Statue of Sir Galahad-by Ernest W. Keyser, Commissioned by W.L.MacKenzie-King

• 27 Dec, 2008
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This statue commemorates a young Canadian, Henry Albert Harper, who lost his life while attempting to save the daughter of the then Governor General of Canada, A.G.Blair, Earl of Minto. Bessie Blair fell through the ice at a skating party on the Ottawa River, December 6, 1901. Henry Harper attempted her rescue and was also drowned. It is the only statue on Parliament Hill that commemorates neither a politician nor monarch.