Above Photo: Usk Pioneer Chapel.
Continuing on our travels from Seeley Lake Provincial Park British Columbia, we found something of interest in the small community of Usk, B.C., right along side Highway 16.
There sat on the side of the highway, a church. The sign read, Usk Pioneer Chapel, visitors welcome. For some reason it looked out of place to me, but it didn’t take long to see why it was there, and I think for many who took the time to stop, it was a place to worship.
I did some looking around the internet and found information on this, and it is really interesting. I have provided a link to the story below.
Usk Pioneer Chapel.
Above Photo: Usk Pioneer Chapel.
Also on the same grounds, there is a really nice memorial, it is in memory of the men who lost their lives working in the forest industry.
On the memorial is a plague anchored to rock, dedicating it to the men who lost their lives, and spread around on the memorial are hard hats, tension tie downs, chains, boots and suspenders. Also directly beside this, is another memorial which lists all the names of the men who lost their lives in the logging industry.
Above Photo: Memorial to the fallen loggers here in British Columbia.
Also on the site, is a large figure of a man all craved out of wood, holding a large saw.
There is a newspaper article I found online about the making of the Woodworkers memorial through the Terrace Standard Newspaper. You can read it at the following link.
Fallen Loggers Remembered:
Above Photo: Memorial to the fallen loggers here in British Columbia.
Above Photo: Memorial to the fallen loggers, and a list of there names here in British Columbia. You can click on any of the photos for a larger view.
From the Usk Pioneer Chapel and the memorial to the Woodworkers, the folks who put all of this together should be very proud of themselves, and I was glad I decided to stop and learn a little bit more history about this great province of ours, British Columbia.
Above Photo: Memorial to the fallen loggers.
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