Colombie-Britannique

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24 POUNDER FIELD HOWITZERS

THESE TWO GUNS ARRIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER IN 1866
ON BOARD THE HMS SPARROWHAWK.

THEY WERE USED FOR TRAINING AND LOCAL DEFENSE
UNTIL 1873 BY THE SEYMOUR ARTILLERY COMPANY.
A PREDECESSOR OF
THE ROYAL WEST MINSTER REGIMENT.

RESTORATION OF THE GUNS COMPLETED IN 2004 BY
THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

THANKS TO MAJOR SPONSORS
THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
AND
THE MILLENNIUM COMMITTEE

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ROYAL ENGINEER CAMP
OBSERVATORY
1859-1860
AT THIS SITE, ROYAL ENGINEER
SURVEYORS OF THE COLUMBIA
DETACHMENT DETERMINED AN
ABSOLUTE VALUE FOR LONGITUDE
OF NEW WESTMINSTER, NAMELY,
8 HRS. - 11 MINS. - 33.3 SEC. WEST
OF GREENWICH FROM A SERIES OF
LUNAR OBSERVATIONS AT LATITUDE
49O - 12' - 47" NORTH.
RELOCATED JANUARY 1980, IN
COMMEMORATION OF THE BEGINNING
OF CADASTRAL SURVEYING AND
MAPPING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, BY
THEY SURVEY CLASS OF BCIT ON
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
CORPORATION OF LAND SURVEYORS
OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
REFURBISHED 1990 BY THE BCLS
CORPORATION AND THE MINISTRY
OF CROWN LANDS.

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MOODY PARK

THIS PARK WAS SET ASIDE BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN 1863 AND NAMED TO HONOUR COLONEL RICHARD CLEMENT MOODY R.E. WHO SELECTED NEW WESTMINSTER TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE MAINLAND COLONY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEDICATED NOVEMBER 1984 DURING THE CITY'S 125TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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