North Vancouver Sailor's Memorial

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Type

Other

In May 1986 the Sailor's Memorial was constructed in memory of The Men and Women of the Royal Canadian Navy, The Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserves, The Royal Canadian Navy Reserves, Women's Royal Naval Service, and the Merchant Navy. The sailors Memorial was built by the Vancouver Naval Veterans Association. Designed by Thomas Osbourne of the V.N.V.A. The land located at the Waterfront Park was made available by the Mayor, J. E. Loucks, and the Vancouver City Council. The major construction was done by North Vancouver City. All plaques and bands were done in porcelain, by members of the VNVA. The monument is a Compass Rose Sundial. At each Cardinal Point is a plaque mounted appropriately on a large stone. One to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Merchant Navy, one to Captain George Vancouver, who named Burrad Inlet, and one to the Citizens of North Vancouver. At the bottom and surrounding the Compass is a porcelain band, with line drawings of each Canadian ship which were lost during the second World War (1939 - 45). On the north side are the words, "At the going down of the Sun and in the Morning we will remember them". On the South side of the monument area, a porcelain plaque contains the names of the men who were lost. Under the plaque on the south wall, in large bronze letters is the name SAILORS POINT. On the North side of the monument area stand four flags, the Canadian Flag, the Navy White Ensign, the Canadian Red Maritime Ensign, and the British Columbia Flag. Under the flags is a floral anchor.

Inscription

[sundial/cadran]

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER THEM MARGAREE SPIKENARD CHARLOTTEETOWN RACOON SHAWINIGAN TRENTONIAN CHEDABUCTO CLAYOQUOT LÉVIS GUYSBOROUGH ST. CROIX WEYBURN OTTER REGINA WINDFLOWER ESQUIMALT OTTAWA VALLEYFIELD BRAS D’OR ATHABASKAN ALBERNI SKEENA LOUISBURG FRASER

[base/base]

LAT 49 ° 18 7 N SAILORS’ PORT LONG 123° 05 14 W

[first cairn/première tumulus]

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER, R.N.,
WHO ON JUNE 13, 1792,
IN COMPANY WITH LT. PUGET, R.N.,
FIRST SURVEYED THIS BODY OF WATER
WHICH HE NAMED BURRARD INLET
AND AROUND WHICH IN LATER YEARS
GREW THE PORT OF VANCOUVER

[second cairn/deuxième tumulus]

THEY WILL NEVER KNOW THE BEAUTY OF
THIS PLACE, SEE THE SEASONS CHANGE, ENJOY
NATURE’S COURSE. ALL WE HAVE WE OWE TO
THEM – MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIE BURIED IN FOREIGN
LANDS AND IN THE SEVEN SEAS – SAILORS WHO
WENT DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS AND DIED IN
THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND IN DOING SO
PERSERVED OUR HERITAGE

ERECTED BY THE VANCOUVER NAVAL VETERAN’S ASSOCIAITON IN RECOGNITION
OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY – MAY 4, 1986

[third cairn/troisième tumulus]

"GIVE US GRATEFUL HEARTS
FOR SHIPS AND SEAMANSHIP
THROUGH WHICH THE
ESTRANGING OCEANS BECOME
HIGHWAYS OF COMMERCE
AND BONDS OF FELLOWSHIP
BETWEEN NATIONS"
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA AND TO ALL THOSE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT SEA IN WAR AND PEACE

[fourth cairn/quatrième tumulus]

IN RECOGNITION
OF LOCAL MARITIME HISTORY
”SAILORS POINT” HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY THE
VANCOUVER NAVAL VETERAN’S
ASSOCIATION
AND
THE CITIZENS OF NORTH VANCOUVER
DEDICATED
MAY 4, 1986
”TIMELINES” SCULPTOR – TOM OSBORNE

[individual plaques on benches/plaques individuelles sur des bancs]

TO ALL FORMER MEMBERS WHO
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND ARE
NOW AT PEACE. V.N.V.A

IN MEMORY OF ALL OFFICERS
OF THE RCN, RCNR, RCNVR

ANNY & WILLY WARKENTIEN
IN DER RUHE LIEGT DIE KRAFT

LORNE TRACY
1942 - 2001
LIVING IN OUR HEARTS
EVER-PRESENT IN OUR THOUGHTS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARY & BILL CARVER
2004

HOME IS THE AILOR, HOME FROM THE SEA
CDR. J. (JACK) W. MAXWELL, R.C.N.

IN MEMORY OF
MERCHANT SEAMEN
WHO LIE BENEATH THE SEA

STELLA JO DEAN
FREEMAN OF CITY - 2001
ORDER OF CANADA – MAY 9, 2003