After the First World War, at meetings of the people of Whonnock in December 1919 and January 1920, it was decided that the Ladies Hall on River Road would be acquired and turned into a Memorial Hall and the funds that were made available in the memory of the soldiers of Whonnock district who fell in the war would be handed over to the Ladies Club to pay off the mortgage and for a memorial: a brass tablet with the names of the fallen soldiers.
In 1920, the Ladies Hall was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers from the area and renamed the Whonnock Memorial Hall. In 1921, a brass memorial plaque dedicated to those from the area who fell in the First World War was attached above the main entrance of the hall.
In 1944, the Ladies Club handed the deed of the property over to the Whonnock Women’s Institute. The old building fell more and more in disrepair and by 1965 the Women’s Institute moved its meetings to the new Thornhill Hall. In January of 1977, the deed and the hall were turned over to the municipality with the request that the property be held in trust for the community of Whonnock to be used as a memorial park.
After the hall was demolished, the plaque returned to the site for a short time where it was attached to a concrete base. It was moved in 1988 to the Whonnock Lake Centre.
