Why 1917 Canadian Immigrant Memorial Acrylic Print

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This roadside memorial is dedicated to immigrants, most of them poor, interred in the Castle Mountain Internment Camp from 1915 to 1917 during WWI. The memorial stature is called "Why?" Someone else had placed the pine cone in the hand of the statue. The memorial is in Banff National Park

Mary Lee Dereske's images celebrate nature, travel and life. She has exhibited in New Mexico and Washington state, and her work has sold internationally. A native daughter of Michigan, she now lives in New Mexico. All images copyrighted by Mary Lee Dereske and may not be reproduced or otherwise used without explicit permission of the artist.