Hill 62 Memorial

The Canadian Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood.

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Type: Park
Description: Canadian war memorial
Also known as: “The Canadian Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 and Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.

Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62

Museum

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The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is a private museum located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 is situated 250 metres north of Hill 62 Memorial.

Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

Cemetery

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Sanctuary Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for the dead of the First World War, 5 km east of Ypres, Belgium, near Hooge in the municipality of Zillebeke. Sanctuary Wood Cemetery is situated 450 metres northwest of Hill 62 Memorial.

Maple Copse Cemetery

Cemetery

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Maple Copse Cemetery is situated 620 metres west of Hill 62 Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zillebeke and Hollebeke.

Zillebeke

Village

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Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. It is a former municipality which is now part of Ypres.

Hollebeke

Village

Hollebeke is a Flemish village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, now part of Ypres. Hollebeke is situated 3½ km south of Hill 62 Memorial.

Zandvoorde

Village

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Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province. Zandvoorde is situated 3½ km southeast of Hill 62 Memorial.

Hill 62 Memorial

Categories: war memorial, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.83462° or 50° 50′ 5″ north

Longitude

2.94724° or 2° 56′ 50″ east

Open location code

9F24RWMW+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 117422147

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q5762033

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Hill 62 Memorial” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Canadees gedenkteken Hill 62”
French: “mémorial Hill 62”
French: “Mémorial Hill 62”
German: “Hill 62”
Portuguese: “Memorial Hill 62”

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Highlights include Mijnkrater and Groenenburg.

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