Chinese Cemetery
The Chinese Cemetery was established in the late 1800s by members of the Chinese community.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project
Ginger Goodwin Heritage BC Stop
Ginger Goodwin was a Cumberland coal miner and union organizer whose death in 1918 led to British Columbia's first general strike.Starting in 1958, Stop of Interest signs were erected across...
Joe Naylor Gravesite
Small plaque signifies Joe Naylor's grave at the Cumberland Cemetary.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project
Homer Stevens Park
This municipal park is located in the Port Guichon neighbourhood of Delta where Homer Stevens grew up. The park recognizes the work of Homer and his father Nick Stevens, who championed the rights...
Ethel Johns Plaque
A Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque commemorates Ethel Johns as a person of national historic significance.Ethel Johns championed advanced education for nurses, and fought for...
The Railway Club
Originally named ""The Railwaymen's Club"", the venue opened in 1931. It was a club where workers came to gamble and drink. In 1980 its name was changed to ""The Railway Club"".It became a hangout...
Joe Naylor Plaque
This plaque was dedicated on June 17, 2016 by the BC Labour Heritage Centre, as a legacy from the 2014 Pacific Northwest Labour History Conference held in Cumberland. It recognizes Joe Naylor,...
Reading of the Riot Act
On April 23, 1935 Mayor Gerry McGeer read the Riot Act at Victory Square to a large demonstration of unemployed men and their supporters. This plaque was placed in 1986 on the building that...
Post Office Sit Down Strike 1938
On June 19, 1938 police forcibly removed unemployed men from the Main Post Office in Vancouver after a month long sit down. Many were hospitalized from the brutal treatment they received. The...
Steveston's Legacy Sculpture
A bronze sculpture of three figures by Norm Williams, unveiled in 2009, representing men and women of different ethnicities and ages working in the fishing industry.(full page)Plaque courtesy...
Vancouver Sex Workers Memorial
Memorial honouring sex workers driven from the neighbourhood in the 1980s, forcing them into unsafe areas.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the...
CASAW 1976 Wildcat Strike
This plaque dedicated by the BC Labour Heritage Centre with Unifor Local 2302 and the Kitimat, Terrace & District Labour Council documents the 1976 wildcat strike by members of CASAW, as a protest...
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't (Operation Solidarity)
"In 2010 the BC Labour Heritage Centre partnered with the Vancouver Convention Centre on a series of plaques telling stories of working peoples' history in the province.This plaque describes...
Charles Howard Webb
BC Labour Heritage Centre plaque honouring Charles Howard Webb, a founder of the International Woodworkers of America in Prince George.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's...
Let Us Move Forward United!
BC Labour Heritage Centre and BC Government and Service Employees' Union plaque commemorating the creation of the Union and its path to collective bargaining rights.(full page)Plaque courtesy...
Deas Island Cannery
A plaque commemorating the location of the Deas Island Cannery, established by John Sullivan Deas in 1873. Deas was a tinsmith by trade, part of the migration of blacks who arrived in...
Gentle and Invincible (T Buck Suzuki)
T Buck Suzuki was a leader among Japanese Canadian fishers who forged an alliance with unionized fishers on the Coast.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project...
A Revolution in a Wire
History of British Columbia's telecommunications industry and the highly paid unionized workforce it supported.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques...
Langley Teachers Association Connie Jervis Plaque
Installed in 2017 by the Langley Teachers' Association and the BC Labour Heritage Centre, this plaque documents the fight by Connie Jervis and 40 other teachers in 1939-40 with their school board...
Charles Painter Gravestone
Gravesite marker of 34-year old Charles Painter, a special constable with the BC Electric Railway who was killed during a robbery in 1915. The gravestone was only installed in 2017 thanks to...