Eel River Bar First Nation, a small Mi’kmaw community in northern New Brunswick honours its veterans by hanging banners each year.
Generations find ways to show their respect to their veterans
Sis’moqon · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 11, 2025 3:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Jake Caplin hangs a banner in Eel River Bar for his great-grandfather, Joseph Simonson, who served in both World Wars. (Submitted by Jake Caplin)
Eel River Bar, a Mi’kmaw community in northern New Brunswick, takes pride in their veterans, with multiple generations finding different ways to honour their memories.
Arianna Gauvin Sanders, 17, has taken an interest in her community’s military history, including her great-grandparents, Michael and Margaret (Pictou) Labillois, who both served in the Second World War.
“I wanted to learn more about the significance of everything they’ve done,” she said.
“It made me feel more connected to that part of my family.”
Through a high school credit program with North Shore Legacy last year, she researched Indigenous veterans and their impact in the First and Second World Wars.
She said she was struck by the lack of documentation that existed on most Indigenous soldiers from that time,
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