Slocan Park Doukhobor Cemetery - Slocan Park, British Columbia
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The Slocan Park Doukhobor Cemetery is located on Highway 6 in Slocan Park on the east side of the highway.
Waymark Code: WMHAMB
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/16/2013
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Slocan Park Doukhobor Cemetery is a traditional Doukhobor cemetery and many of the headstones are in Russian. Also at this cemetery site is placed a commemoration plaque of the 100 anniversary of the Migration of the Doukhobors.
Koch Siding Cemetery, as it was originally known, was established in 1914 by the by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood to serve the Koch Siding settlement.
Since 1923, the cemetery has been known as Slocan Park Doukhobor Cemetery, after the nearby community of Slocan Park. Located along the Slocan River valley, it is sometimes also known as Valleyview Cemetery.
The cemetery is approximately three acres in size and is not enclosed. The cemetery contains approximately 314 interments in a single section comprised of seven rows facing east-west. Many of the graves have no marker and the mounds have been leveled.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Slocan Park, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Approximate number of graves: 314
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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