The Trail of the Caribou extends from Newfoundland throughout northern France, Belgium, and Turkey at significant sites to The Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Six bronze caribou monuments were erected in Newfoundland and Europe to signify the...See moreThe Trail of the Caribou extends from Newfoundland throughout northern France, Belgium, and Turkey at significant sites to The Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Six bronze caribou monuments were erected in Newfoundland and Europe to signify the Regiment's contributions and sacrifices during the First World War. After nearly a decade of collective efforts, a seventh bronze caribou monument has finally been installed in Gallipoli, Turkey, thereby finally completing the Trail of the Caribou. This monument honours The Royal Newfoundland Regiment's involvement in the Gallipoli Campaign 1915-16, the only regiment from North America to do so during the First World War. The seventh Caribou monument has been placed 25 metres northwest of the Hill 10 Cemetery in Gallipoli, which is the resting place for eight Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldiers, including Private Hugh McWhirter of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands, the Regiment's very first combat casualty. Due to the global pandemic, no formal contingent from Newfoundland has yet visited the site nor has there been a formal unveiling of the seventh Gallipoli Caribou. On September 20 of this year a contingent of forty Newfoundlanders and Labradorians , in conjunction with Various diplomats frm NL, Canada and Turkey will travel to Gallipoli, Turkey to visit the 7th Caribou and finally "Cut the Ribbon".
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