Hamel Replica Plaques.
  • The Fighting Newfoundlander site was restored.
  • A storyboard about The Fighting Newfoundlander was created. This storyboard was unveiled in a World War 1 Commemorative Ceremony in Bowring Park on June 2, 2016, by The Honourable Frank Fagan, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Bowring Park Foundation’s Project Partners:

Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Honour 100 Grant)

City of St. John’s (First World War Grant)