Pontiac honours those who have served

November 11, 2025

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Municipalities across the Pontiac hosted Remembrance Day ceremonies this week, some on Nov. 9, others on Remembrance Day proper, to honour those who have served in this country’s military, many of whom sacrificed their lives to protect the freedom of Canadians.

THE EQUITY regrets it was unable to attend some of the Nov. 11 ceremonies as our team was tied up getting the newspaper out the door. Thank you to all who organized these opportunities for collective remembering.

Clarendon Mayor Ed Walsh carries a wreath on behalf of his municipality on Nov. 11. Photo: K.C. Jordan.

A soldier stands watch at Shawville’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11 as John Armstrong reads from the Gospel of John. Photo: K.C. Jordan

Mona Woodstock of the Pontiac Legion reads In Flanders Fields at the Portage-du-Fort ceremony. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Flagbearers for the Nov. 11 ceremony in Portage-du-Fort were, from left, Jordan Kearns, Keith Beausoleil and Tim Jones. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Portage-du-Fort native Jacob Thompson (right), now Sailor First Class with the Royal Canadian Navy out of Victoria, accompanies Father Basil Tanguay to lay a wreath in memory of Laurent Pare. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Soldier Mark Keller takes a moment at the war memorial in Thorne during that municipality’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11. Photo submitted: Karl Erfle.

About 70 people gathered for Thorne’s ceremony on Nov. 11. Photo submitted: Karl Erfle.

Captain Jules Godin lays a wreath at the MRC on behalf of his father John Godin, a World War II veteran who served in the Carleton York regiment. Photo: K.C. Jordan

Emile Morin lays a wreath at the MRC on behalf of the Municipality of Litchfield. Photo: K.C. Jordan

Jessica Nilsson plays *The Last Post* at the Remembrance Day ceremony hosted at the MRC Pontiac cenotaph on Sunday afternoon. Photo: K.C. Jordan

RCMP Const. Tyler Brady hands a wreath to Greg Devine, Second Vice President of the Quyon Legion. Photo: Caleb Nickerson

Dozens of people braved the snow on Sunday afternoon to mark Remembrance Day in Quyon. Photo: Caleb Nickerson

Municipality of Pontiac Mayor Roger Larose places a wreath on behalf of the municipality at the Quyon Cenotaph Sunday afternoon while Master Warrant Officer Ray Gauthier looks on. Photo: Caleb Nickerson

The cenotaph at St. Joseph’s Community Centre displays wreaths laid by community members after the ceremony on Sunday morning. Photo: K.C. Jordan

Volunteers from the Chapeau Lions Club prepared a breakfast of pancakes, beans and sausages on Sunday morning after the Remembrance Day ceremony held on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. Members are (from left to right), Louis Mitchell, Gilles Chartrand, Suzanne Colin, Rachelle Durand, Connie Mitchell, John Montgomery, Bert Dufour, Judy Keon and Jean-Paul Sallafranque. Photo: K.C. Jordan

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