Day 4 - Sunday, July 4th, 2027 (NORTH SHORE REGIMENT DAY IN NORMANDY)
Travel to Normandy Region
Visit Mont-Ormel, the site of the battle for the Falaise Pocket. Visit Bretteville sur Laize Canadian War Cemetery where those who died fighting in August 1944.
Visit the Ardenne Abbey
On June 7th & 8th, 1944, just days after the D-Day landings in Normandy, at least 20 Canadian soldiers were held as prisoners of war at this very site. These men were soon executed by the order of the commander of the 12th SS Division, just hours before the Abbey was liberated by fellow allies. Today, a plaque stands in commemoration of our fallen soldiers on the site where they were killed.
Click here for Ardenne Abbey Tour Guide
- Ceremony hosted by the Municipality of Carpiquet. Monseigneur Hickey called Carpiquet the “death of the regiment”. The only monument the veterans of the North Shore erected is located here.