Forest Workers Memorial Park Brick Project - Lake Cowichan, BC
N 48° 49.501 W 124° 03.428
10U E 422408 N 5408542
The park, in the centre of the Town of Lake Cowichan, is in honour of the workers in the forest industry who helped pioneer and develop the communities around the Lake.
Waymark Code: WM3Y5X
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/03/2008
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Featuring three wood carvings by local artist Zak Stolk and a fountain in the centre that is ringed by memorial bricks commemorating well-loved forest workers.
Cowichan Heritage Days May 18th-20th featured the opening of the Forest Workers Memorial Park, the first of it's kind in BC. Funded by a Commemorative Brick sale, the local Credit Union Legacy Fund and local industry, the park honours workers and history of the forest industry around Cowichan Lake. The area was home to the beginning of the IWA forest industry union in the early 1930s, and has a rich history of lumbering and sawmilling.
Memorial bricks can be purchased in memory of special forest workers or simply to praise their years of effort through the Town of Lake Cowichan.
Setting of your bricks:: Other, please specify in your description
Name of Display: Forest Workers Memorial Park
Approximate number of bricks in display: More than 100
Name on One Brick: Jake & Marg Eckert, Pioneers
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