Sign for the historic Barkerville Cemetery next to a grave marker. The sign reads "...And so this historic cemetery came into being with the burial of Peter Gibson, 31 years of age on July 24th 1863.. The great and the not so great - from the gold rush era lie in this peaceful setting..."

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Contributor

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• Cemeteries
• Signs and signboards
• Nature
• Natural history
• Historic sites
• BC Parks

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1954

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 9 x 9 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Barkerville Historic Town
• British Columbia--Barkerville

Coordinates

• 53.06911, -121.51486

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Provenance

• Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11

Fonds title

• Chester P. Lyons fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR409

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds

Date digitized

• January 2025 to February 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/d26y-h859

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