Lakeview Cemetery Veterans Fields of Honour

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Type
Other

Block 9-A is the Veterans Fields of Honour where rows 1-12 reserved for the Royal Canadian Legion as per Yellowknife By-law No. 3965, adopted March 25, 1997.  The cairn is four sided, made of rocks and tapers from smaller to larger, from top to bottom.  The top of the cairn is comprised of flat stones that overhangs the edges.  The cairn has a metal plaque on the front and contains poppies in each of the four corners.  The date of the monument is unknown.

 

Sources/References:

City of Yellowknife website: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/Lakeview-Cemetery.asp 

By-law 3965: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/resources/consolidated-cemetery-by-law-no-1.pdf 

Inscription

FIELD OF HONOUR

THIS CAIRN ERECTED BY THE

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 164

IN HONOUR

OF OUR DEPARTED COMRADES

OF THE

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND

MERCHANT NAVY AND ALLIES

WHO SERVED IN PEACETIME

AND WARTIME.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN

AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Location
Lakeview Cemetery Veterans Fields of Honour

Lakeview Cemetery Road
Yellowknife
Northwest Territories
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 62.46274
Long. -114.40591

Veterans Fields of Honour cairn; 11 April 2020

Gary Counsell
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