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 Father Pat Memorial Ambulance - Rossland, BC, Canada Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 49° 04.739 W 117° 48.947
11U E 440426 N 5436556
This old horse drawn ambulance is prominently displayed under a protective canopy in the front of the grounds of the museum. The museum is at the west end of Rossland, on the north side of Highway 22.
Waymark Code: WMHDXD
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/28/2013
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EDIT: In 2017 this ambulance was moved inside the museum building to protect it from the weather. It has since undergone a small amount of restoration.
We are fairly new to the area, but had heard of Father Pat 500 miles away. He is beloved throughout British Columbia as there are other memorials placed in his honour.
The old plaque on the ambulance reads:
"HE WATCHED AND WEPT, HE PRAYED AND FELT FOR ALL"
In Memoriam
Father Pat.
OBUT. JAN. 13 - 1902.
Beside the bed where parting life was laid
The Reverend Champion stood. At his control.
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul.
Comfort came down the trembling wretch, to raise
And his last faltering accents whispered praise."
Excerpts from History of St. Andrews Anglican Church, Trail, BC website.
The Rev. Henry Irwin, a pioneer missionary in B.C., was the first rector of both Rossland and Trail. He is better known as Father Pat, and his life and work in the Golden City from January 27th, 1896 to November 5th, 1899 won for him an abiding place in the heart and mind of all those who knew him. As there was no church at the time of his arrival, he conducted his first service in Rossland in the old Opera House on February 2, 1896.
The Rossland Miner’s January 28 editorial about Father Pat’s passing said:” “Father Pat’, or to speak more correctly, the Rev. H. Irwin, was a remarkable man. If one were to attempt to say in which respect he differed from his fellows, one could not put it better than to say he lived every hour of his life up to the golden rule – ‘Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you’. He was a believer in the putting into practice in everyday life of practical Christianity. Wherever sorrow was manifest or sickness had stricken down the unfortunate, there was ‘Father Pat’ with his cheery smile and open purse to help the distressed.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Rossland Museum
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