Monuments

The memorial is located in the center of Dakota Court and consists of a rock with brass plaque on the face of the rock, a flag pole flying a Canadian flag, and park bench.  The memorial is maintained by members of 440 (Transport) Squadron, located in Yellowknife, NT.

The crash occurred in the north east corner of continental Northwest Territories, in Tuktut Nogait National Park.  The crash site is approximately 110 km east south east of Paulatuk, Northwest Territories.

The plaque features a Douglas Dakota CC-129 aircraft and a Grumman Albatross CSR-110 aircraft.

References/Sources:

https://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-casualties-rcafcf/

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711102-0

http://www.rwrwalker.ca/CAF_Dakota_detailed_list.htm

In the early 1960's, George Archer built a stone memorial cairn and flag staff to mark the Veterans' Field of Remembrance at the Capilano View Cemetery. In 1970, the Ladies Auxiliary donated a bronze plaque for the cairn. In 1995, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 appointed a committee to repair and update the memorial cairn. The final design was created by Pechet and Robb Studio Ltd. The design included reinstalling the bronze plaque from the original cairn.

This monument was designed and constructed by 101 Squadron RCAFA to commemorate RCAF Station Port Hardy’s war and peacetime history and the personnel that served there. The plaque itself is a 30”X30” SS Plaque mounted on a steel stand. The obelisk commemorating the crash of Dak 966 is beside the plaque. The dedication took place in the Port Hardy Airport Terminal building on 27 September 2015 at 11:15, following the 75th Anniversary Parade honoring the Battle of Britain. LCol Clint Mowbray A/WComd 19 Wing and CO 442 Sqn, the guest speaker, talked about the RCAF’s role on the west coast during WW II and its present role of defending Canada and the importance of its search and rescue capability and what it meant to the North Island. He was followed by Linda Turner/Olinger who attended the dedication with her husband Keith and son Curtis. Linda was the daughter of F/O Curtis, the Copilot of Dak 966, who died in its crash on departing RCAF Stn Port Hardy on 18 July 1944. She was one year old at the time. Linda explained how attending this ceremony brought closure to her. She was presented with the dedication flag at the close of the ceremony.

The high-performance Laminate on Dibond plaque is attached to a wooden background. An RCAF flag flies beside it. Telegraph Cove Resort owner Gordie Graham built the wooden support frame and installed the flag on a viewing platform beside the boat launch in late summer of 2015.

On 26 September 2015, the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 101 Squadron RCAFA and 19 Wing RCAF dedicated this plaque commemorating the period, 1941-45, that Telegraph Cove was an RCAF Station. It was a picture-perfect fall day. LCol Gilles Couture, 19 Wing OpsO, was the RCAF representative. There were numerous other guests from 19 Wing, 888 Wing, and 101 Squadron. 101 fielded a full colour party, an MC and a bugler.

A special guest was Jennifer Butler who is the granddaughter of Fred Wastell who told us of a few recollections of visiting the Cove during this time. 

The Chinatown Memorial Monument is the creation of sculpture Arthur Shu-ren Cheng. It was funded by the City of Vancouver, the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada under the Vancouver Agreement and unveiled on November 2, 2003.

The first bronze figure, a railway worker, recognizes the thousands of Chinese Canadians who lived and died building the Trans-Canadian railway system. The second bronze figure, a Chinese Canadian Second World War solider, represents some six hundred Chinese Canadians who volunteered in the War efforts, proving their patriotism which later earned them the right to vote. The main column is a stylized form of the Chinese character zhong  (English translation center) which symbolizes moderation and harmony.

This walkway and monument was dedicated on 4 June 2013 in honour of Captain Jonathan Sutherland Snyder, SMV.

Born in Penticton, British Columbia, on 20 December 1981, Jonathan graduated from Penticton Secondary School in 1999. From the age of 12, Jonathan was an army cadet and joined the Army in September 1999 as an Regular Officer Training Plan candidate. Graduating from the University of Victoria in 2003, Jonathan served in the 1^st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton. He had three overseas deployments, serving as a platoon commander in Afghanistan for eight months in 2006, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for three months in 2007, and again in Afghanistan in 2008 as part of the mentoring program, training troops in the fledgling Afghan National Army.

Just days prior to his death, while on patrol in Kandahar with Canadian and Afghan soldiers, his team was attacked on three sides. Snyder displayed extraordinary courage under fire and managed to battle to safety, saving the lives of dozens of Afghan and Canadians. For his bravery and leadership under fire, he was awarded the Star of Military Valour, Canada’s second highest award. Three days later on 7 June 2008 while on a night patrol in Zhari District, Snyder slipped into an unmarked irrigation well and, due to the weight of his equipment, was unable to stay afloat and drowned.

This commemorative trilingual (English, French, Ukranian) marker notes the two Victoria Cross winners who served with the Regiment or an antecedent group: Jack Mahony (Westminster Regiment) and Filip Konowal (47th Canadian Infantry Battalion).

This monument identifies the home of the Royal Westminster Regiment and the Regimental Museum.