102 - Michael Turik, Jr. - Castlegar, British Columbia
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The Michael Turik, Jr. gravestone is located at 2953 Waldie Avenue. The cemetery is located behind the Robson Community Memorial Church.
Waymark Code: WMM849
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/08/2014
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Though there is not any information about Michael Turik, Jr's life he lived in or near the small community of Robson, now a part of Castlegar.
Inscription:
In Rememberance
Michael Turik, Jr.
1909 - 2011
Timeline of some events that took place during Michael Turik, Jr.'s lifetime:
1909 - Michael Turik, Jr. was born
1910 - May 4 - Royal Canadian Navy formed
1914 - August 4 - The First World War begins Britain declares war on Germany
1916 - "Big Snow" occurred in Victoria, 31 inches of snow fell in 24 hours, crippled the city
1917 - Women won right to vote
1919 - December 2 - Canadian National Railways established
1920 - April 15 - New Canadian small cent coin is released
1924 - April 1 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed
1927 - To celebrate Canada's Diamond jubilee; the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made
1928 - February 19 - Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
1929 - North American stock markets crash and the Great Depression begins
1929 - October 18 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1930 - Cairine Reay Wilson is the first woman in Canada appointed to the Senate
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention
1936 - 780 Canadians died in Canada's longest and deadliest heat wave
1938 - August 18 - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
1939 - September 10 - In WW II - Canada declared war on Germany
1941 - Japanese interred in B C interior after bombing of Pearl Harbor
1942 - Over 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent are stripped of non- portable possessions
1949 - March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
1958 - June 17 - Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland - Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver - opened
1959 - June 3 - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon
1965 - February 15 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - July 7 - Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1972 - The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls, Labrador
1979 - September 5 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1980 - July 1 - O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1986 - Expo 86 held in Vancouver
1996 - Blizzard dumped 59 inches of snow in British Columbia
1999 - January 3 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched
2000 - First Homeless Allowed to Vote
2001 - Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador
2002 - November 14 - Canadian Multiculturalism Day Proclaimed
2004 - Montreal Expos play their last game in Montreal
2006 - Cindy Klassen Canada's Most Decorated Olympian
2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first foreign trip by visiting Ottawa
2010 - Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver
2011 - An explosion ruptures the Trans-Canada Pipeline in Beardmore, Ontario
2011 - June 30 – July 7 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge tour Canada
2011 - Michael Turik, Jr. passed away at the age of 102
The church was built in 1907, and has hosted many church services, weddings, funeral meetings, and celebrations through the years.
Orginally the church was built as a Baptist Mission Church. In 1913 it became affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada in the Anglican Diocese of Kootenay. It is presently operated as a sub-parish of the Parish of St. David in Castlegar.
To the rear is the church's cemetery. In it, besides many of the community's pioneers, are two plaques placed in memory of the occupants of two cemeteries, those of Deer Park and Renata, which were flooded with the construction of Hugh Keenleyside dam and the consequent formation of Arrow Lakes in 1965.
There are approximately 355 interments and it is still in use. The last interment was in 2012.
Location of Headstone: Robson Community Memorial Cemetery
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