102 - Johanna King - Windermere, British Columbia
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Johanna King is at rest in the Windermere Cemetery on Old Cemetery Road at the Windermere Point overlooking Windermere Lake NW of town.
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Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/20/2017
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Johanna King was born in 1884 and passed away in 1986 at the age of 102. During her life time some of the events that she witnessed are Canada becomes a nation, British Columbia joins Confederation, Canadian Pacific Railway is completed, Canada Dry Ginger Ale is first bottled, Women won right to vote, Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law, Boer War, WWI, WWII and Korea, Anne of Green Gables is published by author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and many other events that took place in Canada.
1884 - Johanna King was born in England in the year 1884
1866 - Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia are combined into one colony named British Columbia
1867 - July 1st Canada becomes a nation
1869 - The Métis of Red River rebel, under Louis Riel
1871 - July 20 - British Columbia joins Confederation
1885 - The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway is driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia
1889 - The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
1908 - Anne of Green Gables is published by author Lucy Maud Montgomery
1917 - Women won right to vote
1929 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention
1965 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1976 - The House of Commons approves a bill abolishing the death penalty
1975 - The beaver (castor canadensis) became a symbol of Canadian sovereignty
1980 - O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1981 - NASA launched the very first Space Shuttle mission.
1985 - Lincoln Alexander became Canada's first black Lieutenant-Governor
1986 - Johanna King died in 1896 at the age of 102
Located on 4.4 acres on beautiful Windermere Point, the first recorded burials were in 1886.
Early settlers, miners and soldiers who lived and died in the Windermere Valley are interred here. The cemetery originally was divided into Protestants, Catholics and Others sections.
In 1972, the cemetery property was transferred to the corporation of the Village of Invermere, the closest official town. In 1984, the cemetery was declared an historical site under the Heritage Conservation Act, and it is currently owned by the District of Invermere. In 1997, the Windermere District Historical Society and the Rotary Club of Invermere constructed a columbarium and memorial wall.