09-11-07, 23:41
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Manitoba Fallen soldiers, Afghanistan service, have water places in Manitoba named after them, near Kississing Lake just above/north of Flin Flon ... my Uncle Ed's lake named for him is on Kississing Lake, as are a number of other of Manitoba's fallen soldiers. 
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Two previously un-named lakes in northwestern Manitoba were given names today in honour of Manitobans who died serving in Afghanistan.
Morley Lake, named after Cpl. Keith Morley of Winnipeg, and Timothy Wilson Lake, named after Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson of Langruth, Man., are located just north of Kississing Lake, about 60 km northeast of Flin Flon.
The two lakes that now bear the soldiers' names are only about 25 km apart.
"This is a way to commemorate two very brave people who died on our behalf," Premier Gary Doer said during the naming ceremony, which took place at the Manitoba Legislature this morning.
"It was an honour. I'm very proud of my son," said Dale Wilson, Timothy Wilson's father. "It's bittersweet, it really is. I can't tell you how much Timothy's loss devastated us. There's a piece of my heart missing and there always will be."
Wilson was born in Grande Prairie, Alta., but moved to Langruth, Man., at a young age.
He died in a U.S. military hospital in Germany in March 2006, after an armoured vehicle he was in ran off the road in Kandahar province.
The 30-year-old, who lived on an acreage near Wawanesa, Man., was married with children.
Morley, a native Winnipegger, was killed in September 2006, during a suicide bicycle bomb attack while he was on foot patrol in the Panjwaii district.
His mother Della Morley said this morning that she would love to visit the lake named after her son and hopes to do that sometime soon.
"I do know he's a hero for Manitoba and Canada," she said.
Naming the lakes in honour of fallen soldiers is a long-standing tradition in Manitoba. The province has more than 4,000 lakes, rivers, bays and peninsulas named after World War II and Korean War casualties, as well as one soldier who died during a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
The honour will also be extended, likely next year, to Pte. Lane Watkins of Clearwater, Man., who was killed in Afghanistan in July when a roadside bomb destroyed his armoured vehicle.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Mani...9/4643369.html
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