British Columbia

CFB Chilliwack's original camp in April 1942 was built of Bell Tents, and this life-size concrete Bell Tent serves as a reminder of the base's early years. There used to be a bailey bridge panel and a plaque located next to the 23,000 lbs monument, but the panel has since been removed and the plaque was moved to the Saluting Base. 

This Royal Canadian Legion memorial was dedicated at the Canadian Legion cemetery on September 18, 1958, by Rt. Rev. H. R. Ragg (MA, DD) honorary assistant to the Bishop of New Wesminister, consecrated the grounds. Wreaths were laid by Legion president Gordon Buchanan and Mrs. K Gagnon, president of the Ladies Auxiliary. The unveiling was preformed by Pat Hall, as members of the Legion and Ladies Auxiliary surrounded the spire. (Adapted from the Chilliwack, BC, Wednesday, September 21, 1958. needs further research, the rest of the article unclear) The land on which the cenotaph sits was donated by a First World War veteran by the surname of Bathgate as a cemetery for Veterans of the First World War. In 1937, four half-acre sites and one slightly smaller area were officially surveyed and registered to the Legion. In 2001, seventeen gravestones from that time period were refurbished, and there are 3,000 other veterans or veterans dependents buried in the cemetery. During this time, they also received money to do some landscaping, including the planting of native trees around the area. (Adapted from the Chilliwack Progress, Tuesday, November 6, 2001)

The Wet Gap Plaque was erected on June 10, 2004, in memory of two 3 Field Squadron Sappers who were killed at the Wet Gap site during bridge camp in 1968.

On 27 November 1977, the military weapons ranges at CFB Chilliwack were dedicated in honour of Major General Christopher Vokes.

General Vokes started his career as Royal Canadian Engineer officer and, from 1924 to 1938, served in a variety of assignments in training, as District Engineer-Works and National Defence Headquarters staff. In December 1939, he was one of the first officers to go overseas where there followed a brilliant and highly decorated record of command of Canadian infantry and armoured units and formations in Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe.

Late in 1941, he commanded the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry and later the 2^nd Canadian Infantry Brigade in the Sicilian landings in July 1943. Upon promotion to major-general, he commanded the 1^st Canadian Division in Italy. Late in 1944, he took command of the 4^th Canadian Armoured Division in Holland and was in command on V-E Day. Shortly thereafter, he took command of the 3^rd Canadian Division and commanded the Canadian Army Occupational Force in Northwest Europe.

After the war, Major-General Vokes was General Officer Commanding Central and Western Commands.

A dedication stone and “Rose of Sharon” bush (Korea’s National Emblem) is found in the vicinity of the All Sappers’ Cenotaph. Dedicated on 23 June 1996. This memorial honours the Canadian veterans of the Korean Conflict.

The main room of Royal Canadian Legion Branch #280, Vedder Golden Branch was dedicated in September 1997 in honour of Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Merritt, VC.

On April 29, 1979, Major General U.S. Freeman CD officially unveiled a Bailey Bridge and Sherman Tank in front of the Canadian Military Engineers' Museum. The Sherman tank, "Caroline," displayed on the Bailey bridge symbolizes the important role of the Sherman tank, with the Canadian Armoured Corps, in the Second World War and, with the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, in the Korean War. The Bailey Bridge symbolizes the increased battlefield mobility provided by the Royal Canadian Engineers.

This memorial commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack. It was erected by National Defence.

This memorial is dedicated to the men and women, military and civilian who served with the units listed on the plaque. It was erected by CFB Chilliwack. It is a concrete memorial in the form of a silhouette of stylized mountain peaks with embossed Bailey Bridge panels and bearing the shields of the City and District of Chilliwack. It records the 1992 celebration of the 50th anniversary the establishment of Camp Chilliwack.

Erected in February 1973, this monument is dedicated to the CFB Chilliwack Supply and Maintenance branches.

Supply and maintenance were once a single branch, but divided in World War II in order to better support their sphere of responsibility. While maintenance is concerned primarily with land ordnance systems, supply is involved with all material and is consequently represented by the larger branch. The sculpture indicates this relationship of the two sections starting from a common base and dividing to support a common sphere.
Sculptor: L. Raisbeck
February 1973