Founded in 1999, The Alberni Project Society (TAPS) maintains The Alberni Project (a mobile memorial exhibit of the HMCS Alberni - 1941-1944) as well as other travelling exhibits, which have appeared across Vancouver Island and the lower BC Mainland.
The HMCS Alberni Museum and Memorial (HAMM) in Courtenay (BC) houses The Wall. Re-Dedicated on the 80th Anniversary of the sinking of HMCS Alberni, The Wall has the list of all sailors who served on HMCS Alberni. With the gracious assistance of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, The Wall also honours the lives of Kriegsmarine submariners who served in U-480. The museum is filled with artefacts, stories and documents pertaining to HMCS Alberni, Merchant Navy, War Brides, The Great War, Children’s war experience, and more contemporary military history, such as the Cold War, Peacekeeping missions, and the Afghanistan Mission.
HMCS Alberni Memorial on the Isle of Wight
A second Alberni Memorial was dedicated on the 80th Anniversary of the sinking of HMCS Alberni, on the Isle of Wight (English Channel). That day, in the “St. Lawrence Peace Garden”, a Maple tree was planted and a bench was installed, looking out to where the Alberni rests on the floor of the English Channel. Both HMCS Alberni memorials are recognized War Memorials by Canada and Germany.
