Saturday, July 18, 2009

English Camp Part 3 - Cemetery

After about a 3/4 mile hike we arrive at English Cemetery where 7 souls are buried. These seven men died while the English were at Garrison Bay during the Boundary dispute.

The plaque commemorates the 7 men and was put up by the BC Maritime Museum Association.

The Tombstones - standing but difficult to read. They have been transcribed and plaques have been mounted on the fence. Most died of drowning, while the one below particularly caught my eye.

William Taylor -- shot by his brother by accident at 24 years of age.

Richard is holding up and pointing at the "spirit stone" we found in front of the tree. This will be added to our rapidly expanding collection of stones.
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