Belgian
immigrant Armand George Lemiez, created this collection of concrete
sculptures between 1967 and 1976 at a farmstead
near
Grahamdale.
There once was a cinder-block
building on the site known as the Pioneers
Memorial Gallery featured a large
collection of Lemiez’s oil paintings, now lost. The foundation and a
few items remain untended, to the left in this photo, but the site of
the statues was maintained as
of 2025.
"Nixon and the Police"
His themes
range
from politics to religion and mythology. After unsuccessful eforts by
Mr. Lemiez to have the
site bercome a Provincial Park it fell into disrepair. More recently,
interpretive signage has been
installed.
A sign marks the access point just south of Grahamdale on Highway 6.
A trail that is rough but passable even in our small car takes you a
short distance to the site.
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