Lakeview Cemetery Veterans Fields of Honour
Block 9-A is the Veterans Fields of Honour where rows 1-12 reserved for the Royal Canadian Legion as per Yellowknife By-law No. 3965, adopted March 25, 1997. The cairn is four sided, made of rocks and tapers from smaller to larger, from top to bottom. The top of the cairn is comprised of flat stones that overhangs the edges. The cairn has a metal plaque on the front and contains poppies in each of the four corners. The date of the monument is unknown.
Sources/References:
City of Yellowknife website: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/Lakeview-Cemetery.asp
By-law 3965: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/resources/consolidated-cemetery-by-law-no-1.pdf
Inscription
FIELD OF HONOUR
THIS CAIRN ERECTED BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 164
IN HONOUR
OF OUR DEPARTED COMRADES
OF THE
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND
MERCHANT NAVY AND ALLIES
WHO SERVED IN PEACETIME
AND WARTIME.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Lakeview Cemetery Veterans Fields of Honour
Block 9-A is the Veterans Fields of Honour where rows 1-12 reserved for the Royal Canadian Legion as per Yellowknife By-law No. 3965, adopted March 25, 1997. The cairn is four sided, made of rocks and tapers from smaller to larger, from top to bottom. The top of the cairn is comprised of flat stones that overhangs the edges. The cairn has a metal plaque on the front and contains poppies in each of the four corners. The date of the monument is unknown.
Sources/References:
City of Yellowknife website: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/Lakeview-Cemetery.asp
By-law 3965: https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/living-here/resources/consolidated-cemetery-by-law-no-1.pdf
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.