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Whistler Cenotaph

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Municipality/Province: Whistler, BC

Memorial number: 59034-045

Type: Slab

Address: Valley Trail

Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza

GPS coordinates: Lat: 50.1191667   Long: -122.955

Submitted by: Victoria Edwards. Resort Municipality of Whistler.

The Whistler Cenotaph was installed outside of the Whistler fire hall in 1985.  It was commissioned by the Rotary Club of Whistler to honour the soldiers of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The stone came from a quarry off the Duffey Lake Road and was installed by Art Den Duyf. It was unveiled on November 11, 1985, by Mayor Terry Rodgers and dedicated by then-Rotary Club president Floyd Leclair. The ceremony occurred just three days after the cenotaph’s installation was completed.

The cenotaph was moved to its current location and a second dedication ceremony was held on November 10, 2017. The Rotary Club of Whistler secured funding from the American Friends of Whistler, the Community Foundation of Whistler (community fund for Canada 150), the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, and from Veterans Affairs Canada Commemorative Partnership Program. In addition, the project received value-in-kind, and discounted services from local design and construction firms.


Inscription found on memorial

[front/devant]

(plaque)
IN MEMORY OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD

WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
WORLD WAR II 1938-1945
KOREA 1950-1953
AFGHANISTAN 2001-2014

LEST WE FORGET - NOUS NOUS SOUVENDRONS

(plaque)
THE PEACEKEEPERS
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

 

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(plaque)
WE HONOUR YOU WHO SERVED
WE REMEMBER YOU WHO DIED
YOU SACRIFICED YOUR LIVES FOR OUR LIBERTY
TO ALLOW US TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE
FOR PEACE AND HARMONY.

NOUS RENDONS HOMMAGE À VOUS QUI AVEZ SERVI
NOUS NOUS SOUVENONS DE VOUS QUI ÉTES MORT
VOUS VOUS ÉTES SACRIFIÉS POUR NOTRE LIBERTÉ
POUR NOUS PERMETTRE DE REGARDER VERS L'AVENIR
POUR LA PAIX ET L'HARMONIE.

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DEDICATED 1985
REDEDICATED NOV. 10, 2017

ROTARY CLUB
OF
WHISTLER

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