At the July 14, 1958, Royal Canadian Legion Brach 242 meeting, a motion was made by Len Sadlier-Brown that a local memorial be built as there were many men lost from the area and it was a two hour drive into Kamloops to attend Remembrance Day services. A wooden cross was used as a memorial until the cenotaph was built in 1973. Roy Inkster designed and built the cenotaph out of cement and volunteers from the Legion built the base out of cement and rock. Earl Frazer and Eric Johnson were among the volunteers.
The Barrierre Cenotaph has granite insets on each side. In 2001, a grey granite inset was mounted on the front with four black plaques in remembrance of wars in which Canadians fought and died. It was refurbished in 2013 at cost of $12,000 by Fritz Prudat and Tom Kempter. Afghanistan and UN plaques were added at this time.
