Canoe River Monument
Municipality/Province: Valemount, BC
Memorial number: 59018-008
Type: Cairn
Address: 970 Main Street
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 266
GPS coordinates: Lat: 52.8332916 Long: -119.2578883
Submitted by: Julie Clements
In May of 1989, a monument was erected at the Royal Canadian Legion Valemount Branch 266 (BC/Yukon) and dedicated by the 2nd Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery to remember their comrades who lost their lives on route to Korea on November 21, 1950. Their troop train collided with a northbound passenger train six kilometers south of Valemount and 17 Gunners lost their lives.
Inscription found on memorial
IN MEMORY
CANOE RIVER TRAIN DISASTER
AT 1035 ON THE MORNING OF 21 NOVEMBER
1950, A TRAIN CARRYING MEMBERS OF THE
2ND FIELD REGIMENT ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE
ARTILLERY FROM CAMP SHILO, MANITOBA, TO
FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON. WHILST ON ROUTE
TO KOREA, COLLIDED WITH AN EASTBOUND
PASSENGER TRAIN. SEVENTEEN MEMBERS OF
THE REGIMENT LOST THEIR LIVES.
ALL RANKS OF THE 2ND REGIMENT ROYAL
CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY PRESENT THIS
MEMORIAL TO THE PEOPLE OF VALEMOUNT,
BRITISH COLUMBIA, IN RECOGNITION OF THE
GREAT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.
DEDICATED ON 9 MAY, 1989
IN MEMORIAM
DESASTRE FERROVIAIRE
DE LA RIVIERE "CANOE"
A 1035 HRES LE MATIN DU 21 NOVEMBRE
1950, LE TRAIN TRANSPORTANT LES MEMBRES
DU "2ND FIELD ARTILLERY ROYAL CANADIAN
HORSE ARTILLERY" DU CAMP MILITAIRE DE
SHILO, MANITOBA, AU FORT LEWIS, DANS
L'ÉTAT DE WASHINGTON, ALORS EN ROUTE VERS
LA CORÉE, ENTRAIT EN COLLISION AVECE UN
TRAIN DE PASSAGERS VOYAGEANT VERS L'EST.
DIX-SEPT MEMBRES DU RÉGIMENT PÉRIRENT
SUITE À CET ACCIDENT.
TOUS LET MILITAIRES DU "2ND REGIMENT
ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY"
PRÉSENTENT CE SOUVENIR À LA COMMUNAUTÉ
DE VALEMOUNT, COLOMIBE-BRITANIQUE, EN
RECONNAISSANCE DE LEUR GRAND EFFORT
HUMANITAIRE.
CONSACRÉE LE 09 MAI 1989.
IN MEMORY OF:
A LA MÉMORIE DE:
GUNNER ARDEN JOSEPH ATCHISON
GUNNER WELDON EUGENE BARKHOUSE
GUNNER NORMAN WILLIAM CARROLL
GUNNER FREDERICK WILLIAM CONWAY
GUNNER ROBERT ARTHUR CRAIG
GUNNER AUSTIN EMERY GEORGE
GUNNER URBAIN JOSEPH LEVESQUE
GUNNER ROBERT WILLIAM MANLEY
GUNNER BASIL PATRICK MCKEOWN
GUNNER ALBERT WILLIAM ORR
GUNNER DAVID OWENS
GUNNER LESLIE ALBERT SNOW
GUNNER ALBERT GEORGE STROUD
GUNNER JOSEPH THISTLE
GUNNER JAMES MILO WENKERT
GUNNER JAMES JOSEPH WHITE
GUNNER WILLIAM DAVID WRIGHT
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