Dutch Canadian Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   The Canadian Veterans Memorial
   Victoria Park
   Dufferin Avenue at Wellington Street
   London, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 42.98791, W 81.24755

Site locator map
On the Google Map, the bell pole itself cannot be seen, but the shadow of the ring of bells is visible just to the right of the maptack.

*Contact:

   London City Hall
   *parcel:
     300 Dufferin Avenue
     London, Ontario
   *postal:
     PO Box 5035
     London, ON  N6A 4L9
   T: (519)661-4500
   - or -
   The Canadian Veterans Memorial Committee
   c/o Rinette and Piet Teunissen
   T: (519)657-6226

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Monument design by Gerald Pas; tower &
   installation by local firm
   Abuma Mfg.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2006
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

The architect who designed the Canadian Veterans Memorial (London ON) has a group of pages about the project, opening with a photo of the bell tower.

A news article about the project plans, as of May 2006 (but you'll have to pay to read it!).

From the city E-services & Maps page, call up an interactive city map to find Victoria Park or any address.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

   This page was built from the database on 15-Nov-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/11/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/05/01