Belleville dedicates CN Yardmen Monument honouring railway workers

Belleville dedicates CN Yardmen Monument honouring railway workers

The Yardmen’s name has long been taken down from the exterior cladding atop Belleville’s storied hockey arena.

Beyond the Headlines - Yardmen Arena Monument

You should always be willing to make the time and effort to honour those who helped pave the way. That happened yesterday in Belleville, as dignitaries gathered to officially reveal the new CN Yardmen Monument located outside of the west entrance of what we now call the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre. For years, starting in the 1990's we called it the Yardmen Arena before the departure of one team, the arrival of another and the associated na…

Monument honouring CN Yardmen unveiled at QSWC

The City of Belleville officially unveiled the new CN Yardmen Memorial Project Monument outside the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre on Tuesday. The project was first introduced as a tribute to the Belleville Yardmen – a group of railroaders who contributed over $3 million towards the construction of the Quinte Sports Centre which opened in 1978. The facility was named the Yardmen Arena in the 1990s to honour those railroaders and their contribut…