British Columbia

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

Constructed in 1924 in memory of those killed in action 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 from Greenwood and district. As Phoenix is over 4,000' in elevation and, for many years, not accessible on November 11th, a bronze plaque bearing the same names as the Phoenix Cenotaph (Memorial #59033-025) was mounted on the Cenotaph at Kettle Valley. Phoenix is a mining ghost town and only a Cenotaph and graveyard remain.

Mr. Paul Lautard from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155, built an indoor cenotaph of plywood which has all the names as on the Kettle Valley Cenotaph and is in the same shape. It has an 18 foot flag pole and flag. He takes it to the Legion Hall in Greenwood each November 11. It is appreciated by the aging veterans that cannot tolerate the cold and wind at Kettle Valley Cenotaph.

The Procter War Memorial was constructed in memory of the District men killed overseas in the First and Second World Wars.

This memorial is dedicated to Colonel Kemball. It was erected by the men of the 54th Battalion.

In 1921 a Cenotaph was built of granite from Ymir, a memorial to those who gave their lives in the Great War. The site for the Cenotaph was the intersection of Broadway Street and Slocan Avenue (now renamed 4th Avenue). It was dedicated in 1922 by Rev. F. Ramsey of St. Mark’s Church, attended by President W. Waterfield of G.W.V.A. In 1963, the Cenotaph was moved to an area overlooking the beautiful Arrow Lakes, where it was fenced and a lawn planted. It is a great asset to the community.

Now located in the Nakusp Recreation Park, at the corner of Broadway and 8th. Memorial also includes dates for World War II and names of the dead.

Constructed in 1948 in memory of the Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Located in front of the Oliver Town Hall, this stone monument was built by members of the South Okanagan Land Project. The metal plaque honouring the veterans was supplied by Branch #97 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The metal plaque lists the names of First World War veterans and 25 Second World War veterans. In 1995, a plaque was added in memory of those who died in the Korean War.

Erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155, this memorial was unveiled on Sep 2009. This Cairn was dedicated to the fallen in World War I and World War II, the Korea War and to the Peacekeepers.

The Silverton Memorial Hall was built in 1919 in remembrance of those who died in the First World War. All labour was donated by local residents. Material for the building may have been purchased by fund raising events and/or donated by local sawmills and merchants or both.

On the front of the hall is a marble plaque, donated by the people of the Village of Silverton, in memory of 46 young men of the Slocan Valley who sacrificed their lives in the First World War from Appledale, Slocan City, Sandon, Silverton, New Denver, Nakusp and Edgewood.

This memorial to the local residents who served during the Second World War was constructed by Paul Lautard in May 1991. A bronze plaque is affixed to the twenty-eight ton granite boulder and bears the names of those who volunteered in the war. The memorial is located a little more than two kilometres off Highway 33 on Blythe-Rhone Road. The settlement of Rhone was named after the early settlers who came from the Rhone Valley in France. The population of Rhone has remained around 40 people since as far back as the Second World War. There are planted flowers which surround the monument and it is a popular stopover for cyclists passing through.

Incorporated as a town in 1898, Phoenix was owned by Granby Consolidated Mining. As many as 100 men from Phoenix and the surrounding mining camps (most employees for the Granby Consolidated) enlisted with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force from 1914 to 1918.

After the war, when the company announced its shutdown, the citizens were already planning a cenotaph to honor the 15 people from Phoenix who died in the First World War. The lumber and iron were sold from the skating rink to raise $1200, enough to build the cenotaph and pay the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Grand Forks $400 to look after it. The demolition of the rink claimed a boy's life - on September 1, 1920, when the rink collapsed, seven-year-old Jackie Mattocks and two horses were killed.

The 8 ½ feet high cenotaph was erected in October of 1920 by Patterson, Chandler, and Stephen Ltd. of Vancouver. It weighed 4 ½ tons and was mounted on an outcrop of rock adjoining the former Phoenix CPR depot, which was about the highest point in the city — elevation 4,700 feet on the divide between Twin Creek and Fourth of July Creek, It stood along the main highway between Grand Forks and Greenwood. In 1956, when the Granby company resumed mining, the cenotaph was moved to its present location.

For many years Phoenix was not accessible, so a bronze plaque bearing the same names on the cenotaph was mounted on the Kettle Valley Cenotaph. Phoenix is now a ghost town, with only the cenotaph and a graveyard remaining.

This memorial dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 173 in 1962.