Windermere District Cemetery in Windermere, British Columbia

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Coordinates: 50.46692, -115.99366
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WINDERMERE DISTRICT CEMETERY
IN TRIBUTE TO VALLEY PIONEERS
The cemetery was first opened in 1886
when R. L. T. Galbraith donated the site
for use by people of the valley. A 1911
survey divided sites according to
Protestant, Roman Catholic and Other -
now the Legion Section. In 1924 the
Windermere District Cemetery Co. was
formed, charging $10 a plot.
Windermere Orchard Co. and later
Invermere Contracting Co. managed the
property until control passed to
Invermere, the closest official town.
Windermere District Historical
Society accomplished the Heritage
Site status in 1984. The problem of
early graves being unmarked
eventually led to the closing of the
cemetery. In 1996 a reopening for
Columbarium and Memorial Sites was
initiated by the Windermere District
Historical Society and Rotary Club
of Invermere.