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 BC Spirit Square - Westbank, BC Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 49° 49.599 W 119° 38.122
11U E 310463 N 5522688
Spirit Square is part of a brand new park in Westbank, Westbank Centre Park, situated on the southern edge of downtown Westbank.
Waymark Code: WMGZBP
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/27/2013
Views: 3
Westbank's Spirit Square was opened on July 28th, 2009 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of British Columbia's becoming a British Crown Colony in 1858. 1858 was a time when the vicinity of 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 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.
Subject: State/Province
Commemoration: 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia
Date of Founding: 1858
Date of Commemoration: July 28th, 2009
Address:
End of May Street, off Hebert Road.
Overview Photograph:
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Detail Photograph:
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Web site if available: [Web Link]
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