Pioneer Cemetery Park
10 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
Pioneer Cemetery Park
Pioneer Park
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1853/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/10/05
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Pioneer Cemetery Park is a small municipal park located at a prominent intersection just north of the downtown core. The historic place is limited to the legal boundaries of the park.
Valeur patrimoniale
Pioneer Cemetery Park speaks to the community's earliest development and is a valuable record of the lives of Nanaimo's first European settlers. The park is the third oldest cemetery in British Columbia after Fort Langley and Victoria. From the first known burial in 1853 to the final burial in 1895, this cemetery served as an essential communal space, both practically and spiritually.
Pioneer Cemetery Park is an important example of an early preservation project and the development of community heritage consciousness. In 1953, concerned by the overall dilapidation of the site, the newly formed Nanaimo Branch of the BCHA (British Columbia Historical Association, now known as the BCHF or British Columbia Historical Federation) made a record of all the stones still standing and a sketch of their original positions. In 1958, as their British Columbia Centennial Project, the Hub City Kiwanis Club cleared the site, set the remaining headstones in a curving rock wall and planted grass and flowers. In 1960, the project was completed and the site was officially converted into a memorial park by the municipality.
Pioneer Cemetery Park is a significant green space. When first created, this site was a considerable distance from the town core. Today, surrounded by a busy commercial district, the site, with its massive maple trees, functions as a relatively quiet, secluded and peaceful urban oasis.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of Pioneer Cemetery Park include:
- all the headstones embedded in the curving rock wall
- all mature trees and plantings
- all known and potentially unknown burials
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1958/01/01 à 1960/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- La philosophie et la spiritualité
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Parc
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRx-95
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o