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 BC Spirit Square - Cranbrook, BC Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 49° 30.603 W 115° 46.024
11U E 589254 N 5484888
Spirit Square is part of Cranbrook's downtown Rotary Park.
Waymark Code: WMKFDJ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/06/2014
Views: 2
Cranbrook's Spirit Square was opened on November 7th, 2008 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of British Columbia's becoming a British Crown Colony in 1858. 1858 was a time when many vicinities in British Columbia and Washington State were first being settled by miners in search of gold and silver. When it appeared that, because of the preponderance of US citizens already in the area north of the 49th parallel, the area might become part of the US, the British Government declared the area that is now British Columbia a British Crown Colony on August 2, 1858 in order to enforce sovereignty in the area.
Nine years later, when the country of Canada came into being, it was readily obvious that assimilation of the colony of British Columbia into Confederation was in Canada's best interest. Thus, in 1871, British Columbia was made a province of Canada.
This square is just one of many built in communities all over BC to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia.
This plaque and large stone are to be found just west of the Rotary Pavilion and southeast of the 10th Avenue and 1st Street entrance to the park.
Subject: State/Province
Commemoration: Sesquicentennial of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia
Date of Founding: August 2, 1858
Date of Commemoration: November, 7 2008
Address:
Rotary Park
10th Avenue & 1st Street South
Cranbrook, BC
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Web site if available: [Web Link]
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